Category: News
City of Pensacola murder rate has nearly quadrupled in past 20 years
Twenty years ago the City of Pensacola had over 7,000 more people living within its city limits and only two murders. As I reported yesterday,…
War on Children: Child abuse spreads across races
According to state reports, the investigations of child abuse in Escambia County match the racial demographics of the area. Â [supsystic-tables id=’87’] Last year,…
Real Men Wear Pink…and drink beer tonight
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you look you see the color pink. Breast cancer is a disease that touches us all in…
Get Started Pensacola finalists announced
Cox Business has announced the finalists of Get Started Pensacola, taking place on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pensacola Little Theatre. The…
Obamacare premiums in Florida jump 17 percent, but no increase with tax credit
Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces were announced earlier this week. Nationally, the average rate increase is projected to 22 percent, before…
State launches Florida Unique Abilities Partner Program
Today, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Executive Director Cissy Proctor joined Senate President Andy Gardiner, along with Florida businesses and advocates, to announce the…
Workforce housing meeting cancelled
From Escambia County: Workforce Housing Community Meeting The upcoming community discussion on 20 potential developments of workforce housing properties under the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s…
Florida Lt. Governor on impact of early voting [podcast]
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera appeared yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks” to promote early voting. I asked him how early voting impacts an election. “One, a vote…
Florida Election Supervisor keeps Zombie voters in check [podcast]
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford discussed the reliability of the voting process in Escambia County and Florida. He agreed that since the 2000…
Child abuse cases continue to rise, DCF impotent
In August, an Escambia County grand jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr., 26, for first-degree felony murder in the death of toddler Cornelius Savage. On…
Jean Wallace receives Florida Scenic Highway award
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Florida Scenic Highways Program (FSHP) honored Jean Wallace, Scenic Highway Foundation Vice President, with the Gary Balogh Inspiring Excellence Award…
Is panhandling the next big problem for downtown Pensacola?
In a letter sent last Friday, Downtown Improvement Board chair John Peacock has asked Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to address “a…
Early voting and voting fears
On “Pensacola Speaks” today, I will have Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera will discuss early voting and the U.S. Senate race during the first half-hour. In…
Criminalizing Kids: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Our Youth
Press Release: Celebrate National Youth Justice Action Month on Wednesday, October 26, and join us for a short documentary screening of “America Divided: The Class…
Busting more voter fraud myths
Let’s bust a few more voter fraud myths: This meme has been circulated on Facebook and Twitter: Politifact has tackled all of these. Let’s start…
Zombies will not steal the election from Trump
Some in my “Pensacola Speaks” radio audience are convinced that dead people will be voting in this year’s presidential election, and all those votes will…
City set to borrow more money
At the Oct. 10 Agenda Review Conference, the head of Pensacola Energy told the Pensacola City Council that he will be bringing to the board…
Over 5,000 vote on first day of early voting in Escambia County
According to the Supervisor of Elections’ website, 5,128 people voted on the first day of early voting – GOP 2519, DEM 2014, Other 595. Mail-in…
Northwest Florida Great Dane Rescue saves more than 30 dogs
Northwest Florida Great Dane Rescue (NWFLGDR) is currently caring for more than two dozen Danes from a breeding operation in Walton County that left approximately…
Fact finding: VT MAE Briefing Book
Two weeks ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward provided the most detail explanation of the $46-million VT MAE MRO facility at the Pensacola International Airport. A briefing…
