Category: Politics
Visioning Survey closes Wednesday, July 31
The City of Pensacola’s Strive to Thrive Pensacola 2035 Visioning Survey, an online public survey to provide input that will shape the comprehensive vision for Pensacola,…
Bender refused to break law for Childers
Bruce Childers, the husband of County Clerk Pam Childers, expressed his displeasure with the News Journal over the county hiring GrayRobinson to represent Supervisor of…
Daily Outtakes: Childers Trifecta hit!
Gizmo* has to pay off the Childers Trifecta – with three or more articles published by the News Journal focusing on County Clerk Pam Childers’political…
Harris for President kicks off in Northwest Florida today
Harris for President will kick off a weekend of action in Florida to mark 100 days until the general election. During the weekend of action,…
Daily Outtakes: Will anyone win Childers Trifecta?
We are approaching the one-month anniversary of Pam and Bruce Childers’ embarrassing performance in the emergency hearing that tried to force Bruce Childers onto the…
City likely to raise stormwater fees
The City of Pensacola sent out letters Friday, July 19 informing city property owners of a potential upcoming stormwater assessment fee increase. Since distribution, city…
Ascension Sacred Heart now FL Level I Trauma Center
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola is now the only hospital in the Panhandle to offer Level I trauma care after achieving the standards required by the…
Daily Outtakes: Childers sends May a new, higher invoice
Pam Childers continues her vendetta against Lumon May with a ‘revised invoice’ based on falsified records, misleading the public on the Grand Jury report.
Party in the Park on Saturday
The City of Pensacola is hosting the inaugural “Party in the Park,” a two–day event in Hollice T. Williams Park to promote community engagement in…
Childers vs. May update: Letter for actual costs
As we reported earlier, Eric Stevenson, Commissioner Lumon May’s attorney, has requested the county attorney provide an accounting of the actual costs for removing yard…
WCOA challenge continues
Our AM tower is still having issues. You can listen or online – click on Listen Live button. The 104.9 FM signal is weak, so…
Daily Outtakes: Byars named FloridaWest interim CEO
By Tom St. Myer FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance is turning to a familiar face to run its day-to-day operations on an interim basis. The FloridaWest…
Andrade endorses Wilson
Press Release: Today for Immediate Release— Representative Alex Andrade, a steadfast advocate for Northwest Florida values and a leading voice against federal overreach, announced his…
Don’t spend Pensacola Energy settlement check yet
PNJ reporter Jim Little reports that Pensacola Energy lost the class-action lawsuit regarding the franchise fees charged customers inside the city limits. According to a…
Mayor Reeves discusses ST layoffs
On Monday, we talked with Grace McCaffery about ST Aerospace laying off the Chilean workers. This morning, we heard that the company is working with…
LGBTQ+ community voices frustrations over library decisions
By Tom St. Myer Frustrated that West Florida Public Libraries recently moved two LGBTQ+ books from the juvenile section, four LGBTQ+ members and a concerned…
Daily Outtakes: ST Engineering helping laid-off workers
Over the years, ST Engineering, who operates the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overall) hangars at the Pensacola International, has had several names. The official name…
Hayward endorses Buck Mitchell
Press Release: Former Pensacola Mayor Ashton J. Hayward III Endorses Lifelong Friend Buck Mitchell for Escambia County Commissioner District 4 Pensacola, FL – July 22,…
Florida GOP upset Kamala Harris tops ticket
Two weeks after they said President Joe Biden had no chance to win in November, the Republican Party of Florida is upset and has blasted…
ST Engineering and Chilean workers
Latino Media Gulf Coast president Grace McCaffery says ST Engineering has laid off about 45 employees from Chili. “They have kind of organized together because…
