Press Release: – The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee announced today the date and location to select delegates from Escambia County to participate in the Republican Party of Florida’s “Presidency 5†Florida…
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FDOE raises school grading scale
The State Board of Education yesterday approved a plan to slowly bump up A-to-F grading standards, so schools will need to do better to earn top marks. Currently schools earn A’s for…
PYP Whitepaper: BP Oil Spill’s impact on Tourism
Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (May 17, 2011) – On April 20, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and leaked approximately 205 million of gallons in the…
What election fraud?
My May 12 Outtakes, “Fixing Elections,” focused on what I considered the changes to Florida’s Election laws–changes I believe had little to do with improving the process and were more about keeping…
What is best school district in Florida Panhandle?
Not Santa Rosa or Okaloosa….it’s Walton County. The State Board of Education approved the designation of 13 Florida school districts as 2011-12 Academically High Performing School Districts. These districts have met the…
Pictures of 2011 Mississippi River Flood
A friend sent me a link to this website, Lloyd’s Donaldson Point River Watch. It shows three pictures of the same house – 2007, 2008 and 2011. As of 10:30 a.m. today,…
Buzz: Hubbs-Sea World touring city
Officials from Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute are in Pensacola today looking at possible locations for their new research center.
Audits reveal mortgage companies may have committed fraud
Huffington Post reports a set of confidential federal audits conducted Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies– Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo,…
Haliburton Engineer refuses to testify
Bloomberg is reporting that Jesse Gagliano, a technical adviser who was Halliburton’s cementing engineer on the Deepwater Horizon rig, evoked the Fifth Amendment when he was deposed last week by Transocean. Gagliano…
Escambia Co. governments lead state in BP claims paid
As of May 12, the local governments and agencies in Escambia County have been paid more in BP claims than any other county in Florida: Bay $Â Â Â Â Â 7,630,018.94 Brevard $Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4,266.66…
BlogTake:Law enforcement should be notified of crime tips
The Escambia County Public School District is installing an anonymous tip line for students, parents and others to report online bullying, harassment and other school crimes. The current plan proposed by Superintendent…
Buzz: New Pensacola Bay Bridge
There will be a new Pensacola Bay Bridge. In the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a push for a second Pensacola Bay Bridge–one that would connect with Highway 98 somewhere east…
Rich don’t create jobs
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future, argues on the website Truthout that the rich don’t create jobs and that taxing the rich doesn’t kill jobs. His points: You employ the right number…
Jeb Bush: Education pioneer?
The former Florida governor was recently awarded the Bradley Prize and $250,000: “The reforms that he put in place during his two terms as Florida governor in many ways lead the country…
Conflicting reports on Gulf fish
Mobile Press Register reports” Despite the reports of diseased fish that are circulating among some commercial anglers and within scientific circles, Alabama researchers fishing within 15 miles of Dauphin Island Thursday caught…
New Bullystopper Hot Line
This past week, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas made a presentation to the Escambia Co. School board on the new online system that the district will launch in August: It will allow anyone to…
Interesting note about IMF arrest
IMF chief and potential French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a maid at the hotel where he was staying. He was taken off the Air France…
HUD investigation
The Washington Post analyzed major construction and renovation projects currently funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a total of 5,100 development deals worth $3.2 billion. The Post found…
22 Hottest Summer Movies for 2011
From Steven Spielberg’s collaboration with J.J. Abrams on Super 8 to a whole slew of sequels from The Hangover Part II to the final installment of Harry Potter, check out The Daily…
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Memorial Service
Rhonda Ray of the ECSO produced this wonderful video of the memorial service held for fallen deputies. It opens with Sgt. Ray Quita Robinson.