Category: Politics
Notes: School Board 5.20
School board members got an earful from unhappy residents at their recent meeting, as over two dozen came forward to express concerns about possible budget…
Buzz: ECUA drops suit
We received a call today that Emerald Coast Utility Authority has dropped its lawsuit against Escambia County over being required to use the Perdido Key…
IN Your Head Radio 5.20
Because it takes them nearly a 1,000 years to biodegrade, many cities across the globe, including San Francisco, Oakland and soon Paris and all of…
Fogg not to seek re-election
Pensacola Mayor John Fogg has just announced he will not be running for re-election.  A press release to that effect should be forthcoming.
Escambia County is not really a very good partner
That is what Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin said yesterday when the commission was deciding whether to join in a regional transportation authority with…
Notes: City Committees 5.19
May 19 City Committees meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg and Councilmen Mike DeSorbo and Ronald Townsend said Monday night they make no apologies for unexpectedly…
No ethics at the top
Escambia County lives in an ethical limbo – where right is wrong, wrong is right; where county commissioners serve themselves first, then us last. We…
How City works
Remember the tree ordinance that finally was agreed on by the developers and the environmentalists. Guess when it will be finally approved – July 3…
Fogg will give Rusty everything
The Pensacola City Council voted yesterday to have Mayor John Fogg negotiate with Rusty “Jackpot” Wells on his new contract with the city for the…
Give up garbage
A year ago, the Pensacola City Council could have handed over its garbage collection to ECUA and saved the residents money. Now they are fighting…
IN Your Head Radio 5.19
 On Feb. 18, 2007, the body of Joshua Whittier, a 21-year-old Navarre resident who had worked with Ford Models, was found face down at the…
PNJ finally reports on Wells
You’ve got to love our daily newspaper. Ten days after Rusty Wells named by the Pensacola City Council by 6-3 to be the new City…