Escambia County has picked up 14,990 registered voters since June 30, 2006. The majority of those voters, 6,868, are African-American. Minority voters – listed as Black, Hispanic or Other – outpaced the…
Category: Politics
Details of Fricker Center armed robbery released, semi-automatic rifle used
Former Mississippi high school football star has been arrested for armed robbery outside of City of Pensacola community center. Last year, Jaquelle Green of D’Iberville High School (near Biloxi, Miss.) was a…
GOP delegate says Trump has fire in belly that Romney, McCain lacked [podcast]
Martin Simmons, chairman of the Republican Party of the First Congressional District, was one of two delegates from our area to the Republican National Convention. Rep. Jeff Miller was the other. Simmons…
Escambia mails 26,000-plus primary ballots
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office delivered more than 26,000 vote-by-mail ballots to the post office today for the Primary election. Voters could receive their green or ivory colored vote-by-mail packages…
USA Freedom Kids upset with Trump
Last January, a young girl dance team, called “USA Freedom Kids,” drove to Pensacola from Naples to perform at Donald Trump in the Pensacola Bay Center. Their performance, lip-synced number done to…
Wassermann Schultz gets booed at Florida delegation breakfast
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four years after the Democratic National Convention marked a highlight of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s career, the 2016 gathering has already proved to be a…
Deadline for Voter Registration and Party Changes, Aug. 1
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office will hold extended hours on Monday, August 1, to allow voters to register or change parties before the book closing deadline for the Primary Election….
Huckabee endorses Gaetz for Congress
The Matt Gaetz campaign today announced that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has endorsed the Fort Walton Beach state lawmaker for Congress. “I’ve seen a lot of people go to Washington promising…
Facts belie explanation of fire department overtime
In a television interview on July 19, Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen defended his sharp increase in overtime as being cyclical. “It tends to happen, throughout my career that there’s these cycles…
Wall South No Go for Pokemon Go
The City of Pensacola asks Pokemon Go players to not hunt Pokemon at Veterans Memorial Park: City of Pensacola is asking players of the viral smart-phone game Pokemon Go to refrain from…
Reagan’s former PAC endorses Bydlak
Rebekah Bydlak today announced that she has earned the endorsement of Citizens for the Republic, Ronald Reagan’s former PAC. Citizens for the Republic released the following statement with their endorsement: Bydlak’s work…
Pensacola Bama Club honored
The Pensacola Bama Club received the University of Alabama National Alumni Association’s (NAA) award for Event of the Year for the club’s 2015 Nick Saban Scholarship Kickoff fundraising celebration. In addition the…