Category: Escambia County
Psst, School Board has power to raise taxes
The Florida Legislature gave school districts the option Saturday to shift funds intended for capital improvement to day-to-day operating budgets. However, the school boards must…
Another Shooting
WEAR TV reports two men are accused of shooting a Myrtle Grove man in the head on Saturday. The victim survived. See video.
Odom does bait and switch
Okaloosa County developer Jay Odom is in trouble again. It was his airplane hangar that Odom got buddies former House Speaker Ray Sanson and ex-college…
Crawfish Festival is booming
Just got back from the Fiesta Crawfish Festival. The IN staff took a break and walked done to Bartram Park. The crawfish are excellent!
Maybe why ECSO K-9 unit suspended
2005 was a very bad year for the K-9 unit…particularly two deputies that cost the ECSO at least two lawsuits. February 2005 Gulf Breeze teen,…
Looking deeper at FCAT scores
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ press release and the PNJ article on the FCAT are based on the percentage of students that did 3.5 or greater on…
Jim Paul deserves some FCAT credit
Former Superintendent Jim Paul deserves some credit for the increase FCAT writing scores over the past seven years….but don’t expect Malcolm Thomas to mention it…
ECSO dogs shutdown
WEAR TV 3 reported last night that K-9 unit at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has been temporarily shutdown by the Department of Justice. According…
“Why we are firefighters”
This comment was posted elsewhere on the blog. I think it deserves more attention: After the pension workshop I had a few thoughts I felt…
Gun Shots
Pensacola shop owner sent me this photo: “I enjoyed reading your article about the shootings in Pensacola. On a recent Saturrday I got to work…
Blog stats
Rick’s Blog began in the spring of 2006. To date, I made 4,016 posts – about four per day. We have had 27,386 comments –…
McCollum-early favorite for GOP race
Political analyst Roger Stone reports Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is the early favorite to be the Republican nominee for Governor if Charlie Crist choses…
College board meets to discuss status of Richburg
The Board of Trustees of Northwest Florida State College meets today to discuss the status of its college president, Bob Richburg. Richburg was recently indicted…
Buzz: Florida Senate passes consolidation
Just got a text message the local bill to form a consolidation commission passed the Florida Senate, YEAS 38 NAYS 0
Fight over Clearasil led to deputies’ death
The Fort Walton Beach Daily News reports that the marital argument that led to the deaths of two Okaloosa County deputies was over a tube…
Bruno/Food World has a buyer
The Mobile Press Register reports that C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, N.H., the wholesaler that supplies Bruno’s and Food World, is the bidder most likely…
Council moms tackle parks
Council member Megan Pratt is in the PNJ for pushing her idea of creating a natural playground near the new Tryon Branch library. Read more….
Okaloosa Sheriff indicted
Okaloosa Sheriff Charlie Morris and his administrative director have been indicted by a federal grand jury. They face a maximum of 65 years in federal…
Tallahassee Charter Review only took three months
The Pensacola Charter Review Commission is in its 16th or 17th month of deliberation. It took five months to appoint the committee after John Peacock…
Free Wifi downtown
In 2006, we had free WiFi downtown as part of our Ballsy Plan. Three years later the DIB is ready to launch it. Press Release:…
