Category: Politics
How wrong the WSJ has been
Paul Krugman takes a shot at the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal whose predictions have included over the years: Clinton’s tax hike would…
Economics Club takes a shift far right
Gulf Coast Economics Club brings in policy advisor, Christian Camara, from right-wing Heartland Institute, which has been backed by the Koch Brothers. The Heartland Institute…
Cronimet to invest $5 million in Pensacola area
Press Release: The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces the addition of Cronimet Corporation to the Pensacola Bay Area. Cronimet plans to add fifteen…
Who lays pipe the best?
Though the industry sometimes touts natural gas drilling as dominated by small businesses, the 10 largest drillers account for one-third of all domestic production. ProPublica…
Blog has record month
We had 27,139 unique visitors. Total visitors (excluding traffic generated by robots) 96,600. Page views 472, 955. Our bounce rate is 6.3 percent. If you…
Downtown moratorium
Tattoo parlors, restaurant chain cannibals, what’s next? Maybe somebody will bring back the Red Garter. For all its parking tickets, the Downtown Improvement Board and…
Firefighters’ Union supports Hayward budget
Press Release: The Pensacola Professional Firefighters support Mayor Hayward and his budget as presented to the Pensacola City Council. Both the Mayor and his union…
Childers filed today
Pam Childers has filed today to run for Escambia County Clerk of Courts, the position held by Ernie Lee Magaha before color televisions were invented.
Spencer: ‘Let my council go’
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer has earned a nickname around town after his exodus from Thursday’s budget workshop: “Moses” for trying to lead the city…
New Apple CEO grew up in Robertsdale
Mobile Press Register reports that Tim Cook, who took the helm of Apple, Inc. this week is a Robertsdale, Alabama, native. Cook, took charge of…
Details on the huge Offshore Inland ship at the port
Here is the link on the ship that docked at the Port of Pensacola this morning: http://www.globalind.com/Documents/Operations/Vessels/Global_1200_WEB09.pdf
Is Pensacola Fire Department top heavy?
Council President Maren Deweese wants to bring back the fire rescue units. If her facts hold up, she has a compelling case. If the rest…
LeaP Forward banquet
Over 120 people attended the second annual IN LeaP Forward banquet that was held to honor and challenge the incoming Leadership Pensacola class. They listened…
What I missed of the City Council workshop
PNJ’s Jamie Page had to sit through the entire Pensacola City Council workshop. In reading his article, “Council members leave budget meeting over bickering,” my…
Is Deal Chicken too slow to the gate?
The News Journal is about to unveil the latest Gannett project – Deal Chicken – which is targeted to compete with Groupon, Val-Pak and other…
City Council has four options for Budget workshop
The Pensacola City Council reboots its budget workshops today at 9 a.m. at Pensacola City Hall. The Pensacola Fire Union may or may not come…
Another abandoned school eyesore
This is the one that you have seen for decades from I-110 Southbound. The building was once a school (J. Lee Pickens School), then the…
CMPA Board approves audit of ‘soft’ costs
Kudos to Councilman Larry Johnson for pressing for a special audit into the Maritime Park expenditures. The citizens have a right to understand how nearly…
Mayor Hayward responds to City Council
Mayor Ashton Hayward responded Tuesday afternoon to all the information requests from the City Council members. Not surprisingly, he rejected Council member Sherri Myers’ budget…
DOJ subpoenas focus on Santa Rosa Good Ol’ Boys
The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners have been served with two subpoenas for a Federal Grand Jury. 1) Asks for any and all records…
