Category: Politics
Voters spoke out yesterday
Ohio’s anti-union law was repealed yesterday. And Mississippi’s weird personhood constitutional amendment failed. Money & Fox News doesn’t always win. The voters are still in…
TDC Shuffle
Escambia County Attorney Alison Rodgers visited the Tourist Development Council to do a little housekeeping today. She recently became concerned that the TDC’s membership was…
Occupy Pensacola On Ill Targeted Acts of Vandalism
Press Release: Occupy Pensacola does not condone the use of graffiti on local businesses as those are considered by the movement to be ill targeted…
State forms Task Force to protect bases
…but leaves out Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Press Release: Five Northwest Floridians will join seven other military and civic leaders from elsewhere in the…
Generation Gap and 2012 election
A new Pew poll looks at the 2012 election and finds some surprising differences among the various age groups. Millennial generation voters are inclined to…
Facebook posts leads to Big Bank revolt
Forget about Occupy changing the world. Facebook could be the answer. Orlando Sentinel reports that an Echo Park woman’s post urging friends to move their…
Gannett partner struggling
It was big news when Gannett, the owner of Bella magazine, GoPensacola, Pelican statues and, oh yeah, the daily newspaper, announced its ad partnership with…
County sends letters to Ethics Commission and AG Bondi
County Attorney Alison Rogers forwarded the letters the county sent to the Florida Ethics Commission and Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding Commissioner Wilson Robertson and…
Union Occupies County Chambers
by Jeremy Morrison It’s an interesting mix: the union and Occupiers. While their messages may dovetail, the group’s styles vary wildly. “Let’s hope it doesn’t…
ESPN looks at Trent Richardson
Trent Richardson’s work ethic doesn’t come from a narcissistic quest to win individual awards and accolades. He is determined that his two young daughters won’t…
BP produces Pensacola Tourism video
BP website: While most people think about the beach when they talk about Pensacola, the area has more than gorgeous white sand beaches to offer…
Occupy stories from around the country
We published our Occupy story today. What are other alt-weeklies reporting? Occupy Checkbook Why is the city of Sacramento spending hundreds of thousands of dollars…