Every year there’s unofficial poll for the most impressive lobbyist assistant….the young girls who attract the attention of the legislators for their bosses. They’re usually a college student interning for a lobby…
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No local love for Mitt
The Mitt Romney campaign has more than 70 house parties planned across Florida to watch today’s televised presidential debate in South Carolina. None are Escambia or Santa Rosa counties. The closest is…
Hall wants more $$$ for District 2
Under the post “We thought we did well “: Pensacola City Councilman Sam Hall points how little funding that his district has gotten from the local option sales tax dollars for the…
INweekly daily updates
MonDaily Dose Good morning! I think we gave the News Journal too many hits… OK, OK, they’re back up. Reviews of Hawkshaw performers for Saturday What’s being written about the artists performing…
CMPA developer tally
Land Capital Group edges out Hammes Company, 52-50 See tabulation: Â Tally sheets Land Capital Group has Audra Carter (AC Advertising) and Al Henderson (The Independent Voice publisher, but listed as commercial photographer);…
Gulf1.com named Worst of the Web
Thanks to Jay: The British site, Worst of the Web picked gulf1.com as one of their official worst site for April, 2007. Here’s the link, click the toon heads for the comments,…
Oops
Pensacola News Journal forgot to renew its domain license for pnj.com. The bidding starts at 5 cents. Update: It’s back up @ 10 a.m.
FEMA didn’t learn from Ivan
Saturday, Washington Post published an article on yet another FEMA failure – rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The massive federally funded program for rebuilding Louisiana homes is short nearly $3…
Another poll: Hilary and Rudy lead
A new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll shows Hilary Clinton tops the Democratic field by 23 percentage points, and Rudy Giuliani leads the GOP slate by 14, but the frontrunners have…
We thought we did well
Our local legislative delegation has been bragging about how well Escambia and Santa Rosa counties did in the past session. Well, what we got from the state budget pales to the $150…
Gun control – 2008 election
Miami Herald has an analysis of where the 2008 presidential candidates stand on gun control. FYI – gun control is a big issue in Northwest Florida. State Senator Durell Peaden has sponsored…
Size matters at post office
Price of stamps increase today to 41 cents. The Sun-Sentinel points out in this article that the shape and size of a package also matter. Read: Weight isn’t only factor in new…
No single black leader
Whenever I read a column by the daily newspaper’s executive editor, Dick Schneider, I’m reminded of the SNL character Stuart Smalley – “I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People…
One more time
I’ve had to step in and moderate more comments than usual lately. I want to remind those who choose to comment on this blog that this isn’t pnj.com, gulf1.com or WCOA. The…
Welfare isn’t the problem
I’ve read most of the comments on the Access Escambia. For some this initiative is an opportunity to voice opposition to welfare. Gang, Escambia County doesn’t have an abundance of welfare programs….
Inweekly.net morning updates
FriDaily Dose Chickens displease the city, buy a FEMA trailer, a night at the diamond is more fun than just baseball. And there’s a new Angel in town. Weekend Toob All the…
What is a liberal?
Last week, we had an open thread on what is a conservative. It’s only fair we do the same for the liberal side.
Gates says reading will go online
Gates predictions “Reading is going to go completely online. We believe that as we get the smaller form factor, the screen has gotten good enough. Why is reading online better? It’s up…
Baptist call out Crist
The Florida Baptist aren’t happy with Gov. Charlie Crist’s efforts to expand gambling in the state. There is an editorial in Florida Baptist Witness attacking Crist and other GOP candidates who say…
All in the family
The new ambulance provider for Santa Rosa County is Lifeguard Services, owned by John and Deborah Roche. Tom Roche, John’s father, worked for Santa Rosa County for years and headed the Emergency…