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Power of one sentence
St. Pete Times reports that one sentence has been by state House bill that could undue wetlands protection in 20 counties. The sentence: “In order to avoid duplication and inefficiency, no local…
Downtown controversy
My Outtakes last week – “MORE DOWNTOWN PROGRESS” (Read it again) – has generated a lot of discussion. There are about 60 retail establishments in the downtown Pensacola area. They are all…
Web stats – another record month
Inweekly.net and this blog hit new highs for March. We have nearly doubled our visitors to the site since December 2006. We had 110,455 visitors to the inweekly.net last month – and…
Latest Presidential Poll
From Quinnipiac – nationwide poll: Rudolph Giuliani vs. Hillary Clinton or John Edwards 50% to 40% Rudolph Giuliani vs. Barack Obama 52% – 36% John McCain vs. Clinton’s 45% – 44% Edwards…
Mitt Romney outraises opponents
Mitt Romney is reporting that he has raised just over $20-million for the first quarter in his bid for the GOP nomination for president in 2008. He also lent his campaign $2.35-million,…
Guantanamo prisoners to NAS Pensacola?
We were able to get a copy of staff memo of the future Guantanamo Bay prison. It’s long, but interesting reading. Pay close attention to pages 9 and 10, listed are the…
Who wants to develop design criteria for CMPA?
Here is the list of firms that responded to the RFQ for the design specs for the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park. There are 9 groups – several partnered on their…
Jerry’s Cajun will return
Hi Rick, I hope all is well with you. I saw you the other night on your TV show, and loved the ideas you had about our downtown area. I so love…
Vets Protest
Press Release: VETERANS FOR PEACE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE’S TRUTH TO POWER RALLY On Saturday, April 7, 2007, Veterans for Peace, Northwest Florida, will march shoulder to shoulder with…
Beach Party picked up
Got an email on “The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell” (read: Raising ‘Hell’). The GB boys and friends have signed a distribution agreement with National Lampoon. They will open in…
I’m back….
Took a few days off last week for much needed R&R. Thanks to Duwayne Escobedo for taking over posting to the blog on Thursday and Friday. Does look like some spammers got…
Employer assisted housing
In South Florida, large employers – including public school districts – are building apartments for their employees. This is one answer to affordable housing. Would it work here? Read Sun Sentinel article:…
Smokey Bones name change?
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Darden Restuarants is considering renaming and repackaging its Smokey Bones chain to Rocky River Grillhouse ( Smokey ). The company revealed in a conference call with analysts…
House Bills sponsored by Ford
The Gulf Breeze state rep has been busy: HB 1591 Education:Â Authorizes individual district school boards by resolution to allow inspirational message at specified secondary school-related events; provides legislative intent. Effective Date: July…
Butterfly Garden in Long Hollow Park
Here’s more on the Butterfly Garden from the website – Neighborhoodlink.com: Last fall the Long Hollow Neighborhood Association installed a fabulous new butterfly garden adjacent to the children’s play area in the…
Front Porch grants for Longhollow
There were two other grants that benefited the Longhollow Neighborhood Association: A Planning Grant for $8800 that built a neighborhood park and a Keep Florida Beautiful grant that built butterfly gardens –…
Front Porch Computer Lab grant
Here is the distribution report we got on the Computer Lab grant that Front Porch received. It paid over $21,000 for rent, utilities and supplies – and actually bought an evaporator coil…