Functional Consolidation beginning

Press Release: County Administrator Randy Oliver, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Chief of Staff John Asmar, and Pensacola Police Chief Chip Simmons…

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Breaking News: Giant Bin Laden Destroys New York, Washington

The Onion reports that 500-Foot Terrorist Emerges From Sea To Wreak Havoc On U.S. Just weeks after his body was buried at sea, Osama bin…

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Tampa’s economic plan sounds familiar

St. Pete Times columnist Robert Trigaux writes about the latest study on revitalizing the economy in the Tampa Bay area. Some of the recommendations sound…

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Navarre Beach tax case headed to FL Supreme Court

Daily News reports that case of whether Navarre Beach leaseholders should pay ad valorem taxes may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Santa Rosa…

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Cadillac Banks speaks out

Last week, William “Cadillac” Banks, Sr. spoke to the Pensacola Voice about the TDC not recommending that he get $385,685 to fund a two-day music…

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Mardi Gras could fill rooms with new event

Danny Zimmern shared the Pensacola Mardi Gras proposal for the BP Tourism funds: We are proposing a new event, The Pensacola Mardi Gras Marching Band…

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Salaries for commissioner aides

Commissioner Gene Valentino can be an easy target for criticism. His methods are heavy-handed at times and he steps into “it” quite often. However, I…

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BP tourism funds are for tourism

Marie Young convinced her fellow county commissioners to delay approving the allocation of the $4.38 million of BP funds that was established by Escambia Tourist…

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GB Chamber CEO Peltier resigns

Press Release: The Board of Directors of the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce has accepted the resignation of Meg Peltier as President/CEO. Meg will…

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Trump’s name has legal trouble

Buyers of apartments in the Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale thought Donald Trump was the developer. He was a mere licensor who was…

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Local GOP to causus

Press Release: – The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee announced today the date and location to select delegates from Escambia County to participate in the…

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What election fraud?

My May 12 Outtakes, “Fixing Elections,” focused on what I considered the changes to Florida’s Election laws–changes I believe had little to do with improving…

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