Category: Politics
Daily Outtakes: Has the City Picked Up Your Garbage?
Frustrations continue to mount as City residents try to figure out the City of Pensacola’s sanitation schedule, the one with a curbside recycling option. People…
Night Moves Fest: Japanese Breakfast, Dashboard Confessional
Night Moves Music Fest is set to return for its third year on Nov. 8, bringing one day of live music and outdoor fun to…
Deputy Jeremy Cassidy’s Unwavering Decision
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jeremy Cassady, 50, passed away last week, after a long battle with cancer that his family and colleagues believe was…
Daily Outtakes: Cha ching! Salzman keeps setting spending records
State Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-Cantonment) has no opponent yet for her 2026 reelection bid, but that hasn’t stopped her from burning through her campaign and…
Pensacola History: Chuckie & Dunno
From “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park:” In mid-July 2006, Friends of the Waterfront Park PAC released a series of animated…
Top Reads: Week Ended July 19, 2025
We provided readers a variety of topics last week, covering the University of West Florida, Pensacola Police Department and County Clerk Pam Childer’s refusal to…
Daily Outtakes: EPA Lab on Pensacola Beach may close
UPDATE: While the EPA is shutting down the Office of Research and Development, its lab on Pensacola Beach may survive. I received this email: “…
Judge Stafford passes, marking the end of an era for the federal judiciary
Senior United States District Judge William H. Stafford, Jr., father of former Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford, passed away on July 14, at…
Invest #93L Update: Get Out Umbrellas
Escambia County residents should prepare for significant rainfall and hazardous beach conditions as a developing weather system churns in the Gulf of Mexico. County Meteorologist…
Celebrating Success: Escambia County’s Summer Youth Employment
This Friday, July 18, the Escambia County Commission celebrates the nearly 200 young people who dedicated their summer to gaining valuable work experience through Escambia…
Epic Radio Show Leads to UWF Football @Maritime Park
It was epic radio. On April 1, 2008, I pranked UWF by announcing on my radio show that UWF would be getting a football team….
Florida’s Childcare Crisis: A $18 Billion Economic Challenge
New data from Florida TaxWatch reveals that Mayor D.C. Reeves’ childcare initiative is urgently needed, given the staggering economic impact of Florida’s childcare crisis. Florida’s…
Meet Acting Police Chief Kristin Brown
This morning, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held a press conference at the Louis Goss Police Headquarters to formally introduce Acting Police Chief Kristin Brown, following…
County Advances Design of Traffic Management Plan for Pensacola Beach
At its meeting on July 10, the Escambia County Commission approved a contract to develop a Pensacola Beach Traffic Congestion Management Plan, a response to…
Tina Brown’s Epstein Column Demands Your Attention
When legendary editor Tina Brown—who transformed Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and founded The Daily Beast—weighs in on Jeffery Epstein and the records related to…
Buzz: $4.6M Frozen + Mystery Buyers: Stories Media Missed
Two statements made at public meetings went under the radar for most of the media last week Mental Health Funds Frozen At the Escambia Children’s…
Daily Outtakes: Childers blocks $500 for American Legion kids
Frustrations mount as commissioners and the clerk’s office clash over Clerk Pam Childers’ new community support fund requirements. What should have been a routine approval…
Remembering the Cantonment Catfish Pond
When a “catfish pond” becomes a massive excavation operation, you know something fishy is going on. In 2006, Roads Inc., Escambia County’s largest road…
Top Reads: Week Ended July 11, 2025
Coming off a long Fourth of July holiday weekend, I was concerned about getting back into a news frame of mind. We had finished six…
Rev. John Powell passes away
Rev. John Powell, a steadfast pillar of the Pensacola community and founder of Truth for Youth, has passed away while fighting to recover from a…





















