Category: Politics
Minority Faculty at UWF
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an investigative report on the lack of minority faculty members at state universities – Faculty diversity lagging at South Florida…
ECUA figures out recycling
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority board will vote Thursday on whether to offer curbside recycling to its 62,500 residential customers in its garbage pickup area. Two…
School Budget – it’s a mystery
Today, Escambia County school board meets today on its 2008-09 budget. They and the administration are the only ones who know how the school is…
Blog has busiest day ever
We had 11,171 visitors yesterday to this blog – our busiest day ever. Most Popular Topics: Erin Markes, Suter Elementary, Escambia County Commission and Community…
Ford raises nearly $60K – mostly local
State Rep. Clay Ford has accumulated a huge war chest ($59,270) – a good bit is from locals. He has PAC money, too. Pensacola: $18,430…
Murzin raises $35.6K
Since Jan. 1, 2007, State Rep. Dave Murzin has raised $35,600 – very little is from local residents. Most is from state and national groups….
Radio: Erin Markes
Here is my exclusive interview with Erin Markes Listen: Erin Markes 4.18.08
Radio: Sir Harry Kroto
Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto – also a Florida State University – talks about how the Florida legislature would be making a big mistake…
Notes: BCC agenda meeting 4.17.08
Board of County Commissioners Special Meeting – April, 17, 2008 – 8:55 a.m. Called to Order at 8:56 a.m. A recommendation was made to ratify…
Suter is a headache
Suter Elementary parents refuse to quietly go away….especially when it comes to possible closure of their highly successful, but small, neighborhood school. It could be…
Moby writes. We wonder.
It looks like Mike O’Brien, PNJ columnist, is becoming more and more like Earle Bowden – meaning less understandable. In today’s column, the aged scribe…
Bayou Chico dredging
The PNJ has found out about the dredging of Bayou Chico and how the county is destroying pristine lakes with the sediment from the bayou….