Get away from FCAT overload

The Miami Herald reports that the Broward County School Board is fed up with FCAT overload and wants to scale back the relentless, one-size-fits-all FCAT…

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Attacking Studer

A favorite pastime for posters on pnj.com – and even on this blog at times – is to blame Quint Studer for everything. We saw…

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Coulter not taken seriously

Columnist Mark Bowden writes: Coulter herself is not taken seriously by serious people, so her attacks are a little bit like being pelted by cotton…

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Health care remains an issue

The UAW agreement with General Motors has key provision regarding health care. It sets up a health care trust that would get G.M.’s massive liability…

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Perdido Key Annual Whine Fest

For the past 20 years, every August or September – right before the county budget is finalized – the residents and business owners of Perdido…

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IN Your Head Radio

On today’s show, I will interview Bobby Marcus on Springfest and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino. NewsRadio 1620 AM 1 p.m to 2 p.m.

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Morning Joe official

MSNBC has made it official. The wake-up broadcast “Morning Joe” – starring local boy Joe Scarborough – will stay on the air from 5-8 a.m….

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Human trafficking reported again

On June 7, the IN reported on human trafficking in Northwest Florida (Shauna’s Story of Slavery ). At the time the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office…

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Touart fallout

There are several points still being discussed around town about the Touart debacle: 1 Is County Attorney Janet Lander’s job in jeopardy? She came across…

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Strand: new hero of the do-nothings

The daily newspaper had a profile on Gregg Strand, the veterinarian, (Man wasn’t out to change state ). Strand is the president of the Escambia…

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Court will rehear TIF arguments

Don’t get out the Vote “Yes” for the Community Maritime Park signs yet. We may not have to hold another referendum on the waterfront park….

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Kevin White interview

Yesterday on IN Your Head Radio (NewsRadio 1620), I interviewed Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White. He said that the Touart vote for him was simply…

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