In Sarasota County,a judge has ruled that the voters can decide with a Nov. referendum whether they want to pay for a paper trail feature be added to their touchscreen voting machines….
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Property tax increases statewide issue
St. Pete Times has an article today on the jump in property taxes across Florida due to the increase in property values as people rebuild their homes after the hurricanes of 2004…
PNJ advocates shutting down SRIA
The new editorial board of the PNJ has come out swinging. First, they ask the city council to delay any referendum on the expansion on the DIB. Today, they’re for Abolishing Island…
Gannett shares its wealth…sort of
Gannett has given 7 grants to local charities – total $30,500 Pensacola Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 Belmont Arts and Cultural Board: $5,000 South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries: $5,000 Families Count: $3,500 Lifeline…
INMA Awards Party Rocks
The Atlas Oyster Bar decks was filled with a Who’s Who of the local music scene. DK Connection provided the music and sound. Renaissance Man provided some kick-ass metal awards for the…
Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/13/06
Top posts for the day Jesus Camp coming to P’cola film fest Where’s Marty? Who should replace him? Aragon East in the Raw Gulf1: SOC failed because of PNJ picture As predicted…
Music Awards – because somebody has to do it
Awards ceremony/party tonight at Atlas – 6-8 p.m. Concert @ UWF Thursday, Sept. 14
Gulf1: SOC failed because of PNJ picture
Here is why William Cobb (Stop Our City supporter) believes the Community Maritime Park passed – as per his letter posted on gulf1.com: False Representation by William T. Cobb I am concerned…
Where’s Marty? Who should replace him?
A week ago, we woke to find that not only the Community Maritime Park had passed, but that the district that voted heaviest for the park was Marty’s. Since then, the District…
YouTube: Lonelygirl15
The Internet’s new darling service is YouTube.com. I’ve used it to upload and display the Stop Our City Cartoon and have linked to other videos and TV clips. One regular poster to…
As predicted – County Commission wants to dissolve SRIA
Over the summer, we had heard the Escambia County Administrator George Touart was pressuring County Atty. Janet Lander to write a legal opinion that the county commission could abolish the Santa Rosa…
News Journal delayed
From the PNJ website: Delivery of print edition delayed Because of production problems, delivery of the News Journal’s print edition will be delayed in some areas. We cannot estimate a delivery time…
Crist, Davis to pick running mates
Charlie Crist (Rep) and Jim Davis (Dem ) are expected to announce today who will be their Lt. Gov. candidates. The rumored possible running mates are – Crist: From the State House:…
Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/12/06
Top posts for the day Aragon East in the Raw Jesus Camp coming to P’cola film fest Obermann Blasts Bush Kolokouris may be big winner, too Escambia Co. School Board races –…
It’s late at night …and I’ve had too much to think – 9/12/06
It has been a week since the Community Maritime Park passed. Everything is the same, but everything has changed. The Pensacola City Council, except for Marty Donovan, is more unified than ever….
Aragon East in the Raw
Here are the raw scores on the Aragon East proposals: Townsend Downtown Pensacola Hotel 47 Esplanade 64 Hawkshaw Eastside 85 Technology Bay 78 Technology Bay at Hawkshaw 90 Wiggins Downtown Pensacola Hotel…
Obermann Blasts Bush
Last night, MSNBC host Keith Obermann blasted Pres. Bush on his show with Ground Zero in the background. It is the most scathing attack on the current Administration that I’ve heard to…
Ninth Ave Selection Controversy
Yesterday’s CRA meeting had its share of controversy when developers protested the award of the Aragon East project to Hawkshaw Eastside. The PNJ covered the meeting (Attempt to overturn project fails). Here…
Belmont-DeVillers votes to be in DIB referendum
At yesterday’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole – Dolores Curry asked that the Belmont DeVillers be included in the referendum for an expanded Downtown Improvement District. The council agreed to…
Video: The Best War Ever
There is a new book out on the propaganda campaign that led us into the Iraq War – The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies and the Mess in Iraq. Youtube.com has…