Category: Politics
Analysis of two conventions: disconnect between platform and conduct
By Sunlight Foundation… For the past two weeks, the Sunlight Foundation, non-profit that profits on transparency in government and is funded by Ford Foundation, Poytner…
Blue COW
The Pensacola City Council will address one of the city’s so-called ‘blue laws’ today during its Committee of the Whole meeting. Blue laws are typically…
Nodine murder charges dropped, pleads guilty to lesser charges
Former Mobile, Ala. County Commissioner Stephen Nodine has struck a deal in his murder case. On Friday afternoon, he pleaded guilty to harassment and perjury…
Sidewalk Rules
During a special meeting this morning, the Downtown Improvement Board’s Business and Development Committee met to discuss the city of Pensacola’s proposed regulations governing the…
Council Questions Budget
While they tentatively approved Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposed budget, members of the Pensacola City Council still have some questions. During yesterday’s budget hearing, council members…
Visit Pensacola wins Silver Flager Award
Visit Pensacola, the tourism arm of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, was presented with a Silver Flagler Award Wednesday at the 45th Annual Governor’s…
City Budget Hearing
The Pensacola City Council today will hold the first of two public hearings pertaining to the city’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013. After looking…
What word will President Obama say most often in speech?
Paddy Power, Europe’s largest betting company, are now taking bets on which word will US President Barack Obama say most often during his campaign speech…
Condoleeza Rice’s speech
The PNJ’s Andy Marlette wrote a glowing piece on the speech that Condoleeza Rice’s gave at the Republican National Convention. He said that the former…
Gov. Rick Scott is in Pensacola today
As a result of Hurricane Isaac, Florida is beginning to deal with not only a physical recovery but an economic recovery as well. This economic…
Barricades Removed from Occupy’s Corner
The barricades encircling the corner sidewalk of Government and Spring streets – the Occupy Pensacola corner -have been removed. Occupiers are now being allowed to…
Un-Occupied
The Hurricane Isaac winds blowing through the area have apparently swept away the Occupy Pensacola encampment at Pensacola City Hall. The camp is now gone,…
Praying for a Better Day
A group of local ministers gathered today to make a statement regarding the recent string of shootings in the Pensacola area. The First West Florida…
Special City Council Meeting Cancelled
With an approaching tropical storm—or, perhaps hurricane—in the Gulf, today’s special meeting of the Pensacola City Council has been cancelled. The meeting was called off …
City of Pensacola to suspend operations Tuesday
The City of Pensacola will suspend non-essential operations tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28, ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac’s projected landfall to the west of the city….
Ministers To Speak Out Against Gun Violence
Press Release: The Moderator of the First West Florida Baptist District Association, along with the President of the Baptist Minister’s Union of Pensacola and Vicinity,…
One fake candidate withdraws, will more follow?
Write-in candidate for Escambia County Clerk of Courts John Misiak has withdrawn from the race. Misiak, who lives in Santa Rosa County, was believed to…
City Council Recap
During its Thursday night meeting, the Pensacola City Council tackled Quint Studer’s Maritime Park lease, stormwater assessments and East Government Street. The council also addressed…
Best indicator that Issac is coming to Pensacola
Gulf Power has a new president, Stan Connally. Over the past two decades, the omen of pending hurricanes is our electric utility getting a new…
Preparing for RESTORE
County commissioners Grover Robinson and Gene Valentino reported to the board this morning on their venture to the Florida Association of Counties meeting last week….
