Category: Politics
Hulk Hogan, VH1 on Spring Break in PCB
Hulk Hogan, the 12-time world heavyweight champion wrestler, and the crew for his VH1 show “Hogan Knows Best” invaded Panama City Beach on Wednesday. The…
Lucy Morgan on Double Dippers
Here is my interview with Lucy Morgan, political reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, on her investigative report on double dipping elected officials. Here is…
Newsweek spotlights Pensacola couple
From Newsweek.com: The Acevedos’ story begins in 2005 when Angie, a systems specialist, and her husband Raul, a Navy chief petty officer, purchased a home…
Real issues vs. false ones
The concern of Councilman Marty Donovan over city hall security is another distraction from real issues. It also proves my theory that government always finds…
Notes: Council Committee of the Whole
March 24 Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole notes: In the end, the Committee of the Whole approved the budget for the Charter Review…
Double dip reporter on radio
I will have Lucy Morgan, former Tallahassee bureau chief and political writer for the St. Petersburg Times on IN Your Head Radio today from 1-2…
Our Officer School opens in Newport
From the Newport paper: Newport welcomes return of Navy’s Officer Candidate School 01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, March 23, 2008 Now that it has returned…
Miller’s wish list
Congressman Jeff Miller lists his funding requests that he has submitted to the House Appropriations Committee on his website. Okaloosa County does very well –…
Local double dippers
The St. Pete Times has reported that a growing number of elected officials are quietly taking advantage of a loophole carved into the state retirement…
PNJ website navigation
I think I figured out how to find the local news on the new pnj.com. Try clicking on News in the top navigation bar, then…
IN keeps rolling
The IN is on an unprecedented roll right now. Ad revenues are still up 48% over last year – we will have the best first…
Why Jewel gave EWB zero
Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn said Friday she expected more from E.W. Bullock Associates officials in their presentation for the Energy Services of Pensacola contract,…
Widow on radio again
Today, I am on the road. At News Radio 1620, we will replay my interviews with Tania Julin, one of a group of widows who…
Feedback
How do you like our coverage of the city council and county commission meetings? We are going in a different direction than Gannett and the…
Notes: BCC 3.20
Commissioner salaries were still on the agenda: Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 20 March 2008 1. Call to order at 5:32 p.m. 2. Invocation…
Notes: Agenda Review 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Morning Agenda Review Called to order at 9:03 a.m. All County Commissioners were present except for Commissioner Marie Young….
ECUA blocking curbside recycling
Everything with Emerald Coast Utility Authority is a negotiation. Cleaning up the water that it supplied the to Gulf Breeze in the 1990s; the IP…
Cannada-Wynn gave EW Bullock zero
At last week’s Pensacola City Council meeting, Leroy Boyd of Movement for Change and others made a big deal about E.W. Bullock being awarded the…
pnj.com
The new pnj.com website is locking up my Foxfire browser. Understand my computer isn’t the latest model and I do have a number of spam…
Notes: Joint City-County meeting 3.18
Joint Meeting of the Escambia County Board of Commissioners and the Pensacola City Council 18 March 2008 Hagler Mason Conference Room, City Hall Note: This…
