Category: Politics
Real News: DC, PS, NNAM
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves gives his weekly update. Ray Palmer, President and CEO of Pensacola Sports, has been appointed Chairman of the board of directors…
City Gas more eco-friendly
Mayor D.C. Reeves announced at his weekly presser this morning that the city’s compressed natural gas vehicles have now switched to renewable natural gas, contributing…
Real News: Budget, birthday and soccer
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses the proposed county budget. Pensacola Sports hosts its Kick Start Soccer free clinics offered in Pensacola from July 18…
Daily Outtakes: Rebekah Jones Movie Trailer
Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning filmmaker Josh Fox (GASLAND, AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK) has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to finish Rebekah Jones: Whistleblower. Rebekah Jones is…
Blue Angels select officers for 2024 season
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, selected seven new officers to join the team for the 2024 air show season: three F/A-18E/F…
Viewpoint: This cycling enthusiast votes ‘no’ on Summit proposal
By Gary Sammons At the behest of two city council members (Jared Moore and Jennifer Brahier), the city council voted to spend up to $75,000…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis on the telly
DeSantis to do Interviews The Wall Street Journal reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis will begin to do interviews with newspapers and media outside his safe…
Real News: Friday, July 7
An update released Thursday by the Colorado State University tropical forecast team calls for 18 storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes and…
Daily Outtakes: Not much help on healthcare
Tackling Healthcare Senate President Kathleen Passidomo wants to take steps during the 2024 legislative session to tackle healthcare access. On the “Deeper Dive with Dara…
Daily Outtakes: Filling in the news gaps
Officer on Paid Leave The officer that shot and killed a suspect in Cantonment last week is on paid administrative leave pending the results of…
DeSantis publishes invalid out-of-state license classes
Governor Ron DeSantis announced today the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has published a list of out-of-state license classes that are…
Daily Outtakes: Safe Streets, Scary Sea
The City of Pensacola’s Draft Active Transportation Plan is now available for review and comment. Its purpose is to create comfortable streets for people walking,…
Viewpoint: For Summit Boulevard, it’s safety in numbers
By Phil Nickinson We need to make up our minds. Do we want our streets to be slower and safer? Or faster and more dangerous?…
Daily Outtakes: Trump Rallies Rare
Don’t Expect Another Trump Rally Here…yet Donald Trump isn’t holding as many campaign rallies as his GOP opponents or as many as he has in…
Another fun Friday show
It’s the end of an era – the last Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford opens in theaters this weekend. Jason Nathanson shares his thoughts…
Daily Outtakes: Middle School Morass
The state Department of Education on Thursday published the first round of results from Florida’s new “progress monitoring” system of student assessments in public schools….
Buzz: Santa Rosa Medical without power
Santa Rosa Medical Center is without power. Escambia County EMS is helping transport 50 patients to HCA Florida West. The county is using its ambulances…
Another All-Way Stop
The City of Pensacola will install two new stop signs on Thursday, July 6 at the intersection of Government Street and Jefferson Street, which will…
Real News: The non-political ones
The University of West Florida received the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Community Outreach first place award at the 2023 NCAE-C Symposium. Dr….
City unveils sweepers
The City of Pensacola has announced the winners of the street sweeper naming contest, also unveiling fun new designs that reflect the winning names. The…
