Yesterday Mayor Ashton Hayward ordered that the hot water be turned on at Pensacola City Hall. Apparently some time ago, former City Manager Al Coby and his team decided city staff didn’t…
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Hacker hacks Escambia County School District’s websites
Last night, hacker “N3td3v!l” replaced several of the Escambia County School District’s websites with a page that stated “We Love Iran” and images of a skull and crossbones image, along with a…
Education insanity, no home rule
The Okaloosa County School system wants to start classes on August 4. State says they can’t do so. The state legislature passed few couple years ago a law saying school districts must…
Buzz: Communications consolidation will work
How can Mayor Hayward be so sure? Because it has been done successfully in Mobile, Ala. Hayward had lunch yesterday with Mike Dow, the strong mayor that turned around that city. Dow…
Functional Consolidation beginning
Press Release: County Administrator Randy Oliver, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Chief of Staff John Asmar, and Pensacola Police Chief Chip Simmons met Monday afternoon to discuss moving forward…
Buzz: GBMS out at 1:30 pm next school year
The daily newspaper wrote about the Santa Rosa public schools dropping a period for both the middle and high schools. The savings will help the district deal with the $12 million cut…
Breaking News: Giant Bin Laden Destroys New York, Washington
The Onion reports that 500-Foot Terrorist Emerges From Sea To Wreak Havoc On U.S. Just weeks after his body was buried at sea, Osama bin Laden burst forth from the ocean depths…
FCAT scores release tomorrow
The Department of Education will release the results of the Spring 2011 FCAT 2.0 Grade 3 Reading and Mathematics assessments tomorrow, May 26th, at approximately 10:00 a.m. EDT. Thank you.
Little turkey for the panhandle
Florida TaxWatch recommended the governor veto 105 “turkeys,†projects it said were either added to the budget after bypassing normal review processes or were not requested by an agency or the governor…
Badlands VI – Bella (view) version
Press Release: The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and The Las Brisas Neighborhood Watch, along with other agencies, will conduct an “Operation Clean Sweep†event on Thursday, May 26, 2011 in the Bellview…
Greater Escambia Community Foundation Awarded $500,000
Press Release: The Greater Escambia Community Foundation announced today that they have received a $500,000 grant from the Fund for Gulf Communities (“the Fundâ€) to continue supporting residents across Florida’s Gulf Coast…
Race – more than concerts
George Hawthorne is upset with me for questioning Mr. “Cadillac” Banks’ concert proposal. We have this battle much too often–fighting over small dollars while bigger issues are ignored. He writes: You need…
DeLuna Fest Scavenger Hunt
DeLuna Fest is releasing the line up on Tuesday, May 31 with a ticket giveaway scavenger hunt and party. The DeLuna Fest Lineup Release “Mission for the Musicians†is a scavenger hunt…
BP/Feinberg fight claims audit
There is a profound difference in how Mississippi’s Attorney General Jim Hood and ours , Pam Bondi, are handling BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Hood requested that Judge Barbier. the…
Rapture changed to October 21, oops
According to the New York Times, Harold Camping has changed his prediction of the “End of Times” to October 21. What he decided, apparently, was that May 21 had been “an invisible…
Tampa’s economic plan sounds familiar
St. Pete Times columnist Robert Trigaux writes about the latest study on revitalizing the economy in the Tampa Bay area. Some of the recommendations sound familiar: • Build a regional economic brand…
Go Blue Wahoos!
Wahoo!! Pensacola’s Future Double-A Baseball Team Named Blue Wahoos Shelley Yates of Pensacola wins the Name the Team contest Pensacola Professional Baseball today announced the team’s name–Blue Wahoos! Shelley Yates of Pensacola…
Civic Center Concerts: Feb 2010-May 2011
Through a public record request, I got the attendance for the concerts held at the Pensacola Civic Center for the period 2/10/10 – 5/10/11. The two concerts promoted by William “Cadillac” Banks…
Navarre Beach tax case headed to FL Supreme Court
Daily News reports that case of whether Navarre Beach leaseholders should pay ad valorem taxes may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Santa Rosa Property Appraiser Greg Brown has won in…
PJC player anchors Heat defense
Miami Herald writes about Joel Anthony, former Pensacola Junior College basketball star, who is now playing for the Miami Heat. He leads the team in blocks and charges taken. Read more.