On Ed Show with Pap

We’ve got Media Matters, Re. Charles Rangel, Sam Seder and John Amato —talking about Obama week. This one will light up the wingnuts.

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Private sector creating jobs

New York Times: Employers added 244,000 jobs in April, all the net gain coming from the private sector. As more people returned to the job…

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Tar balls on the beach

Got this email from a reader yesterday: I went fishing on Pensacola Beach on 5-4-11, and on the gulf side of the beach, there are…

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Power struggle over council agenda

The Pensacola City Council agenda for the May 9 Committee of the Whole has been posted and Council President Maren DeWeese has left off the…

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State lawmakers cost Sacred Heart $9 million

Press Release: Negotiators for the Florida House and Senate finalized their cuts to the state’s healthcare budget Tuesday and agreed to make major reductions in…

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Good News: Crude oil drops 10 percent

Reuters: Oil collapsed into free-fall on Thursday, diving 10 percent and sending U.S. crude back under $100 a barrel as investors staged an unprecedented stampede…

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Buzz: Picking Team hampered

Narrowing down all the names submitted for Pensacola’s new Double AA baseball team was hampered by trademarks. We asked Quint Studer, team owner, about the…

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Perdido Key honors Korean War Hero

Press Release: he Perdido Key Chamber will host a celebration in honor of African-American War Hero Private Rosamond Johnson Saturday, May 7th beginning at 9…

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Charter school districts coming

Florida Tribune reports House and Senate have passed SB 1546. Sponsored by Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, in the Senate and Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, in…

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FCAT writing breakdown by school

The Escambia County Public School District showed improvement on the FCAT writing, although less than half of the schools met or exceeded the state average….

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Camelot High is a joke, too

The Camelot high school isn’t doing  well either. School Name 2011 Score 2011 Gap 2010 Gap Improvement ESCAMBIA CHARTER SCHOOL 59 -16 -31 15 NORTHVIEW…

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Camelot worse than AV Clubbs – FCAT writing for 8th grade

The Camelot-run middle school performed much worse than the old A.V. Clubbs on the FCAT writing tests when you compare its percentage of 4 or…

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