The top posts of the day. Readership steadily growing. School Board District 1 race – Bergosh, Sept. 5 Primary Winners & Losers Tribute to Croc Hunter Escambia Co. School Board races –…
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Early Analysis of FL Gov Race
This from Political Wire  ————————————————————————–      In Florida, Crist to Face Davis for Governor      CQ Politics says the results of yesterday’s primary elections for governor “suggest that the Republican nominee, state…
Vote recount continues
The Valentino-Roberts recount is still going on. Valentino has 3-vote lead. They’re going thru the opti-scan votes now. Have absentees left to do. Parties can still request a manual recount after this…
Whitehead wants Perdido
Rumor has it. Escambia Co. Commissioner Mike Whitehead wants to redraw his district lines before the 2008 election. He believes Perdido Key (which is currently the Valentino-Roberts district) will help him get…
Kolokouris may be big winner, too
Pensacola City Council District 2 candidate Steve Kolokouris could be a big beneficiary of the Park and Grover Robinson wins. People want a change. His opponents are Sam Hall and Paul Young….
Locals mount campaign against ABC 9/11 show
There is a local grassroot campaign being mounted against WEAR airing the ABC docudrama “Path to 9/11”. Here is one email being sent out among Democratic circles (which I admit is a…
Tribute to Croc Hunter
Youtube.com has dozens of videos on Steve Irwin. Here’s one of the best: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fB-Qeczhr0]
Jesus Camp coming to P’cola film fest
The documentary “Jesus Camp” is scheduled to run at the Pensacola International Film Festival in November. The film, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael,…
South Florida still has election problems
From Miami Herald: Broward County poll workers still messed up the count. They failed to properly download votes onto the memory cartridges. Had to wait until the next morning to retrieve the…
O’Brien applauds young voters, ignores black voters
PNJ columnist – and the man that Marty Donovan said was the only journalist he trusted – Mark O’Brien gave his observations on the Sept. 5th election (Mark O’Brien: Money, young people…
Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/6/06
New record day for visitors – 9,024 Community Maritime Park – Election Nigh Park wins big!!! Escambia Co. School Board races – major Young voters swamp polls at 5 pm “Hi, I’m…
IN Martini Night Buzz – 9/6/06
Quint Studer received tremendous praise tonight for his perseverance on the park issue. Charlie Fairchild also got kudos for being a gracious loser. The Independent News was congratulated for its willingness to…