Category: News
Sam I Am The President
Pensacola City Council members voted for their new leadership on tiny, folded ballots this morning. Let’s throw their cards on the table. Councilman Sam Hall…
Fact Sheet: Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax Credits
From the White House: In August, President Obama called on Congress to enact tax credits that will help get veterans back to work. The Returning…
Bus workers union releases grievances
Open letter to Escambia County Commissioners: Dear Commissioners – please see the attached grievances filed by ECAT employees just in recent days. Please note that…
Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department
Libertarian makes a call, refuses to pay for it. WWRPD…What Would Ron Paul Do?
Hall elected Pensacola City Council prez
Sam Hall is the new Pensacola City Council president. Ronald Townsend is the vice-president. Official statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward, “I want to congratulate City…
Education Buzz: Secret meeting fiasco, EDS skinny
The secret meeting that Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas held last Friday to win support for his policies dealing with abandoned school properties failed miserably,…
Gingrich: Get any job that teaches you to show up on Monday
Today at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Newt Gingrich proposed radical new ideas to solve poverty in America, including changes in child labor laws, getting rid…
Buzz: Baby Gaetz fails to oust mayor
Found this little tidbit in Northwest Florida Daily News. Pat Bates has been reelected as the mayor in Altamonte Springs, despite local State Rep. Matt…
Hooray, BP is running more tourism ads
BP Press Release: BP announced today that it is expanding its Gulf Coast tourism advertising campaign with new ads highlighting this year’s successful tourism season…
Can’t find CRA vote to hire own attorney
I have gone through the CRA agendas for the period Jan 2011 through May 2011. I can’t find any items for discussion on hiring Doug…
CRA only has four rules
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA) OF THE CITY OF PENSACOLA POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (amended January 24, 2011) 1. General Unless expressly provided otherwise by law or…
Are foster children being medicated like schizophrenics?
 The New York Times cited a study published in the Pediatric Journal that appears to reflect that. And keep in mind: All of the programs…