Category: News
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…