Category: Escambia County
Will Casino bailout state budget?
Gov. Charlie Crist announced yesterday that the Seminole Tribe of Florida will prepay its first four years of its gambling deal with the state, if…
Crist: College should return $6M
According to Miami Herald, Gov. Charlie Crist wants Northwest Florida State College to return $6 million in taxpayer money for an airport project at the…
Miller leaves airport post. Hall isn’t sad.
Frank Miller is the new aviation director of the San Antonio International Airport. He has been the director of Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport since…
ECSO has made 512 drug arrests
According to NorthEscambia.com, undercover officers have videotaped for weeks drug buys in Century. Now warrants have been issued and arrests are being made. The ECSO…
Pensacola Jeff wins honor
The website BuzzFlash has named the Pensacola blogger Jeff who punked the crowd at the Pensacola Tea Party (see video) and was seen on Keith…
Local retired admiral denies email
The Virginian-Pilot reports that retired Rear Adm. Lou Sarosdy denies that he wrote a wide-circulated email that criticizes President Barack Obama for not authorizing the…
Buzz: High School student arrested with gun
This time it was at Escambia High School. The arrest was within the last 90 minutes. We’re trying to get more information.
Another CMPA option: Build American Bonds
John Peacock called to suggest the City look into the federal bond program – Build American Bonds – for the Community Maritime Park. It does…
First Clue for Deluna Treasure Hunt
DeLuna Treasure Hunt Clue One Click Escambia at Florida Public Archeology Network to tour the earliest shipwreck in our state. Use the fish as the…
More on GBHS gun arrest
This report is from GB Police: At 9:05 am this morning Gulf Breeze Police School Resource Officer Kerstan Tatro confronted a 61 year old white…
Buzz: Clary may run against Gaetz
There is a steady buzz from Okaloosa County that Charlie Clary may run for his old state Senate that is currently held by Don Gaetz….
Group protests Opera elephants
Elephants at the opera?! Animal rights group protests Pensacola Opera’s use of a circus elephant (Pensacola) The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) has sent…
Jailed pilot wants to tell his story
According to Aero-News Network: Jailed pilot Marcus Schrenker, facing a competency hearing in a Pensacola federal court on April 24, is anxious to tell his…
UWF faculty lags behind
The University of West Florida pays less to its professors and associate professors than six of the nine universities in the state that offer master…
IB and Advance Placement could take budget hit
The State Senate is considering a budget that would cut nearly in half the funding for advanced placement and International Baccalaureate across the state. Last…
Pensions are a problem
BTW: The PNJ editorial board thinks “It’s fiscal insanity to play the city pension plan game” We’ve been writing on that, too. It was one…
A year later PNJ writes on pensions
In its Sunday edition, the Pensacola News Journal has a story on how pensions are breaking the city budget. On April 24, 2008, we wrote…
Sacred Heart to start Internal medicine residency
Sacred Heart announced today that it will start a three-year residency program for internal medicine thanks to an Innovate Workforce grant from Florida’s Great Northwest…
CMP developer agreement finished
The final master developer agreement as been negotiated and agreed to by all parties. It and a cover memo from City Manager Al Coby are…
Keesler appeal hits snag
Bryon Keesler’s appeal of Judge Bell’s dismissal of his and Leroy Boyd’s suit against the CMPA is not going so well. The First District Court…
