Forbes has published a slideshow on how employees can be better. I’ve adapted the 14 points for elected officials. 1. Anticipate your district’s needs. What are the issues in your district? Not…
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Happy New Year (video)
A different, fun Happy New Year. Gunshop | Hoppy New Year from Gunshop on Vimeo. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Good news on fiscal cliff deal: GE keeps wind tax credit
A one-year extension of the tax credit for the wind industry was included in the fiscal cliff deal that Congress passed yesterday. The tax credit, which was critical to GE Energy staying…
Falling off fiscal cliff could hit your next paycheck
CNN has figured out that if no deal happens today the falling off the fiscal cliff will have a full impact for a few weeks. The biggest immediate impact will be on…
Top Five Economic Trends to reshape Moblie, Escambia County and Pensacola
The Mobile Press Register has published the top five economic trends that it believes will reshape Mobile in 2013. Of course, the Airbus assembly plant tops the list. The $600-million plant to…
Dave Barry reviews 2012, as only he can do
From Miami Herald: It was a cruel, cruel year — a year that kept raising our hopes, only to squash them flatter than a dead possum on the interstate. Example: This year…
What Donna Fassett learned in a life of 33 years service to the community (Her own words)
ARC Gateway sent out an official press release regarding the death of its executive director, Donna Fassett. Two years ago, Donna wrote this piece on the life lessons that she has learned…
Food for guns trade worked in LA. How much chicken can you buy for a rocket launcher?
The Los Angeles Police Department offered for one day only a buyback program. Turn in a gun, get a grocery store gift card. According to Atlantic, the final numbers were 2,037 firearms,…
Pensacola pioneer Donna Fassett passed away last night
The executive director of ARC Gateway passed away last night after a battle with cancer. We named Donna a Game Changer this past year. Pensacola is a better place thanks to her…
The escalating violence in crimes committed in Pensacola is troubling
The violent crime in Pensacola is escalating to a much more dangerous level. In 2009, I was writing about drive-by shootings. Shots were fired over crowds, few people were injured. In 2010…
AP Exam Reports: Escambia lags behind State, not much improvement since 2009
The Florida Dept. of Education has posted the AP exam statistics for the 2011-12 school year on its website. Statewide 29.6 percent of the 10-12th graders take AP exams for a advanced…
Quote of the Day
NY Times published today an article on the decline of the Tea Party since the 2012 General Election. Florida Senate President Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) had this to say about how the fringe…
Pensacola violence escalates. When will it get its own mayoral press conference?
Probably not the greatest photo op for the mayor. These types of press releases from Pensacola Police Department have become commonplace: Christmas Night Shooting Pensacola Police are investigating two shootings that occurred…
Foxes in charge at DEP hen house
Gov. Rick Scott has put those once regulated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in key positions at the agency. Those who have fought hard for the environment have been fired…
Mobile, Ala. tornado described like a bomb going off (photos)
A Mobile Press Register reporter gives a firsthand account of the tornado that touched down yesterday in Mobile, Ala. Read more. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Only 42 percent of Escambia County high school graduates plan to attend a college. State average is two-thirds
Every time a new statistic comes out on education I find myself looking harder at what is happening in the Escambia County public school district. This week I was told that few…
High School grades are in. Escambia maintains. State touts successes elsewhere
All the high schools in the Escambia Public School District maintained their school grades for the 2011-12 school year, except for Northview that dropped from a “B” to a “C.” School Name…
A Home for the Holidays
In an effort to draw more attention to the need for supportive housing for Veteran Families, the owners of the Howard Johnson/Day’s Inn have agreed to partner with EscaRosa Coalition on The…
Buybacks and a Floating Holiday
The Escambia County Commission paved the way this morning for county employees to buyback accrued leave time and also approved a “floating holiday,†which this year will fall on New Year’s Eve….
Pensacola, Milton Wal-Marts sold out of semi-automatic rifles
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. has suspended sales of rifles similar to the one used at Sandy Hook school at its more than 500 stores. Wal-Mart has not. The media is reporting brisk…