Audits reveal mortgage companies may have committed fraud

Huffington Post reports a set of confidential federal audits conducted Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies–…

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Rich don’t create jobs

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future, argues on the website Truthout that the rich don’t create jobs and that taxing the rich doesn’t kill jobs….

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Mayor holds second town hall meeting

Mayor Ashton Hayward takes city hall to the west side where he is holding his second town-hall meeting with citizens living in the neighborhoods surrounding…

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Mayor wants to lease third floor of City Hall

Mayor Hayward has issued the Request for Proposal to lease out the third floor of City Hall –which has long been vacant. According to the…

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Scott for President 2012

I know it sounds far-fetched but Adam Smith of the St. Pete Times makes a good argument that Florida Gov. Rick Scott could make a…

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Hayward cuts 20 positions, saves $800,000

Press Release: Hayward Makes $800,000 in Budget Cuts, Spares Police and Fire Departments Fulfilling a campaign pledge to cut unnecessary spending at City Hall, Pensacola…

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PPD statement on arrest of 10 year old

Press Release: A 10-year-old girl who claimed last month that a Spencer Bibbs Elementary School music teacher molested her has been charged with filing a…

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Gaetz family knows best

Okaloosa County officials are upset with both Sen. Don Gaetz and his son, Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to the Daily News. As reporter Tom McLaughlin…

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The time is now for Pensacola

In February 2003, City staff presented to the Pensacola City Council a reported titled “Profile of Pensacola: Demographic, Housing and Economic Characteristics.” The City Council…

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Democrats go after Big Oil

U.S. Senate Democrats are going after the oil companies, which enjoy huge profits. The senators want to cut off taxpayer subsidies to the oil industry….

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Harper: More loans in danger here than elsewhere

Dr. Rick Harper, director of the University of West Florida Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development, told the Destin Chamber on Tuesday that…

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DeLuna Fest reorganizes

Probably one of the worst kept secrets on Pensacola Beach made the daily newspaper’s website. The “Young Guns” – Nick Bodkins and Nick & Scott…

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