Category: Politics
Port of Miami has multiuse plan -marina, hotel …
Miami Herald reports that the Port of Miami has a new 25-year master plan filled with ambitious ideas, “like a mega-yacht marina facing downtown’s Bayside…
Spencer apologizes for helicopter controversy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2012 From Brian Spencer, City Councilman, District 6. I offer my sincerest and deepest apology to those soldiers, veterans, their…
GOP 2012: They’re not going anywhere
Both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich vowed to stick it out today:Â until somebody has 1,144 delegates. After all, it didn’t hurt Obama to slug…
Homes Available Under Escambia County Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(Press Release) The Escambia County Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) has two rehabilitated homes available for sale to first time moderate and low income homebuyers. Under…
New studies show positive rewards from sports teams….Sorry, C.C.
Don’t tell C.C. Elebash, but there are new reports out that highlight the value sports venues bring to cities. The Nashville is negotiating with the…
Public Meeting on Saufley Field C&D
Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson will be hosting a District I town hall meeting April 10. The commissioner will be discussing the upcoming construction and…
Gulf Coast African-American Chamber down to one member?
Ok, let’s just say it. There is no Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce. There is a Florida corporation, but it appears to only have…
oh, was that mic on?
RAW VIDEO: President Obama was caught on a live mic yesterday, telling Russia’s President Medvedev (and Vladimir Putin) that after the election, he will have…
Too many can’t afford to rent
My latest column for Florida Voices: Too Many Floridians Cant Afford To Rent | Rick Outzen | Florida Voices Too Many Floridians Cant Afford To Rent | Rick…
State of the Black Chamber
What is the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce? What does it do? Who does it? These were some of the questions explored during…
Viewpoint: Bare Knuckle Politics Leaves No-Fault Consumers Defenseless
Guest Viewpoint from Robert Heath: Suppose that you are stopped at an intersection, minding your own business, when you are suddenly hit from behind by…
Dolphins in Bayou Texar
It’s not something you see everyday. Pensacola City Councilman Larry B. Johnson had never seen it before. “I’ve lived on Bayou Texar since 1989,†the…