NorthEscambia.com reports that Century leaders recently met to discuss how to attract economic development (Read more). Two suggestions: 1. Hire one of the sign people that the daily newspaper interviewed today to…
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Question unanswered
The daily newspaper front page feature by Mark O’Brien on the charming people who hold signs on street corners and are “loved” (“Sign beyond words”) failed to ask the most important question:…
Port of Pensacola: Next Big Issue
The future of the Port of Pensacola could be hotly debated this year. Mayor Ashton Hayward has appointed a Port Advisory Committee and City Council President Maren DeWeese is asking the Pensacola…
Lifetime drug stats for youth show Escambia better than Santa Rosa
The 2010 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey also shows a table for Percentages of Escambia County youth who reported having used various drugs in their lifetimes. Escambia County fairs better than Santa…
Santa Rosa Drug Usage Stats
Escambia County and Santa Rosa counties have similar percentages of middle and high school students abusing depressants, pain relievers, amphetamines and steriods over the past 30 days, according to the 2010 Florida…
Brownsville sale not on agenda, third consecutive month
The sale of Brownsville Middle School failed to make the April agenda for the Escambia County School Board. In January, George Hawthorne and Superintendent Malcolm Thomas announced the the school that had…
Bergosh is still upset
From Jeff Bergosh: We report crimes, we do not condone or attempt to cover-up crimes. A fringe element of our local so-called media has reported erroneous data in his publication which becomes…
More on School Board Workshop, SROs on agenda
Here is the agenda for the special workshop that the Escambia County School Board is holding on the afternoon of Thursday, April 14. There is no discussion of Tate High or Warrington…
FCAT season starts Monday
Students in grades 3 to 11 will take from Monday April 11 through April 21 the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, which includes exams in math, reading, science and writing. Students in grades…
Vampire Diaries sailor cleared
The Navy has dropped dismissal proceedings against a Cantonment sailor who was facing unprofessional conduct charges after being found in bed with another male. Petty Officer Stephen Jones, stationed at the Naval…
Buzz: Plea deal in Tate case
My sources tell me that the 16-year-old suspect in the March 1 sexual assault at Tate High School will plead guilty on Monday, April 11 to the assault on the 14 year…
School Board workshop on SESIR scheduled
The Escambia County School Board has scheduled a workshop on School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) for April 14. The workshop will be held in Room 160 at the JE Hall Center…
Buzz: Eddie Todd to step down from CMPA chair
The original board members of Community Maritime Park Associates (post-2006 referendum) continue to fall. CMPA chair Eddie Todd is expected to step down at today’s board meeting.
Escambia schools worst crime reporting in Panhandle
School Board member Jeff Bergosh’s comments got me curious to how Escambia County compares to the rest of the Florida Panhandle counties when it comes to reporting crime and violence to the…
Santa Rosa aggressive on school crime
Santa Rosa County takes a much more aggressive stance on incidents of crime and violence in its school system. In fact, it reports 92 percent of the most serious crimes to the…
Bergosh declares campus crime data too complex
Escambia County School Board member Jeff Bergosh wrote on his blog that data in the Florida’s School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) System is “complex and there are many factors that go…
School stories attract web readers
The Inweekly.net website has doubled its readership over the past two weeks. Tarnished Turnaround had more readers in its first 24 hours online than any cover story in the paper’s history. The…
Charter schools aren’t necessarily the answer
ProPublica has published an article on charter schools. We tend to think of charter schools as locally run schools like Pensacola Beach Elementary, but the majority aren’t. The ProPublica article highlights White…
Buzz: Is Florida Senate creating a state income tax?
The Florida Senate approved a system that will require state workers to put in 2 percent, 4 percent or 6 percent in the Florida Retirement System based on how much they earn….
PNJ declares fair food safe
First, the rides and now the food at the Santa Rosa County Fair have been declared safe by the daily newspaper. We can all sleep better….just not in a dumpster.