Category: Politics
Kudos for Pensacola guitar maker
St. Pete Times featured Kevin Burkett, owner and founder of Electrical Guitar Co. To date, he has produced and sold 522 guitars to legends such…
Is NAS Pensacola no longer a viable naval port?
The daily newspaper reported today that Navy had canceled planned May, June visits of USS Iwo Jima and USS Lawrence to Pensacola Naval Air Station…
Inside Tate Assault: How not to investigate
This is the Part Two of my interview with the mother who reported the sexual assault at Tate High School. The mother agreed to the…
Inside Tate assault: “Momma, pray for me”
“Momma, pray for me. Momma, pray for me. I’m going to throw up.” That’s what the Tate High School student told his mother over his…
Tate reported few crimes to ECSO last year
Through a public records request of the Florida Department of Education, IN got the School Environmental Safety Incident Report for the Escambia County School District…
WEAR TV reports on sexual assault at Tate
The local ABC affiliate reported last night on the investigation of the possible sexual assault at Tate High School. Two students have been suspended. The…
Richburg: Sansom brought hangar deal to him
The State Attorney’s Office has released the tapes from its interview of the former president of Northwest Florida State College, Bill Richburg, regarding the grand…
Fetterman responds to maritime museum article
Dearest Friends, I received many emails and calls of encouragement since you read Saturday’s Pensacola News Journal (see attachment) with the information concerning the UWF…
Mainstreet Fairness Act
Illinois has passed a law that makes online retailers collect sales taxes on its sales to Illinois businesses and citizens. This isn’t a new tax,…
One down, two to go
City Attorney Rusty Wells has turned in his resignation, effective April 15. Well, age 66, has been on city staff since he was 26 and…
Bergosh blog post on Hawthorne contract
School Board member Jeff Bergosh has posted on his blog what happened at the board workshop regarding the proposed sale of the closed Brownsville Middle…
Tice denied re-titling cars in 2009
When I was investigating the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings, I interviewed Robert Beasley, Bud’s attorney, about his deceased client’s business relationship with Cab…
Bishop Richard to leave area
Bishop John Ricard, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, announced his resignation to a letter, dated to March 7, to Catholics in the…
Cab Tice arrested
Henry “Cab” Tice has been arrested on count of racketeering and is held in the Santa Rosa County Jail on $250,000 bond. A joint investigation…
NPR execs resign after video ambush
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned over the controversy surrounding a video was released showing chief NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) criticizing Republicans as…
Teacher pay bill flying towards passage
The Florida Senate will take up its teacher pay bill today and the House bill is expected on the floor of the other chamber next…
Escambia County slowest growing county
Escambia County, Florida is the slowest growing county in the region, according to the latest census estimates that were released yesterday. The county is growing,…
Yahoo complaint
Had a reader complained about a Yahoo toobar being added to his Firefox browser when he downloaded other software. It was default setting that he…
Stallworth gets hung jury
At 11 p.m. on Thursday, Judge Nick Geeker released the jury in the Donnie Stallworth trial. The former Air Force staff sergeant was on trial…
PNJ changes website, so do other Gannett papers
The News Journal will be touting its new website. It is merely the new Gannett template Rochester Ashville Jackson Ft. Myers Lafayette (green version)
