Category: Politics
Pensacola Real Estate Market still in trouble, but improving
The National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) was released May 7. The index identifies metropolitan areas that have shown improvement from…
Beach traffic count is falling behind 2011
While the beach traffic count for this past week is 1,146 more cars than the same weekend two years age, the numbers are down from…
Reynolds Responds (see documentation)
Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds said he believes that the Sunshine Law accusation being levied against him will be proved unfounded. Earlier this month, Pensacola…
The Sunshine Question
A Pensacola City Council member has raised the question of Sunshine-law violations. The official is claiming that the state’s open-government laws were violated via electronic…
How would the Pensacola City Council treat Steve Jobs?
The question–How would the Pensacola City Council treat Steve Jobs? — has been bugging me all weekend. The Pen Air Federal Credit Union’s relocation to…
City Slicker Chickens
Running across the yard, the children play with their chickens. They are not on a farm, or in the rural wilds of Escambia County. The…
Okaloosa County names airport director as interim TDC head
Greg Donovan, Okaloosa County’s airports director, was named interim head of the Tourist Development Council on Saturday. Meanwhile the county has put a hold on…
Has Okaloosa County become the new Escambia County?
The two past decades saw Escambia County get repeatedly hit with scandals. Both the Escambia County Commission and the School Board had members removed by…
Okaloosa TDC director found dead
Daily News reports Mark Bellinger, the former executive director of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council, died of a suspected drug overdose Friday in Pelham,…
Give us your best caption for this Hayward photo
My suggestion: Mayor asks, “Where is Councilman Johnson? He was standing next to me a few minutes ago, dammit.”
Mack denies ‘jackass’ comment
Our reporter Jeremy Morrison covered Connie Mack III’s visit to Pensacola yesterday. The GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate was asked today did he really…
Connie Mack Attack
The frontline of a political campaign is not for the weak stomached. The scripts and variables are fluid. It can get awkward and painful to…