In an effort to curb illegal guns and gun violence, Miami police is holding its first 2013 gun buyback operation of the year. Beginning on Jan. 19, anyone can drop off any…
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Did Gov. Scott knowingly exaggerate Obamacare costs
The Miami Heralds’ Naked Politics Blog is reporting that Gov. Rick Scott may have knowingly overstated the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the state’s Medicaid budget. Naked Blog: In a…
Library Focus Groups
Escambia County press release: The West Florida Public Library System is looking for individuals interested in participating in focus groups to help shape the future of libraries in Escambia County and the…
Rubio explains why he voted against fiscal cliff deal. Fails to mention because he wants to be prez
I got his email from U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL): Rick, The federal government has a spending problem. Simple math shows it to be the root cause of our nation’s fiscal crisis….
Miller is only FL Congressman with a chairmanship. FL shunned by Boehner and crew
With the exception of our Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla), Florida’s 27-member House delegation was shut out of chairmanships of any of the 21 permanent committees in the House. Miller chairs for a…
Hobby Lobby employee touts generous pay and benefits
The Daily Beast reported last Friday that national retailer Hobby Lobby became the largest corporation to defy new Affordable Care Act regulations, after the Oklahoma-based chain announced that it would refuse to…
Alfresco food court to open first food trailer in February
Alfresco’s, the food court on the corner of Palafox and Main streets, is close to opening, at least partially. Two Airstream trailers are being placed on the property. Z Taco, with a…
Teacher quits, refuses to create generation of test takers (video)
Fifteen-year veteran elementary teacher says “I quit”. Parents need to know what is being done to their children – and it’s not the teacher’s fault! Also see followup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZg4Wr3-l0k. How many local…
State lawmakers have three bills to ban texting while driving. Ford sponsors one of them
Three on the most popular bill in front of the Florida Legislature, according to the website Florida Current, concern the banning people from texting while driving their cars–a very good indication that…
Must-see: 60 Minutes covers Times-Picayune tonight
MorÂley Safer reports tonight on the New Orleans’ daily newspaper, Times-Picayune, reducÂing its print version to three days a week. It should be good. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Pick Your All-NYC basketball team
New York City has had some of the best high school basketball players in the nation. The NY Times lets you pick your all-star team. My All-NYC basketball team – Posted using…
Another Escambia County Claim to Shame: Child Deaths
The Statewide Child Abuse Death Review Committee has released its annual report. Escambia County is one of the worst in the state with 100 total child deaths and four verified child abuse/neglect…
Another Tea Party failure: Boehner still Speaker. Darn, the angry, old white coalition is losing power
For the last couple days, the Tea Party has been bragging that it had the votes to unseat Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House. The boys weren’t happy…
Sarah Zieman Martinez headed to D.C.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has announced that Alberto Martinez, who headed Romney’s campaign in Florida and worked for Rubio in the state legislature, is joining his staff as Deputy Chief of Staff…
IN Cover Story Puts a Face on Area Homicides
Murders, shootings, assaults, rapes…they too quickly become just numbers, one-day headlines lost in the flood of news of Justin Beiber’s tattoos, Lady Gaga’s outfits and Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy Firing a county administrator,…
R.I.P. Distinctive Kitchens
A downtown retail mainstay since 2004, Distinctive Kitchens has closed. The doors have been locked for weeks. A “Closed for Inventory” sign has been on the front door throughout the holiday shopping…
Now the bad news about fiscal check. Your paycheck will be hit
The Payroll Tax Cut, which reduced your share of payroll taxes by 2 percent and increased your net pay, expired on Dec. 31, 2012 and was not renewed by Congress. I’m told…
Magaha not the only one under fire for pay raises
Once the two legislative leaders were sworn in, Florida Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford immediately hired new chiefs of staff and paid them more than taxpayers pay state…
Who was the most influential person on social media in 2012?
According to SocialToaster Super Fans, it was President Barack Obama. Social marketing platform SocialToaster recently conducted a survey of 3,000 Super Fans and asked them to rank the most influential people online….
More good news on fiscal cliff deal: Floridians can still deduct sales taxes
The Florida state sales tax deduction has been extended for two year, as part of the fiscal cliff deal between Congress and the White House. Had it not been extended, then we…