Category: Politics
Panhandle news roundup
Northwest Florida Daily News has an article on the possible incorporation of Navarre being put on hold because of the super homestead exemption referendum on…
Davison’s rebuttal on WMDs
Don’t play word games with me………….. “found no evidence” does not conclusively prove WMD did not exist nor highly likely…… transported elsewhere. Do you really…
Fox News & WMDs
My Outtakes in the June 28 issue – UNLEASH THE HOUNDS on Bill O’Reilly, Fox News and political views in newspapers has stirred up a…
Betting at dogtracks upped
Remember when our county commissioners back off a proposal by Comm. Gene Valentino to allow a poker room at the Pensacola Greyhound Track? Well the…
Weigh in on Libby being sprung
Likes Scooter Libby’s commutation – Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle: OK. I’M GLAD President Bush commuted the 30-month prison sentence of Scooter Libby, the former…
Panhandle news roundup
TuesDaily Dose >Pensacola News Journal writes about new laws on meth labs, temporary tags and black infant mortality. Completely misses fire stipend audit (VFD Audit…
Scapecchi files for Sheriff
Larry Scapecchi, a 25 year law enforcement veteran, has filed to run for Escambia County Sheriff. He will be running as a Democrat. Scapecchi retired…
Audit Findings – Significant Potential Liability
From the report by the Escambia Clerk of Courts: We believe the volunteer fire departments are misinterpreting the Firefighter I exemptions granted by the State,…
VFD Audit – Draft Copy
The Escambia County Clerk of Courts office has finished its audit of the volunteer fire departments and submitted a draft of its findings to County…
Romney outspending on ads
According to The Nielsen Company, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney placed more local TV advertisements than all other candidates combined, with 4,549 ads, mostly on…
Pensacola: Next Savannah?
The New York Times has a travel article on Savannah, GA (36 Hours in Savannah, Ga. ). Savannah has many of the same challenges that…
Panhandle news roundup
MonDaily Dose Gas and geese are covered in the Pensacola daily. Daily News and News Herald are slow to post much on the web.