The Escambia County School Board heard at its special meeting on Monday that the school district has 340 teaching openings. Students are returning to class in less than three weeks. This might…
Category: Politics
The Public Record: Red-light District
From 2010 to 2011, Inweekly had a popular history column done by Maxwell Chase, who would answer questions from readers. Dear Maxwell, I’ve heard about Pensacola’s old red-light district, but I’ve never…
OLF 8 offer drops to $24.1 million
D.R. Horton lowered its offer for the Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8) property from $42 million to $24.1 million. Why? The homebuilder’s original offer was for 540 acres near the Navy Federal…
Who Said What – Tuesday, July 25
Mayor D. C. Reeves covered the dropping of mandatory curb recycling on the show, but he also discussed the machete attack and changing the city’s height restrictions in the downtown area. He…
Daily Outtakes: Winner edition
Pensacola International Airport Wins For Titan Pensacola International Airport has been honored with the Commercial Service Airport Project of the Year award by the Florida Department of Transportation for Project Titan Element…
The Public Record: Daniel Boone
From 2010 to 2011, Inweekly had a popular history column done by Maxwell Chase, who would answer questions from readers. Dear Maxwell, Recently I was reading a book on Florida history when…
Mayor’s Presser: Three Takeaways
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held his weekly press conference this morning. Here are my takeaways: 1. Police Chief Eric Randall discussed how his officers walked the neighborhoods during Operation Brownsville. Mayor Reeves…
Who said what
Yesterday, I had County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh on “Real News.” He expects to receive a revised offer for OLF 8 from DR Horton and Stirling Properties this week, dispelling any rumors that…
Daily Outtakes: Who is doing the indoctrinating
DeSantis Indoctrination Begins State education officials have approved content from the conservative nonprofit PragerU to be shown in Florida schools as “supplemental teaching materials.” PragerU is Prager University, and short for Prager…
Campaign advice for DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis is rebooting his presidential campaign, and he’s receiving advice from friends and critics. Pro-DeSantis political pundit Javier Manjarres has chimed in with a post on his website, The Floridian….
Local Dems respond to new Black history curriculum
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Education are taking fire for the new African American history curriculum for Florida public schools. The Escambia Democratic Party repudiates the new curriculum that…
Daily Outtakes: More fight book ban
Last week, five additional parents joined the federal lawsuit filed earlier this spring against the Escambia County School Board for the removals and restrictions of books from school libraries and classrooms. Why…