I will be a panelist tonight for the third GOP Congressional Debate that will be held at Milton High School at 6:30 p.m. News Talk 1370 WCOA will broadcast the event live….
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Escambia Co. Democrats host a Candidate Meet & Greet, Aug. 15
All Democrats are invited to attend a Candidates Meet & Greet Democratic Fundraiser. Local Democratic candidates will be the special guests of the Escambia County Democratic Party for the evening. The Meet…
Rally 2016 begins next week
The “RALLY 2016†candidate forum for primary elections in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties will air live, starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday–Thursday, Aug. 2–4 on WSRE. Races have been scheduled…
Are we ready for medical pot dispensaries
Has the mayor’s office done anything to prepare for the state’s new marijuana industry? Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners took the first of two votes that would place a…
Trump responds to Clinton speech with tweets
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack Hillary Clinton as she finished her acceptance speech: Donald J. Trump â€@realDonaldTrump No one has worse judgement than Hillary Clinton – corruption…
Pensacola Speaks, Part 1: Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum
Yesterday, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum addressed the Democratic National Convention. He will be my guest on “Pensacola Speaks” today at 5:05 p.m. During his speech, Mayor Gillum told the crowd, “Ensuring the…
This past school year, Escambia County had five schools under turnaround watch
There has been nearly no publicity that the Escambia County School District this past school year had six schools under state scrutiny for their low performance in FY 2013-14. Three have bounced…
Florida Chamber endorses Broxson, White, Williamson in legislative races
Continuing on its efforts to elect pro-jobs, pro-business candidates, the Florida Chamber of Commerce today announced an additional 34 candidate endorsements in competitive races for the Florida Legislature. Today’s latest round of…
Gay lawmaker shares details of talk with Scott after Pulse shootings
By ANDY METZGER STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE In the days after 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Gov. Rick Scott privately expressed some support for gay rights to…
Hayward goes from concrete goals to vague, feel-good statements
One of the biggest selling points of the strong-mayor charter was the candidates for mayor would have platforms that laid out the goals for their administrations. The goals would be the work…
Pensacola Speaks: Andy Marlette, Heroes Among Us
On News Talk 1370 WCOA today, I will open the show with PNJ editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette and discuss his takeaways from the RNC and DNC. In the second half, I will…
Jockeying for position in 2018 begins in Philly
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The immediate focus of Florida delegates to the Democratic National Convention might be winning the presidential election in 2016, but discussion of statewide elections…