Sheriff asks for $10 million increase

At the Escambia County commissioners budget workshop today, Sheriff Ron McNesby submitted $85,870,017 budget for next year. His current budget is $75,858,215. Sheriff’s Office $52,962,824 …

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Beach parking garage plan

The Pensacola daily had an article on a proposed parking garage for Pensacola Beach. Here is a drawing of the garage’s location from Baskerville Donovan…

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GoLeft TV interview on sex trafficking

GoLeft.tv has an interview with Shauna Newell (Shauna’s Story of Slavery ): See Video

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County may cut public clinic budget

We just got a phone call that the county commissioners are discussing cutting the budget of the Escambia Community Clinics by $225,000. Escambia Co. already…

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State has budget crisis of its own

The reports from Tallahassee are that since March, the state has taken in millions less in sales taxes than it anticipated. The state collected nearly…

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Strippers boost golf scores

Here’s an idea that I’m surprised none of the local golf courses have tried yet – having strippers set up lap dance stations in between…

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Panhandle news roundup

ThursDaily Dose Daily News has a coup – it has a copy of the report that concludes Air Force could save about $192.2 million if…

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Century official responds to drug haven charge

From IN reporter Mari Krueger: Drug wars have sparked a blame game in Century and Flomaton, two cities on the Florida-Alabama border. Flomaton Mayor Dewy…

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Vote by precinct

1 Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Dept 151 320 2 Gulf Coast Christian Church 27 43 3 Myrtle Grove Baptist Church 114 284 4 Gull Point…

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Young are more liberal

Not that this is really a surprise since they almost always are. The New York Times, CBS News and MTV conducted a poll of young…

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Alabama says Florida has drug problem

The Pensacola daily’s Michael Stewart is aggressively writing on the drug problem in the northern part of Escambia County, particularly Century. Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant…

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Voters have spoken

Nearly two to one the Escambia County voters have voted against the half-cent sales tax for primary health care for the uninsured. Congratulations to those…

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