Category: Politics
Perkins, Benson heroes
ECUA board members Dale Perkins and Lois Benson did vote for the mandatory recycling. They listened to the voters and took strong stands on the…
PYP, LEAP win on curbside recycling
The Pensacola Young Professionals and Leadership Pensacola Class of 2008 won big yesterday when the ECUA board voted for a compromise measure that would allow…
ECSO more expensive than Mobile County
From April 24 Outtakes: What McNesby doesn’t say is the budget for just the sheriff’s department, $47,952,633, is more than double the budget of Mobile…
City pensions soar 417 percent
That isn’t a typo. City pensions and retirements have jumped from $2.479 million in 2001 to $12.814 million in 2007!!!!! Read Feed The Beast And…
Two great interviews
From 4.22.08 IN Your Head Radio show: Cameron Smith – Leadership Pensacola Class of 2008 – on recycling – Listen. Aldon Hynes – Power of…
Is Alan Scott dropping out?
The buzz tonight is that Alan Scott has dropped out of the Escambia County School Superintendent race. If so, then Malcolm Thomas would be the…
Radio: Aldon Hynes
 It is Earth Day and I will be talking to Cameron Smith of Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2008, on recycling. He is Project Leader for…
Note: City Committees 4.21.08
April 21 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: Divisions over east versus west side Pensacola projects surfaced again Monday during a discussion about Penny for…
Radio: Inside Democratic race
Arkansas Times editor Max Brantley shared his thoughts on the Democratic presidential race on IN Your Head Radio: Listen here.
Minority Faculty at UWF
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an investigative report on the lack of minority faculty members at state universities – Faculty diversity lagging at South Florida…
ECUA figures out recycling
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority board will vote Thursday on whether to offer curbside recycling to its 62,500 residential customers in its garbage pickup area. Two…
School Budget – it’s a mystery
Today, Escambia County school board meets today on its 2008-09 budget. They and the administration are the only ones who know how the school is…
Blog has busiest day ever
We had 11,171 visitors yesterday to this blog – our busiest day ever. Most Popular Topics: Erin Markes, Suter Elementary, Escambia County Commission and Community…
Ford raises nearly $60K – mostly local
State Rep. Clay Ford has accumulated a huge war chest ($59,270) – a good bit is from locals. He has PAC money, too. Pensacola: $18,430…
Murzin raises $35.6K
Since Jan. 1, 2007, State Rep. Dave Murzin has raised $35,600 – very little is from local residents. Most is from state and national groups….
Radio: Erin Markes
Here is my exclusive interview with Erin Markes Listen: Erin Markes 4.18.08
Radio: Sir Harry Kroto
Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto – also a Florida State University – talks about how the Florida legislature would be making a big mistake…
Notes: BCC agenda meeting 4.17.08
Board of County Commissioners Special Meeting – April, 17, 2008 – 8:55 a.m. Called to Order at 8:56 a.m. A recommendation was made to ratify…
Notes: Charter review 4.16.08
April 16 Charter Review Commission meeting notes: Near the beginning of the meeting, chairperson Crystal Spencer talked about the budget the CRC now has, after…
Suter is a headache
Suter Elementary parents refuse to quietly go away….especially when it comes to possible closure of their highly successful, but small, neighborhood school. It could be…
