Category: Politics
Mystery postcard blasts Whitehead
Voters in Escambia County District 1 got a postcard today that slams Commissioner Mike Whitehead. The postmark is Miami. It states “Mike Whitehead has an…
From Don Gaetz – vote near
From the Senate Floor (4 pm EST) Within the next hour the Senate will vote on the statutory part of the proposed comprehensive property tax…
Access Escambia
Voter turnout for the half-cent tax referendum is expected to be 15%. Pollsters say that if the turnout is 10% or less, the initiative to…
Joe does it again. This time with Dan Rather
Joe Scarborough has started another controversy. This time it involves Dan Rather, Katie Couric and CBS Evening News. What did Rather say? “…the mistake was…
Inside scoop on Donovan, Magic
The Orlando Sentinel has a blog on the Orlando Magic. In it,Sentinel writer Brian Schmitz gives an inside account what happened with Billy Donovan and…
Morning daily wrap
ThursDaily Dose SRIA sends hotel/condo plan to commission. Another Escambia County deputy is in court. And Judge Michael Allen wants his ethics charge dropped. OWC…
IN June 14 issue
The IN staff names the 50 most influential and most powerful people in the Pensacola area (Who’s the Man? ). The people chosen are the…
Princess Di speaks….to Sarasota woman
We also got this press release and passed it on to Newsy Neighbors. Princess Diana Speaks to Clairvoyant from the Afterlife Sarasota, Fla. / June…
Apologies are from Satan
I got this email today. Not sure if it is from someone who misunderstood our last cover story, a Luke McCoy fan or just a…
Top Cities for income growth
Bizjournals.com has compiled a list of top 100 metropolitan areas for income growth. Pensacola is nowhere on the list….which is no surprise. Birmingham tops the…
Symphony loses director
 Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Edgar Herrera-Arizmendi has accepted a position with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. From the PSO press release: During his tenure…
Suggested guests for Pensacola Speaks
In Troy Moon’s article, the station manager says “one of the changes to the program will be to have guests on the program offering opposing…