Amazing insights into Libya battles
I’ve been following the rebel battles in Tripoli via Al Jazzera and Twitter. Al Jazzera has a live blog from its correspondents. Power and communications…
Go, Judy, go
Press Release: UWF President appointed to NCAA Division II Presidents Council – University of West Florida (UWF) President Judith A. Bense has been elected as…
Gulfport pushes claim to higher ups in BP
Gulfport city officials want to deal only with the higher-ups at BP when it comes to negotiating payments and settlements, and they’ll consider “aggressive litigation 
Real Sports Talk Radio comes to Pensacola
Press Release: that 1450AM (WBSR) is now the new home of ESPN Radio, as 1450 ESPN. The station is Pensacola’s only 24/7 all-sports radio facility,…
Fundraiser for Appetite for Life
In the early morning hours on Thursday August 18th, Appetite 4 Life suffered a major fire. The Arts for AIDS Awareness, Inc. a local non…
Buzz: GLA students coming from all over district
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas promised the public that only students inside the school’s attendance zone (inner-city of Pensacola) would be allowed to attend the new Global…
Let’s don’t jinx it, Irene
Tropical Storm Irene is headed toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its heavy rains and winds have closed airports and flooded low-lying areas…
Escambia Public Schools have huge disparties
You have to know where to look for it on the Florida Department of Education website. All the Florida Public School District failed to make…
High school grading formula is flawed
Florida Current reports former Education Commissioner John Winn told a higher education panel on last Thursday that a newly-enacted grading formula for high schools masks…
Look for hogs at CMPA trough
The daily newspaper’s story on the cost overruns points out that the Community Maritime Park expenditures need to be investigated by independent auditors–without ties to…
News site readers don’t care about comments
This month’s Ad Age/Ipsos Observer American Consumer Survey looked into the impact of comments and other engagement tools for news website. Sixty-three percent of the…
Mayor asked council for budget requests in March
The impression one might have gotten from the Pensacola City Council workshops on the FY 2012 budget is that the council members had little or…
Gulf Breeze celebrates 50 years
Last night, the City of Gulf Breeze celebrated its first 50 years as city. Past mayors, council members, city employees, business leaders and key volunteers…
Dueling Budget Memos
Council President Maren Deweese sent to the Pensacola City Council her own memo on how she wants the remaining FY 2012 budget process to be…
Will PNJ shrink even more?
The Cincinnati Enquirer, another Gannett-owned paper, announced this past week that it’s considering a dramatic reduction in print paper size. If it follows through, it…
GOP hopeful Perry’s record
ProPublica has the best reading on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to help you cut through the horse-race coverage and get oriented. Read here.
Ho-Hum: UWF study leads to another study
The UWF students, alumni and friends thought their president, Judy Bense, was going to announced a football program by 2013 or 2014. No, what they…
Help for Clergy
Press Release: The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Peter Rubardt will accompany Beth Nielsen Chapman for a special concert on Thursday, November 17 at the…
Viewpoint: All Pits are Monitored Equally
From Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson: I would like to correct some errors and misleading statements in Jaime Page’s article in the August 12 story…
