Category: Politics
ECSO re-accredited
Press Release: Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan presented staff with a certificate acknowledging The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office being awarded full re-accredited status by the…
Council President calls special meeting
NOTICE OF MEETING – City Council Workshop, July 20, 9:30 a.m. The Pensacola City Council president has called for a City Council workshop for Wednesday,…
Guest Viewpoint: Seeing New Things-Past and Present
By Sarah Lyons I went to hear Dr. Omar Ali speak at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem recently. Schomburg is…
How Fox News brainwashes America
Dr. Cynthia Boaz describes on Truthout how Fox News brainwashes its viewers. Much of it we’ve written about before in bits and pieces, but she…
Clearwire hand-off fumbles jobs
Clearwire, the once great employer in Santa Rosa County, turned over its Milton operation to TeleTech. Most of its employees were transferred over to the…
Liberty Counsel paid off to drop suit involving Santa Rosa schools
What strikes me about this announcement is that Liberty Counsel —the conservation religious group who intervened in the original consent decree—could walk away with $265,000…
Scott asks supporters to praise him
Gov. Voldemort has more than a few tricks up his robe. On his campaign website, Rick Scott asks his faithful followers to send emails to…
Best of the Coast ballot coming July 21
The daily newspaper has published its Best of the Bay. Readers and business owners have asked when will be releasing the ballots. We’ve set July…
Buzz: City Park & Rec wins award
The City of Pensacola, Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded the Parks and Recreation 2011 State Agency Excellence Award for cities with a population…
City to get 3-1-1 service, July 1
Press Release: Pensacola residents will soon have an easier way to request service from the City for things like broken street lights, damaged park equipment,…
ECUA accepts bid to demolish Main St. Plant
Press Release: The projection was for a bid as high as $3.5 million, but after the Emerald Coat Utilities Authority (ECUA) Board voted to accept…
Harris cleared of all ethics charges
Press Release: The Florida Commission on Ethics upheld the Recommended Order of Judge Diane Cleavinger and cleared Dr. Brice Harris of any wrong-doing. Harris was…
Slutwalk: International phenomenon (photos)
“Slutwalk” protests are demonstrations against sexism, rape, sexual crimes and the injustice of blaming the victim rather than the rapist or abuser. The first one…
Navarre Beach Pier booms — over 320 people/day
Press Release: Over 117,600 people are estimated to have visited the Navarre Beach Pier in its first year of operations. Pier managers, The Pier, Inc.,…
More on PNJ layoffs
The latest round of Gannett layoffs, 700 people throughout their chain, included the Pensacola News Journal. Our daily had avoided the previous two rounds, but…
Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier group loses appeal in 13 yr case
The case is Pensacola Beach Pier, Inc., and John Soule, Appellants, v. William C. King, Clyde Patroni, and Michael Pinzone, individually and D/B/A PPK Holding…
Redistricting challenge
While Pensacola shrank and Escambia County only showed a minimal increase, Florida grew from 15.98 million in 2000 to 18.8 million in 2010, enough to…
City Attorney issues memo on disparity study
City Attorney Jim Messer has sent the Pensacola City Council a memo on a legal perspective on the proposed disparity study. Messer is clear that…
Hayward focuses on neighborhoods
Press Release: Pensacola residents will enjoy a cleaner city and more inviting neighborhoods thanks to a series of initiatives being announced today by Mayor Ashton…
City of Pensacola: Small and Minority contractor stats
In April 2008, the City contracted with MGT to conduct the review of its Procurement and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program. It wasn’t a disparity…
