Category: News
From head of Minutemen Project
Got this gem from a Tea Party email blast: Steve Eichler, J.D. Executive Director of the Minuteman Project/MinutemanProject.com and Executive Director of the Tea Party/TeaParty.org…
A few questions
GREETING JURORS: Have the federal judges surveyed their jurors to see if they were swayed by Sheriff Morgan thanking them for their service at the…
Buzz: Townsend wants out-of-district nominee
The Pensacola City Council is appointing its redistricting committee. Each current district should be represented on the committee that will decide the boundaries of the…
State budget cuts could hurt local economy by $35.1 million
Rick Scott’s proposed budget eliminates the Medical Needy Program and reduces hospital Medicaid rates. Sacred Heart Health System, the largest Medicaid provider in Northwest Florida,…
Badlands Part 3
Press release: The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and The Cottage Hill Neighborhood Watch, along with several other agencies, will conduct an “Operation Clean Sweep†event…
DOE Secretary resigns
Statement from Eric Smith who announced his resignation as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Education: This past weekend, I informed the members of…
Arrests Made in Turner Homicide
Press Release: A year-long investigation into the death 20 year old Donald Diego Turner has led to two arrests on the anniversary of the crime….
Answers to teacher merit pay questions
Orlando Sentinel put together this Q&A on the merit pay bill that recently passed the Florida Senate. My favorite: Does research show merit-pay plans boost…
Blog stats still strong
This blog has had more visitors – both unique and total – for the first 19 days of this month than all of March 2010….
Time for whistleblower policies
Daily News reports that in response to the bonus kickback scandal that led to the arrest of its sheriff and several high-ranking officials in his…
Why did people move from Escambia to Santa Rosa?
Louis Cooper at the daily wants to know. Santa Rosa’s total population is 151,372, according to the 2010 census. In 2000, Santa Rosa’s population was…
Weak editorials
I grew up in Greenville, Miss.–a town known for two things, cotton and its daily newspaper, The Delta Democrat Times. The paper’s owner, publisher and…