Category: Politics
Welcome to the Neighborhood
The city of Pensacola will soon play host to The 16th Annual Florida Neighborhoods Conference. This year’s conference runs from July 12 to 14. The…
National Firefighters Union blasts PNJ editorial cartoon
Press Release: International Association of Fire Fighters General President Harold Schaitberger today released the following statement concerning the Pensacola News Journal’s decision to print a…
Kazakhstan and Cantonment
A second international delegation will be touring the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s (ECUA) Central Water Reclamation Facility later this week. This delegation, from Kazakhstan, follows…
Third-Cent Question
Fat on BP penance money last year, the Pensacola area saw great tourism numbers. With the extra funds inflating tourism-marketing coffers to a level toping…
African-Americans at competitive disadvantage
According to the Annual Equity Update by The School District of Escambia County, our African-American students will be at a competitive disadvantage when competing for…
No rain means more beach traffic
The traffic on the Pensacola Beach bridge continues to climb – up over 12,000 vehicles since 2010: 2012 Fri, 6/15: 16,581 Sat, 6/16: 21,746 Sun…
Palin mocks Obama for pot-smoking and coke snortin’ (video)
At the annual Right Online conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Governor Sarah Palin went after President Obama for “snortin’ cocaine.” My Conservative Republican friends…
First Transit continues to screw around with drivers’ pay
From ATU ECAT TRANSIT WORKERS NOT PAID FOR TRANSPORTING PENSACOLA CITIZENS OUT OF FLOOD ZONES TO SHELTERS. On Saturday, June 9th, 2012 – while our…
Pensacola ranked in Top 10 cities losing most jobs
The Christian Science Monitor has ranked which cities have lost the greatest percent of jobs. Pensacola is ranked #10 – having lost 2.8 percent of…
Digging Out of the Hole
The Escambia County Commission heard a bit of good news this morning. The county’s $9.6 million budget deficit has been whittled down considerably. “The deficit…
Food Truck Craze, it’s not too late (video)
Food trucks are more than a fad. Time Magazine reports the craze is growing as more young chefs see the trucks as their avenue to…
Sen. Evers has a grill for you
State Sen. Greg Evers loves guns and the NRA. The NRA loves Sen. Evers. We hear they are teaming up to offer a new grill…
City reaches agreement with one union, two more to go
Press Release: The City of Pensacola and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3253 have reached an agreement on a new…
Pensacola 14th most searched real estate market in state (109th U.S.)
Each month, Realtor.com surveys up to 250 Metro Service Areas (MSA) throughout the nation and monitors real estate trends including consumer search behavior, median list…
Rash of car burglaries in Pensacola
The daily newspaper is reporting that Pensacola police have made 23 arrests for car burglaries, year-to-date. From January to May 2011, there were 34 arrests,…
More on the great chicken debate
T.S. Strickland, a recent graduate of the University of West Florida, has been working on various assignments for us this summer. I asked him to…
Another person turns down Pensacola Council Executive position
City Administrator Bill Reynolds has notified the Pensacola City Council that Mr. Terence Milstead has turned down their city council executive position. Milstead is the…
Coming Home to Roost (but no Roosters)
Backyard-chicken advocates encountered what Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall termed “a friendly council†Monday. The board unanimously decided to instruct city staff to explore…
Buzz: PNJ paywall goes up August 1
PNJ publisher Kevin Doyle has announced, according to blog post by his reporter Nate Monroe,that readers who want to go digital-only for the daily (pnj.com)…
Coolest Food Trucks – slideshow
The IN is a big fan of food trucks–creative ones with high quality foods and reasonably priced. The Daily Meal has a slideshow on some…
