Category: Politics
Former PNJ reporter gets Pres to hold his bags
The St. Pete Times’ political blog reports Michael Spooneybarger inadvertently had Pres. Bush pick up his bag during a recent trip to South Florida. Tampa…
Student paper ends remarkable news year
The Miami Herald had a story in its Sunday edition on the FAMU student newspaper that covered some major stories on its campus – On…
Letterman List
On Monday night (4/30), David Letterman made a list of ten signs your newspaper is in trouble: 10. Covers all news that happens within one…
City/county employees stats
Creative Loafing recently did a story about number of employees per 100,000 people in several Southern cities. It got me wondering how does Pensacola stack…
Video Slots may be coming to Florida
But not at Pensacola Greyhound Track. Under a bill that passed a House committee Monday, these parimutuel facilities would be allowed to have Class II…
State cuts out local government again
On Gov. Crist’s desk awaiting his signature is a new Cable franchise bill that gives telephone companies easier access to the cable TV market. Also…
2006 CAFR report is in
CAFR stands for “Comprehensive Audited Financial Report.” It’s available online at Escambia County Clerk of Courts site. Some interesting finds: Unreserved General Fund has jumped…
New Ice Pilot gets rave reviews
From Fayetteville, NC The Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Head Coach John Marks has accepted a similar position…
Arrested for $25 of coke? Not $25,000…$25
Come on guys – when did we start arresting people for as little as $25 of coke? Front page coverage on the daily newspaper for…
Scarborough reports on newspapers audience ratings
The Scarborough Research group (not the local Scaboroughs) has released its annual audience ratings report for daily newspapers. The News Journal is in the #59…
MOBy advises high school grads
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien has advice for area high grads…which I find a little funny since I doubt more than a handful high school students…
Bigots have field day on pnj.com
As predicted the racists are getting in their dream comments on the daily newspaper’s web site with the arrest of Hugh King: Happypad: “local religious…
