Category: Politics
Brownsville is tough to clean up
Operation Brownsville isn’t the first attempt by Sheriff Ron McNesby to clean up that area. However, it may be the most intensive. (You will need…
State property tax solutions have problems
Gov. Crist’s idea of doubling homestead exemptions has a heavy price tag for local governments – $608.6 BILLION. He has already backtracked some and said…
Brownsville case for Annexation
If Brownsville was inside the city limits of Pensacola, would it have been allowed to deteriorate to level it was before Operation Brownsville? No, the…
Operation Beat David Morgan?
I’ve been hearing and reading on the PNJ website that the real impetus for Sheriff Ron McNesby’s 30-day effort to clean up Brownsville was a…
Local GOP splintered
There is no organized local Republican Party – yes. the women meet, but they don’t have much say in who runs or doesn’t run for…
Oops, Whitehead forgot these
In the daily newspaper, Commissioner Mike Whitehead defended his and his fellow Escambia County Commissioners’ decision to not rollback taxes when they had $31 million…
PNJ Sunday Paper Review
Woke up early with too much time on hands: At the crossroads – Washington bureau chief Larry Wheeler writes of the gov’t red tape involved…
CMPA, Community wins
Community Maritime Park Associates (CMPA) board approved the master developer request for proposal and hired a search firm to do a national search for an…
Other Hawkshaw updates
Website almost ready. City of Pensacola has given us conceptual approval of the site. We’re negotiating with Budweiser and Miller to see which will be…
Buffett playing Hawkshaw?
We’re working through friends of friends to see if Jimmy Buffett might play. It’s a very long shot that could change everything. In two weeks,…
McNesby attacks Brownsville problem
Seven years after taking office, Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has attacked the drug, prostitution, litter and other criminal and code violations in the Brownsville…
More Hawkshaw possibilities
Cowboy Mouth – www.myspace.com/cowboymouth Lonestar – Lonestar Three Doors Down –3 Doors Down John Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi www.bonjovi.com From Gainesville: Chris McCarty Band…
Pensacola Firefighters
Letter to Pensacola City Manager Tom Bonfield Do you know how important your safety is? We ask that in jest, of course, as the City…
What’s the next big issue?
We will have the House District 3 race in front of us for two more weeks or so, but what is the next big issue?…
Anna Nicole Smith died
Don’t why I’m posting this but it just came across the wire: A lawyer for former model and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith says…
Who was M.J. Menge?
When PJC dedicated its bell tower in 1999, Federal Judge Lacey Collier gave this speech: The Spirit of Pensacola (M.J. Menge Bell Tower Dedication) Come…
Hawkshaw – bigger names under consideration
Our music budget is only $60,000 so understand our selection is limited or dependent on friendships and local ties. No commitments on these performers. But…
