Category: Politics
PNJ misses VFD story completely
Finally the Pensacola daily newspaper reports on fire protection in Escambia County. Unfortunately, they only focus on the possibility of higher fees and almost completely…
Fate of Pensacola Beach condos
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is staying on top of the impact of property tax changes on condominium owners. Why isn’t the Pensacola daily reporting this,…
Panhandle newspaper summaries 6/19
TuesDaily Dose Pensacola News Journal: car crashes, fires, looting. Daily News reports on a former city councilman’s fight to keep his chickens – yes, this…
Alabama Schools Get Hard On Soft Drinks
This is a news headline on the WEAR TV 3 web site. I think Jay Leno will have fun with this one.
Who are the uninsured?
Last August, we wrote about the area’s poor health and the Escambia Community Clinic. Rosalynda Blackburn shuffles slowly to the exam room at the Escambia…
County ready to improve fire safety
From Editor Duwayne Escobedo: With dozens of volunteer and career firefighters in the audience at today’s Escambia County Commission meeting, all five commissioners expressed support…
SOC mentality is back
The same “Do Nothing” crowd that worked under the “Save Our City” mantle is back. They predictably don’t like the Access Escambia referendum. They picked…
Tax Revolt
The Sarasota News Herald takes a different view of the special tax session than the Pensacola daily newspaper. There are some upset people in South…
Tale of two gunshots
The St. Petersburg Times has an article on two cases involving pistols being fired. One involves an unemployed black man; the other involves a lawyer…
Monday Panhandle News Summaries
MonDaily Dose It’s Monday which means it’s a light news day at the Pensacola News Journal: Bubba, Bears and beefs. Daily News has plane crash….
Access Escambia Business Plan
The naysayers are screaming on the daily newspaper’s website that Access Escambia has no business plan. Well here it is: Â Business Plan
Moms asked to report for daily
Due to the limited success of the “Newsy Neighbors” feature, the Pensacola daily paper has developed a website for moms and asked them to email…
