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Pelican Attendance Stats
From Pelican General Manager T. Nunnari: Pelican Park/ UWF capacity:  2,500 2006 average Attendance:   1,670 (67% occupancy) Weekend Average: 2,230 (90% occupancy) 2006 Largest Crowd:   August 26 – 4,209; July 4 –…
Pap hits home run – Jesus Camp interview
Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio did well on Good Morning America this morning. He was part of an segment on the documentary Jesus Camp. He was joined by camp director Becky Fischer. Becky…
PNJ Publisher Kevin Doyle interviewed
Tomorrow’s IN will feature my interview with Pensacola News Journal Publisher/President Kevin Doyle. After years of being at odds with the daily, we have agreed to disagree. We have two very different…
Bush-Clinton battle – Clinton was provoked
The raising escalation in the battle between the Bush Administration and the Clintons is not something that Bill Clinton really wanted. However the persistent attacks on his administration by the Neo-cons, Cheney…
Major road projects for Escambia Co. for next 10 years
Perdido Key Project. Four lane Perdido Key Drive from the Alabama State Line, down Sorrento Road, to Blue Angel Parkway…And from Blue Angel Parkway To Highway 98. Cost: $165 million Longleaf/Pinestead Project….
They keep plugging away
The Stop Our City folks keep plugging away at Gulf1.com. They miss their Tuesday night meetings at the Bayview Community Center. Some are still trying to figure out what happened. Mr. Cobb…
Banned Book Week…
September 23-30th is Banned Books Week. Google Book Search has joined forces with the American Library Association to highlight 42 classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Al the Kings Men, Catcher in…
Oops, Blackburn has been promoted
Rex Blackburn was promoted to Lieutenant this summer. My bad! Van Camp – 2004 American Legion State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year – was skipped over for Sgt – but Blackburn…
Blackburn responds on Van Camp
Escambia County Sheriff Sgt. Rex Blackburn is a regular letter writer to the PNJ. His letters always defend his boss and protest how Sheriff McNesby has been mistreated by the media. We…
Newsweek wimps out
Here are the International covers for this week’s Newsweek. Notice that the U.S cover is somewhat different. Once again mainstream media wimps out. If Newsweek has reports that we’re losing in Afghanistan…
We need a condiment with values
Got this in my morning email. It’s a YouTube video from payattention.org. Their motto: “If you’re not voting, then who are you electing?” Check it out: A candidate we all can support
Tell us something new
Research 2000 recently conducted a survey testing whether progressive or conservative talk radio shows are more open to callers with dissenting points of view. None of the calls were made to WCOA’s…
Florida Sec. of State questions Sarasota vote
Florida’s Secretary of State Sue Cobb wants the Florida Supreme Court to rule whether a Sarasota referendum requiring a paper trail for all voting is unconstitutional. Whether or not the referendum question…
Housing slipping in South Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Housing prices are dropping almost as fast as the gas prices in Palm and Broward counties – dropping 6 percent. Read on: Slowdown sends housing prices, sales plunging…
St. Joe sells off 4000 acres
Miami Herald: St. Joe Co. – the state’s largest private land owner and the company behind much of the development in Walton and Bay counties – wants to sell the state 4,000…
RB Buzz: Lee wants county job
There are consistent rumblings from Pensacola Beach that Santa Rosa Island Authority Buck Lee has been lobbying Escambia County Commissioners to abolish the SRIA and his job. Lee believes that he would…
More Swiftboating in Florida elections
 Remember the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth – the “independent” politcal group that attack Sen. John Kerry’s military service during the 2004 presidential election? Well, Florida is inundated similar groups who are…
Studer blamed for tax increase
William Thurston is becoming a regular letter writer to the PNJ. This letter is from the Sunday edition: A boondoggle Well, it sure didn’t take long for our taxes to go, did…
CRA does pay its expenses
During the Community Maritime Park debate, Stop Our City supporters argued that the rest of the city had to pay for services in the CRA district. Today the Pensacola City Council/CRA Board…