PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien and IN Publisher Rick Outzen face off for a discussion on how the media impacts public opinion at Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association monthly meeting today at noon. Should…
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Fire Buzz: $$$ could be big
The Clerk of Courts audit of the volunteer fire departments in Escambia County will be released on July 2. We are hearing – not from within the fire stations so don’t start…
There is a difference here
On hotly contested debates, there is always an group – often new to this blog – that weighs in and after a few comments starts name-calling. I let a few be posted,…
Panhandle newspaper roundup – June 21
ThursDaily Dose PNJ has crime trifecta: murder victim id, death sentence and DUI sentencing. Daily News reports on tolls roads, realtors praying for better market and man holds out in bathroom (not…
Bailey resigns as CRA director
Effective August 3, David Bailey will no longer be Pensacola’s CRA director. He will be re-entering private practice (architect) with Spencer Maxwell Bullock. Read: Bye Bye Bailey
30-40-50 tax plan…will it fly?
A Miami mortgage broker, Bernie Navarro, heads a group that has written its own property tax reform plan that he wants to get on the ballot as an alternative to the state…
Gannett dropping interns in Montgomery, elsewhere
Maynard Institute website reports: The Gannett Co. newspaper in Montgomery, Ala., was forced to make quick and drastic budget cuts last week, editor Wanda Lloyd told Journal-isms on Monday, leaving three interns…
Panhandle Daily News summaries
WedsDaily Dose PNJ: Dentist may have filled more than cavities. Dead body found. And Chamber woos…sounds like an episode of CSI or Law & Order.
The Ghoul that Pensacola Refuses to Remember
We’ve received inquiries about an article we published in May 2004 on the Pensacola’s more infamous history. One that is of particular interest is the segment on the Whitmire Cemetery Ghoul: WHITMIRE…
PNJ Most Powerful, circa 2001
In March 2001 Carl Wernicke and Ginny Graybiel put together a list of the 20 Top Movers and Shakers in Pensacola for the daily newspaper. Here is their list: THE TOP 20…
Entire Access Business plan
For your reading enjoyment, the complete “Health Care Business Plan for Escambia County’s Low Income Uninsured Low Income, Uninsured Population”: Entire Report.pdf
PNJ misses VFD story completely
Finally the Pensacola daily newspaper reports on fire protection in Escambia County. Unfortunately, they only focus on the possibility of higher fees and almost completely ignore all the other recommendations made by…
Fate of Pensacola Beach condos
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is staying on top of the impact of property tax changes on condominium owners. Why isn’t the Pensacola daily reporting this, especially with the condo-hotel issue on Pensacola…
Panhandle newspaper summaries 6/19
TuesDaily Dose Pensacola News Journal: car crashes, fires, looting. Daily News reports on a former city councilman’s fight to keep his chickens – yes, this is the Panhandle. News Herald reports on…
Alabama Schools Get Hard On Soft Drinks
This is a news headline on the WEAR TV 3 web site. I think Jay Leno will have fun with this one.
Who are the uninsured?
Last August, we wrote about the area’s poor health and the Escambia Community Clinic. Rosalynda Blackburn shuffles slowly to the exam room at the Escambia Community Clinics. Two back operations on her…
County ready to improve fire safety
From Editor Duwayne Escobedo: With dozens of volunteer and career firefighters in the audience at today’s Escambia County Commission meeting, all five commissioners expressed support for recommendations from a citizens committee that…
SOC mentality is back
The same “Do Nothing” crowd that worked under the “Save Our City” mantle is back. They predictably don’t like the Access Escambia referendum. They picked up support from conservatives who oppose additional…
Tax Revolt
The Sarasota News Herald takes a different view of the special tax session than the Pensacola daily newspaper. There are some upset people in South Florida. Tax package offers little for landlords…
Tale of two gunshots
The St. Petersburg Times has an article on two cases involving pistols being fired. One involves an unemployed black man; the other involves a lawyer who is a former prosecutor and Clearwater’s…