Category: Politics

Operation Brownsville is over. Here are the stats: Suspicious persons/vehicles: 480 – Citizen assists: 138 – Agency assists: 68 – Traffic Stops: 304 – Warrant…

What makes someone good or bad? The drug arrest of Woodham Coach Benny Washington and the subsequent comments on this blog and others in the…

Former State champion basketball coach (Woodham High) – Bennie Washington – was arrested last night on drug related charges in Century. Washington was stopped for…

As I promised earlier: George Touart, County Administrator     155,252.00 Janet Lander, County Attorney     141,141.00 Robert McLaughlin, Assistant County Administrator     114,997.00 Willie Taylor, Assistant County Administrator   …

Florida county governments are fighting back on property taxes, according to this article in the Miami Herald: Yes, county budgets have ballooned since the real-estate…

Heard through the grapevine yesterday that the rate increase for City of Pensacola’s sanitation department and the fuel surcharge are only stop gap measures. There…

That’s only possible conclusion after reading today’s MOB column in the daily.The third grader that’s subbing for him is trying very hard though…

Sure, we all love Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But what about local issues — history, politics, businesses, civic leaders, etc.? Wouldn’t it be great to…

From the Florida Attorney General’s website – I’ve highlighted certain points: Q. What is the Sunshine Law? A. Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine law provides a right of…

In the Miami Herald: In a surprising reversal, the Republican-controlled Legislature is moving quickly to scrap a controversial merit pay system for teachers that lawmakers…

Here is the pdf of the complaint filed by the Movement for Change on possible Sunshine violations by Commissioner Whitehead. The copy is light, but…

We have six active construction and demolition debris landfills permitted to operate in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Four have experienced fires in the past…