Category: Politics
Luncheon with Lawmakers, or Tallahassee Wish List
Earlier this month, state legislators from northwest Florida visited Pensacola for a bite to eat and a sit-down with the local business community. The 2012…
Oliver Goes On EDATE With Women
The salad was light and the tea was sweet, but conversation waded immediately into deeper waters: politics. That’s the way the League of Women Voters…
Christian travel agency tries get Casey Anthony to leave state
We got this weird email today: Dear Sir/Madam, It has recently come to our attention that accused child murderer Casey Anthony has taken residence in…
County Commission primaries – Robertson, May, Archer lead in funds
The Escambia County Commission candidates are gearing up for the Republican and Democrat primaries. The District 1 Republican primary has incumbent Wilson Robertson, who has…
Morgan outraises Powell, builds war chest
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan raised over $17,000 in the last quarter of 2011 for his re-election campaign. Republican opponent John Powell received $12,850 and…
Santorum: I’m a threat to the GOP establishment
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tells Bob Schieffer why he thinks Mitt Romney is just a part-time conservative, and why he views himself as an “anti-establishment”…
Huntsman Out
According to the Times Caucus, Jon Huntsman will announce today that that he is ending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsing Romney….
Kaiser leaving Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart CEO Will Join Utah Health System Pensacola, FL (Jan. 13, 2012) — Laura Kaiser, president and CEO of Sacred Heart Health System, will…
Dirty Smurfs
Escambia County officials have no interest in seeing a recycling center on a collection of remediated Superfund sites. They also don’t want to see any…
The ‘Make Us Whole’ Boat Ramps
How will we be ‘made whole’ following the 2010 oil spill? For starters, how about some boat ramps for $4.4 million? Over the next few…
Bookies like Romney, bet win streak will continue
Europes largest betting company Paddy Power have installed Mitt Romney as 2/5 favourite for the South Carolina primary after the former Massachusetts Governor romped home…
Insiders stacked advisory vote in favor of Yaz
The Project On Government Oversight has requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) disregard a joint advisory committee’s support of the controversial birth control…
