Category: Politics

Wayne Dalton plant to close in Pensacola The Wayne Dalton company, the world’s leader in garage door manufacturing, will be closing its plant in Ellison…

Georgia-Pacific will close its plywood mill north of Monroeville in mid-January, indefinitely laying off close to 300 workers. The lowest housing starts in more than…

They’ve set their template for the newly elected officials. Be ready to name five priorities. Monday we had David Morgan. Yesterday Malcolm Thomas. Today Mike…

Wayne Dalton is handing out between 250 and 300 pink slips to it’s employees at Ellison. They are shutting the Pensacola operation down and moving…

Miami Herald’s Sunday edition had this cover story on how Obama won Florida. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign. The reporters interview Steve Schale,…

Eleven weeks ago, the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees approved Land Capital Group as the master developer for the park. The goal was…

Sam Hall broke ground with his blog back in 2006. Councilman-elect Maren DeWeese has her own – pensacolad3.blogspot.com

The Pensacola City Council runoff is set for Tuesday, Nov. 25. District 4 candidate Larry Johnson will hold a rally at 600 South on Tuesday,…

The Telegraph came up with this list. Here are a few of my favorites: • He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be…

You can apply for a position with the Obama administration online – www.change.gov. This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help…

News Herald reports on the competition for flyers at the region’s airports: Northwest Florida Regional Airport (Okaloosa County), Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport or Panama…

During his campaign, Sheriff-elect David Morgan outlined his plans for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The daily newspaper has packaged those campaign promises into an…

This council is shaping up to be a strong one – one that will be open to new ideas and change. We could have three…

STATEMENT BY CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN W. “JACK” NOBLES November 7, 2008 After a great deal of prayerful introspection and with the advice and support of…

Council member-elect Diane Mack was totally surprised by incumbent Jack Nobles dropping out of their runoff race for At Large District 8. She said a…

Jack Nobles has issued a press release that he is dropping out of the city run-off. That will make Diane Mack the council person for…

The proposed city charter may address this, but District 2 and 7 are too small. PENSACOLA: 38,505 CITY DISTRICT 1: 5,879 CITY DISTRICT 2: 4,983…

Now that three county commissioners are settled until 2012. Escambia County needs to consider redrawing its commissioner boundaries. Here is how the latest voter rolls…

I don’t think the City of Pensacola has ever had a runoff for an At-Large seat or Mayor, but history shows it doesn’t take many…

MTV will return to the Beach for Spring Break next year. Bay County TDC and Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau agreed Thursday to…