I came across this article through Twitter. It’s by Claude DiDomenica, Co-founder, Columnist and Blogmaster of the website Secretary of Innovation. I thought with change so much of what the City of…
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PNJ brings Deal Chicken to P’cola
As I predicted in April, the daily newspaper has brought the Gannett coupon project, Deal Chicken, to this market. (Read April post). No word on who will have to wear the suit.
The murder of Bobo Till
The 1955 murder of Emmett Til was one of several events that sparked the Civil Rights movement. It happened in the Mississippi Delta two years before I was born and was reported…
Mack Attack Emails
Through a public record request, the IN obtained copies of former Pensacola City Council member and current Pensacola Redistricting Commission member Diane Mack’s emails regarding my posting of a proposed district map….
ALEC continues in the news
ProPublica also has a feature on ALEC –the Koch Brothers funded non-profit that wrote much the state legislation proposed around the country this year. And corporations are profiting from the model legislation…
WSJ publisher resigns
The Murdoch/News Corp crisis continues with the resignation of Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton…a day after WSJ interviewed owner Rupert Murdoch in the international media mogul asserted the his corporation had…
Blog post picked up by New York Times
My blog post on BP trying to end oil spill payments got mentioned in the New York Times: “Our state and local leaders have been so quick to declare that the beaches,…
KBR cleared in Jamie Leigh Jones case
After fighting for four years to have her case heard, Jamie Leigh Jones has lost her rape and sexual harassment lawsuit against military contractor KBR. After a day and a half of…
Buzz: Mack on witch hunt over blog post
Former Pensacola City Council member and current Redistricting Commission member Diane Mack is upset over my posting the alternative district map that Supervisor of Elections David Stafford prepared for the commission. She…
Ice Flyers owner and team prez speak out
From Chuck McCartney, Ice Flyers President: As Tim Kerr sat in his home in New Jersey watching the live broadcast of the BOCC meeting he could not believe what he was hearing,…
ALEC tied to Florida anti-union bill
InTheseTimes.com has found a link between the conservative think tank ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and Florida House Bill 1021. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Dorworth (R-Lake Mary) prohibited public employers…
Judge refuses to dismiss CMPA suit against developer
Federal Judge Casey Rodgers has denied the motion by Maritime Park Development Partners, LLC. to dismiss the lawsuit Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. filed against MPDP. CMPA has alleged fraud in the…
Tampa Port Users aren’t happy either
The business owners that use the Port of Tampa want the port director fired. They aren’t happy that the port authority has encouraging development of scarce land on the water for non-shipping…
Breaking News: First F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to land at Eglin
My sources in D.C. called and said the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter should be landing at Eglin Air Force Base within the hour. Eglin AFB will receive six aircrafts by the…
No Florida city has nine council members, except Pcola
At least none under 100,000 population, Pensacola has one of the largest in the state. I had our summer intern look up cities between 100,000 and 40,000 people. Here is what she…
Alternative City District plan cuts out minority district
Supervisor of Elections David Stafford was asked by the City Redistricting Commission to develop an alternative map that had more contiguous districts. The plan shifts Maren DeWeese out of District 3 and…
Buzz: ECUA dictated new county districts
The County district boundaries were redrawn with the ECUA board members in mind. The County Commission did not want to deal with a lawsuit from an ECUA board member who got drawn…
Did we screw ourselves?
Our state and local leaders have been so quick to declare that the beaches, seafood and Gulf Coast are doing fine that we may have screwed up the chances of the remaining…
INDaily online – July 13 edition
IN Daily is out! http://bit.ly/nR5KXh â–¸ Top stories today via @inpublisher
Oops. Camelot failing, too
While the daily newspaper is focusing on the problems with two charter schools, A.A. Dixon and Jacqueline Harris, the Camelot Academy, the middle school that the School District outsourced to a Pennsylvania-based…