Category: Politics
Video: Gingrich says Establishment “right to be worried”
Fresh from his South Carolina primary victory, Republican presidential hopeful Gingrich says “Establishment” should fear his nomination. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Undeterred by the Gingrich’s victory,…
Florida and Pensacola Unemployment rates continue to drop
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December 2011 was 9.9 percent, the lowest since April 2009 when the rate was 9.7 percent. This represented 913,000…
Odds on Gingrich winning
Following Newt Gingrich’s win in South Carolina, Europe’s largest betting company Paddy Power is today sweating over its decision on Friday to pay out early…
Luncheon with Lawmakers, or Tallahassee Wish List
Earlier this month, state legislators from northwest Florida visited Pensacola for a bite to eat and a sit-down with the local business community. The 2012…
Oliver Goes On EDATE With Women
The salad was light and the tea was sweet, but conversation waded immediately into deeper waters: politics. That’s the way the League of Women Voters…
Christian travel agency tries get Casey Anthony to leave state
We got this weird email today: Dear Sir/Madam, It has recently come to our attention that accused child murderer Casey Anthony has taken residence in…
County Commission primaries – Robertson, May, Archer lead in funds
The Escambia County Commission candidates are gearing up for the Republican and Democrat primaries. The District 1 Republican primary has incumbent Wilson Robertson, who has…
Morgan outraises Powell, builds war chest
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan raised over $17,000 in the last quarter of 2011 for his re-election campaign. Republican opponent John Powell received $12,850 and…
Santorum: I’m a threat to the GOP establishment
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tells Bob Schieffer why he thinks Mitt Romney is just a part-time conservative, and why he views himself as an “anti-establishment”…
Huntsman Out
According to the Times Caucus, Jon Huntsman will announce today that that he is ending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsing Romney….
Kaiser leaving Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart CEO Will Join Utah Health System Pensacola, FL (Jan. 13, 2012) — Laura Kaiser, president and CEO of Sacred Heart Health System, will…
Dirty Smurfs
Escambia County officials have no interest in seeing a recycling center on a collection of remediated Superfund sites. They also don’t want to see any…
The ‘Make Us Whole’ Boat Ramps
How will we be ‘made whole’ following the 2010 oil spill? For starters, how about some boat ramps for $4.4 million? Over the next few…
Bookies like Romney, bet win streak will continue
Europes largest betting company Paddy Power have installed Mitt Romney as 2/5 favourite for the South Carolina primary after the former Massachusetts Governor romped home…
Insiders stacked advisory vote in favor of Yaz
The Project On Government Oversight has requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) disregard a joint advisory committee’s support of the controversial birth control…
Commissioner’s Delay Tourism-tax Decision
The Escambia County Commission will wait until the summer to decide what governance model they’ll go with when it comes to tourism tax dollars. Presently,…
Romney in Florida Today
Leading in the polls, Mitt Romney has skipped through South Carolina to campaign here today in West Palm. Â VIDEO A record turnout is being expected,…
Oil Spill Restoration Meeting
The second in a series of meetings to explore early oil-spill restoration will be held tonight at the University of West Florida. The Deepwater Horizon…
Buzz: Hotel owners and Chamber to ask for delay
The Hotel owners who have been pushing for the tourism marketing and the management of the bed tax dollars to be taken away from the…
SRIA vendetta against DeLuna Fest continues
The daily newspaper published on its front page what they describe as a dispute between the DeLuna Fest organizers and the Santa Rosa Island Authority…
