Category: Politics
Mid-term rumble
When someone offers you a front-row seat to a panel discussion moderated by ABC’s chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos and including James Carville, political consultant;…
Chamber forum observations
Last night was the final political forum for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. It was on the mayor’s race. WUWF-TV televised it, 1620AM…
Observations from Gonzalez trial
It was a masterful stroke for the prosecution team of John Molchan and Bill Eddins to have the Billings’ daughter, Ashley Markham, testify first. They…
Opening arguments in Gonzalez trial
State Attorney Bill Eddins gave the opening statement today for the prosecution in the trial of Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. who is on trial for…
Is Bare helping or hurting Wiggins
Mike Wiggins has the vocal support of Charles Bare and Diane Mack. The two were very different candidates for mayor before the August primary; they…
Mack believes Hall, DeWeese may try to raise property taxes
Yesterday, Councilwoman Diane Mack posted on her blog her review of the recent 12-point pledge by Mayor Mike Wiggins, who Mack is supporting for re-election….
Will Mack continue crusade?
Councilwoman Diane Mack was able to push through the renaming of two blocks of north Alcaniz Street and making them part of Dr. Martin Luther…
Wiggins expands platform with pledge
Mayor Mike Wiggins has released a pledge to the citizens of Pensacola: “I will not raise property taxes.” Is Wiggins talking about the millage rate…
Bobby Kennedy Jr. endorses Crist
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. flew down to Florida yesterday to endorse Gov. Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate race. He praised fellow Democrat Kendrick Meek…
Buzz: BP brand to be dropped
As I predicted last summer, BP is talking about rebranding its stations – according to AP. Read more.
Now City worried about moonlighting
For over a decade, then assistant City Attorney Rusty Wells worked full-time for the City and part-time for sheriffs Jim Lowman and Ronnie McNesby. His…
Hayward must regain momentum
The Ashton Hayward campaign deliberately slowed down in September, spending more time at neighborhood meetings, attending youth sports events and walking door-to-door. Meanwhile his opponent,…
Mack backs Wiggins for mayor
On Friday, October 8, outgoing City Councilwoman Diane Mack, who placed a distant third in the mayoral primary, unleashed a new blog, Pensacola for the…
September contributions to mayoral race
Since the August primary, Mike Wiggins was successful in raising money from the parties involved in the airport hotel development lawsuit, Chamber, Fiesta and retired…
Rubio takes beating, not rattled
The debate between Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek was heated. Crist and Meek went after Rubio, the clear front-runner in the race for…
Another rumor hits the dust
Among the Pensacola Firefighters a rumor that has surfaced since the August primary has been that Charles Bare, who placed fourth in the mayor’s race,…
Buzz: Inappropiate timing by Wiggins (updated)
While the buzz about Pensacola mayoral candidate Ashton Hayward skipping the Downtown Rotary debate has started to die down, there is a rumble in the…
Buzz: Another Gallery Night to be added
The buzz is the Downtown Improvement Board will vote on adding another Gallery Night on Oct. 22. The vote will be this week.
NYT: GOP takes House, falls short in Senate
Nate Silver of the New York Times in his FiveThirtyEight blog is forecasting that the Republicans will take over the House of Representatives (224-211) but…
Rubio continues lead in US Senate race
Marco “Hot Dog” Rubio packed the tiny Dog House Deli in downtown Pensacola yesterday as local Republicans flocked to see their Senate candidate reach out…
