Category: Politics
Buzz: Benson will run for AG
Get your checkbooks out. Holly Benson is set to run for the Florida Attorney General post or,at least, that was the buzz over the Labor…
Thomas podcast on Obama speech
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has created a podcast explaining why Escambia County students won’t see President Obama’s speech today. For the record, Ronald Reagan, George Bush…
WCI is out of bankruptcy
The Miami Herald is reporting that WCI Communities has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has eliminated more than $2 billion in debt and…
Morris vs. Manley
Former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris was arrested in February for stealing tax payer’s money in an elaborate kick-back scheme and was charged with theft,…
Locals get national press
Sheriff David Morgan is featured in USA Today article on how well his agency handled the media during the Billings investigation (Police try to uphold…
Wayne-Dalton sold
From Wall Street Journal: Sanwa Holdings Corp. has reached an accord with Wayne Dalton Corp. to expand its global presence by buying the U.S. company’s…
More Prostitution arrests
Last night, patrol Deputies initiated a small (4) hour sting for prostitution in and around Brownsville which netted the above arrests. (3) females for selling…
Homeless
For three years, we have pushed the City to clean up the Community Maritime Park site and consider making it available to the public. We…
Obama Care
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has published its analysis of the controversial America’s Affordable Health Choices Act and its impact on each Congressional…
Arts have $84M impact
The Arts Council of Northwest Florida and Americans for the Arts announced the local results from the Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Prosperity…
Cohen: Good? or Bad?
I posted this originally as a reply to a comment, but I think it deserves more attention: The City of Pensacola lost Avalex because of…
The newspaper guys pressed Avalex for answers
PNJ business reporter Carlton Proctor reports on his blog that a “board member tried to drag Cohen’s name from Avalex CEO Tad Ihns whose decision…