Category: Politics
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Research 2000 recently conducted a survey testing whether progressive or conservative talk radio shows are more open to callers with dissenting points of view. None…
Florida Sec. of State questions Sarasota vote
Florida’s Secretary of State Sue Cobb wants the Florida Supreme Court to rule whether a Sarasota referendum requiring a paper trail for all voting is…
Housing slipping in South Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Housing prices are dropping almost as fast as the gas prices in Palm and Broward counties – dropping 6 percent. Read…
St. Joe sells off 4000 acres
Miami Herald: St. Joe Co. – the state’s largest private land owner and the company behind much of the development in Walton and Bay counties…
RB Buzz: Lee wants county job
There are consistent rumblings from Pensacola Beach that Santa Rosa Island Authority Buck Lee has been lobbying Escambia County Commissioners to abolish the SRIA and…
More Swiftboating in Florida elections
 Remember the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth – the “independent” politcal group that attack Sen. John Kerry’s military service during the 2004 presidential election? Well,…
Studer blamed for tax increase
William Thurston is becoming a regular letter writer to the PNJ. This letter is from the Sunday edition: A boondoggle Well, it sure didn’t take…
CRA does pay its expenses
During the Community Maritime Park debate, Stop Our City supporters argued that the rest of the city had to pay for services in the CRA…
Outzen on WCOA
IN Publisher Rick Outzen will be on Don Parker’s “Pensacola Preview” radio show on WCOA 1370 AM at 5:30 pm today. Don’t tell Luke McCoy.
IN YOUR HEAD RADIO: Mike Papantonio, Grayson Capps
Listen to the latest show online: Mike Papantonio on Jesus Camp; music from Grayson Capps; Winners and Losers; The Rant with Rick Outzen Listen to…
Nancy Fetterman: “Well done”
Note from Nancy Fetterman: Tonight, I just returned from the cruise that Jack and I were to take together. It is late morning in Florence…
Dr. Martin Luther King a Republican?
The National Black Republican Association is working hard to recruit black voters. They’ve taken a few pages from the SOC playbook and have used some…
When good ideas go terribly wrong
In 1970s, a group of scientists had this bright idea to use 2 million tires as an artificial reef off the shores of Ft. Lauderdale….
Scary Buzz: Rove promises Oct. Surprise
From Newsmax.com: In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an “October surprise” to help win the November congressional elections. Newsmax
Did Save Our City tackle the wrong issue?
For over 18 months, Save Our City had the City of Pensacola and most of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties embroiled in a debate over…
Escambia Co. says “We’re keeping the money”
Last night the Escambia County Commission refused to rollback the ad valorem tax rate and kept the biggest single year property tax revenue increase in…
When did it start to go wrong for the Dems?
In 1992, Texas Gov. Ann Richards was the Democratic poster child. She was out-spoken and fearless. Many liberals saw her as the first female presidential…
Interview with David Morgan
IN Editor Duwayne Escobedo and I just finished a lunch interview with Republican candidate for Escambia County Sheriff – David Morgan. It almost didn’t happen…
RB Buzz: David Morgan to run for Sheriff
We’re hearing that David Morgan is planning to file today to run for Escambia County Sheriff. Sheriff McNesby received 18,877 votes in the three-person Republican…
Congressman wants to gut Payday amendment
Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY), is trying to gut the amendment to the military bill that would limit the interest rates military personnel can be charged…
