From John Peacock, Edward Jones advisor: I want to share our perspective on the May jobs numbers. Below are comments from our investment strategist, Kate Warne. Is the Economy Stalling? The lack…
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Another email in support of Koss
Editor: I haven’t written your publication before because I let you slide on most things, but when I noticed that you had Commander Dave Koss, formerly Flight Leader of the Blue Angels…
More Clearwire leaving Milton
GeekWire has another take on Clearwire backing out of its expansion commitment in Milton and outsourcing its call center to TeleTech Holdings. The Milton shift was part of a major strategy change…
June 2 Winners & Losers catches heat
We made former Blue Angels loser last week in our Winners & Losers column. Not all our readers agreed. From retired Adm. Robert Kelly: “Hope you might reconsider labeling Dave Koss as…
Palin screws up American History
According to Tea Party sweetheart, Sarah Palin, Paul Revere rode through Boston ringing a bell to warn “the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms.” Once called on her…
Sarasota lose proposed Jackson Lab, 3,000 jobs
Jackson Laboratory, currently based in Maine, had requested for $100 million in state funding, for a proposed biomedical village in Sarasota County. By 2031, the lab would have had an annual economic…
Buzz: Neumann to bail on WEAR TV 3 (spelling corrected)
Reporter Greg Neumann is rumored to be leaving Channel 3. He is heading back to his home state, Wisconsin, to work for a station in Madison. That leaves the station with four…
Hayward appoints pension advisory board
Press Release: As part of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s 20 Solutions for 2011 campaign platform to address lingering pension problems with the City’s various employee pension funds, today the Mayor announced a seven-member…
Buzz: Escambia High in lockdown
A parent just called to tell me that Escambia High School went into lockdown this morning. An armed trespasser was seen on campus. Escambia County Sherif’f’s Office responded. The suspect was chased…
Video saves Hernando teacher from prosecution
This news story from the St. Pete Times has me wondering if the School District should invest in video cameras in the classrooms, at least at the middle and high school levels….
Richburg saga is not over
Bob Richburg, former president of Northwest Florida State College, dominated Okaloosa County for decades. He was the dean of the college presidents in the panhandle…that was until the Sansom-Odom hangar scandal. Daily…
WXBM’s Linda Lawrence is missed
The original post was rather matter-of-fact. Most times such announcement hardly even create a ripple. Listeners move on. Linda Lawrence of the popular “Marty & Linda” morning show on WXBM is still…
Buzz: Santa Rosa school district avoids another lawsuit
Did you notice last week that most of the recipients of the administrative raises were female? The word I’m hearing is that discrepancies were so big between the males and females there…
Clearwire to return $2 million
Press Release: Clearwire today notified members of our customer care teams of an agreement that will transition parts of our customer care operations to TeleTech. We currently have a strategic business partnership…
WEAR TV fires Dan Thomas
Channel 3 has told its star investigative reporter Dan Thomas to take a hike. He has been taken off WEAR’s website. Pensacola is losing a great investigative reporter who did fantastic job…
Buzz: Montclair cafeteria filthy
Maybe it was because the end of school is only two days away. Maybe the staff cleans the cafeteria in the mornings. Maybe Superintendent Thomas wanted to disrepect Sheriff Morgan. Whatever the…
IN goes to Task Force meeting
We sent our reporter Jeremy Morrison to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force meeting. Here is his report: EPA Chief, task force visit Pensacola by J. Adam Morrison Gulf Coast fisherman…
Say No to crack(s)
WALA reports: Pensacola Police say a couple of driving violations led to serious trouble for two Pensacola men who thought they had a clever place for their drugs. While being booked into…
Chambers & PSA proposal
The Visit Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key Chamber and the Pensacola Sport Association made a combined presentation for the entire $4.38 million. The TDC instead approved Visit Pensacola $2,463,694 Perdido Key $940,084…
DeLuna Fest proposal
DeLuna Fest made a proposal for $1 million of the $4.38 million in BP grant money. The TDC has recommended they receive $546,342. This is how they planned to use the funds:…