Category: News
Buzz: County shake-up?
The Escambia County Complex is buzzing rumors that one of the commissioners is considering resignation. Who? & Why? —are the questions. Insiders are tight–lipped, but…
New Outrage in the Gulf
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on a new report that shows Congress bears substantial blame for the weak response to largest environmental…
Land Capital/Davison has $7M+ judgment against them
The default judgment for the garnishment has been apparently set aside, according to my sources (Davison Default Judgment Disposition, but there is an even bigger…
2010 Pelican Drop Schedule
2010 EVENT SCHEDULE CAT Country/International Paper Stage (Intendencia St) 5pm to 8pm- Children’s Pelican Celebration • At the stroke of 8 pm the Pelican will…
MPDP has $300K+ default judgment
It’s Case No. 2010-CA-1657 – a default final judgment by Wells Fargo Bank vs. LCG Mesa, LLC and Scott Davison. Maritime Park Development Partners is…
Buzz: Former St. Pete mayor advising Hayward
Former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker has been advising Pensacola Mayor-elect Ashton Hayward. In a telephone interview, Hayward said that he has had several conversations…
Buzz: It’s FSU, not UF
Expect the PNJ to get phone calls today about its Notebook column on the front page of the Sports section. The title is “UF win…
Promises: kept or broken?
The Community Maritime Park Associates board agreed to a Covenant with the Community which promised the park would be the most inclusive project in the…
Buzz: Gang war brewing?
The shooting at the Moorings Apartments on Old Spanish Trail Friday evening, Nov. 19 that killed Prentiss Mitchell may be tied to the November 6…
Gulf partially closed to shrimping
Mobile Press Register reports that NOAA has closed 4,200 miles of Gulf to trawling for royal red shrimp. Why? A shrimper found tar balls in…
No Peek Promotion
I love this promotion that The Oar House is running. Beginning 12/1/10 thru 2/28/11, the restaurant will pass out more than 1,500 No Peek Envelopes…
Rejected
SUPERINTENDENT REFUSES FINAL OFFER FOR BROWNSVILLE SCHOOL The pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church had to give it one more try on Friday, Nov. 12….
PBJ: Top 10 Business Stories of 2010
I didn’t realize that PNJ is still printing the Pensacola Business Journal, but they have already decided on the top 10 business stories of the…
Studer Group wins Baldrige Award
Studer Group is a 2010 winner of the Baldrige Award. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is an annual award that recognizes U.S. organizations in…
Fish House’s “Grits a Ya Ya” on Capitol Hill
BP Press Release: Three of Florida’s finest seafood chefs took their talents to Capitol Hill as a way of showing Congress and the nation that…
The Daily Beast: Ground Zero Mosque
John Avlon reports on The Daily Beast that the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” recently applied for a $5 million federal grant from a fund designed…
Vision 2015 update
Vision 2015 Pledges To date, 35 companies have invested in the Vision 2015 plan to bring 3,000 jobs to the region. Pledges to date: $3,248,500
TPO adopts road plan thru 2035
The Florida – Alabama Transportation Planning Organization, the TPO, has adopted their 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). This plan outlines the transportation projects for…
WYMHM:BP cited as criminally negligent
What You May Have Missed: Pro Publica is reporting that a federal probation officer for BP filed a petition last Wednesday asking a Alaskan federal…
State Roundup: Merit pay will be back
Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting that merit pay will likely be back before the legislature for discussion in 2011. The bill is similar to the one…
