Category: Pensacola
Bayou Bridge Fishing Banned
Fishing is no longer allowed on the Cervantes Street bridge spanning Bayou Texar. “The fishermen have lost their privilege to fish there,†said Pensacola City…
Hayward Assembles Downtown Team
Pensacola’s mayor has assembled an Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee in an effort to focus of the development of the city’s downtown. Beginning this month, the…
Mitt’s Pancake Pep Rally
Most of the folks attending this morning’s Mitt Romney rally in Pensacola seemed a lot like Romney. They were polished and sharp and dashing. Flashing…
Wahoos View
The views bouncing around in the stadium at Maritime Park are brilliant. Sunlit diamonds swim in the bay and green grass covers the infield. “They’ve…
John McCain and the ‘Best Chance’ Breakfast
When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney dips into town tomorrow morning for breakfast, he’ll be bringing along Sen. John McCain. The Arizona senator snagged the…
Deadline for Absentee Ballots
Wednesday, Jan. 25 is the deadline to request your absentee ballot to be mailed for the Presidential primary election, Tuesday, Jan. 31. After Wednesday you…
Florida and Pensacola Unemployment rates continue to drop
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December 2011 was 9.9 percent, the lowest since April 2009 when the rate was 9.7 percent. This represented 913,000…
Luncheon with Lawmakers, or Tallahassee Wish List
Earlier this month, state legislators from northwest Florida visited Pensacola for a bite to eat and a sit-down with the local business community. The 2012…
Oliver Goes On EDATE With Women
The salad was light and the tea was sweet, but conversation waded immediately into deeper waters: politics. That’s the way the League of Women Voters…
Dirty Smurfs
Escambia County officials have no interest in seeing a recycling center on a collection of remediated Superfund sites. They also don’t want to see any…
Wilson Robertson/Forrest Gibbs hiring – Top Scandal of 2011
The blog readers have spoken – with 863 votes cast. The top local scandal of 2011 was Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson helping his supporter…
The Sam Hall Question
It seems Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to the free-speech debate he sparked when attempting…
