Making Sausage in the Library

Faced with a nearly $10 million budget shortfall, Escambia County commissioners today considered pulling funding—totaling $3.7 million—from the West Florida Library System. A few hundred…

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Florida will be a battleground state

As we are now shifting towards the general election,  Florida is likely to be one of the 12 major battleground states in the 2012 presidential…

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What Not To Say: Rosen apologizes when NOBODY liked her Ann Romney dis

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen apologized this afternoon for saying that at Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life” during a CNN interview…

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Libraries Spared

After nearly three hours of discussion this morning supporter of the West Florida Library System have reason to celebrate. Quietly. “We are left cautiously optimistic,”…

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Hugh King loses in court

On Wednesday morning, Hugh King, a no-party-affiliated candidate for Escambia County Commission, District 3, asked the court to grant a restraining order against Lumon May,…

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Sen. Nelson Talks RESTORE & More

Senator Bill Nelson checked in with local political and community leaders this morning in Pensacola, spending most of the meeting discussing the RESTORE Act. The…

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Library ‘Crisis’

According to Bette Hooten, president of the West Florida Library System, the regional collection of libraries are in “crisis mode.” “I cannot tell you how…

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As Good as Over…. Santorum announces he is suspending his campaign

“We made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race for us is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective…

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Qualifying for County Commission can be expensive

Supervisor of Elections David Stafford advised us that for those county commission candidates that don’t meet the petition requirement the fee is $4,411.86. Other than…

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Hugh King campaign uses slam website

Hugh King, former Pensacola City Councilman, former pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, former CMPA trustee, former Democratic candidate and currently prefiled NPA candidate for…

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Morgan vs. Powell

Much like the lunchtime cliques a few hours prior, the debate audience took to separate sides of Booker T. Washington High School’s cafeteria. Supporters of…

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Hugh King’s spirals, provides no witnesses for his tale

Hugh King, former Pensacola City Councilman, former pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, former CMPA board trustee, former Democratic candidate and current pre-filed NPA candidate…

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