State Attorney Bill Eddins’ office has announced that no criminal charges will be filed against Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson in regards to him using his influence to help Forrest Gibbs get…
City orders Occupy to unoccupy by 11 p.m. Friday
NOTICE Due to the failure of the Occupy Pensacola Movement to apply for a permit under applicable city codes designed to ensure the public health, safety and welfare, and for the protection…
#Guycode tweets
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Benetton unveils ad campaign with world leaders kissing (video)
Clothing company United Colors of Benetton unveils a controversial ad campaign featuring manipulated photographs of world leaders kissing. Source: Reuters
Do ya think?
The Christian Science Monitor suggests that the Occupy movement might lack focus and perhaps the time has come to figure out what they want. Could an “ international Corporation Watch†be the…
Morgan Stanley fined for lying – $3.3 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission today yesterday Morgan Stanley Investment Management with violating securities laws in a fee arrangement that repeatedly charged a fund and its investors for advisory services they weren’t…
PSU scandal: Wake up call for judges
Justice at Stake, a legal reform group dedicated to protecting fair and impartial courts, has issued the following statement on the case of Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State football coach accused…
Nodine to be retried for murder
Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin denied a request by murder suspect Stephen Nodine’s attorneys to dismiss charges in the death of his girlfriend, Angel Downs. Partin also granted a request by…
Taj Mahal judge to resign
St. Pete Times’ Lucy Morgan has the scoop: 1st District Court Judge Paul M. Hawkes is resigning from the court to avoid an ethics trial before the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Hawkes was…
IN Cover: Ills of the Spill
IN reporter Jeremy Morrison spent a month traveling the gulf coast attending meetings and listening to stories of people worried about the impact of the BP oil disaster on human health, particularly…
Florida ECO funding nearly doubled in 2010
The National Institute for Money in State Politics has issued a staff report on how independent political spending changed in Florida since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United v. FEC…
Video: Sarah Palin Wants to Hang Jerry Sandusky and She’ll Bring the Rope
Sarah Palin Wants to Hang Jerry Sandusky and She’ll Bring the Rope Sarah Palin has weighed in on the Penn State rape case (why her?) and decided that the accused former coach…
Greater Escambia Community Foundation Gives $296,350 in Grants
It was a “Who’s Who†event with Mayor Ashton Hayward, Guy Thompson, mayor of Milton and Beverly Zimmern, mayor of Gulf Breeze in attendance. Sheila Bowman, district director, attended on behalf of…
Officials Occupy Meeting, Briefly
Occupy Pensacola’s sit-down with city officials was a breezy affair. A chilly exchange lasting but a few moments. “What just happened here?†said Nicholas Alford, who’s been handling the Occupy’s press releases….
Newt Gingrich Made Big Bucks from Freddie Mac, Uh Oh (video)
Newt Gingrich has said he was a consulting historian for government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac but not a lobbyist. He also insists he warned them of the impending housing bubble. But Bloomberg…
Pensacola downtown gets kudos from NY Times
The article is titled “Cola Buzz:” Pensacola is the first stop on what some disparagingly call “the Redneck Riviera.†But a few miles inland from Jimmy Buffett’s new Margaritaville resort is a…
Col. Bill responds
Mayor’s Office press release: Statement from Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds: “At a meeting this afternoon as part of the permitting process for Occupy Pensacola conducted by city staff, representatives of the…
Occupy responds to permit requirement
Occupy Pensacola Press Release: Occupy Pensacola Set Up for Political Posturing Pensacola, Florida November 16, 2011 – Representatives from Occupy Pensacola entered the meeting today on the premise that there will be…
BP faces probation
I wrote about it two weeks again. BP is serial criminal. Federal prosecutors in Alaska agree. They have alleged BP, one of the three big oil producers operating on Alaska’s North Slope,…
Occupy to Fall at City Hall?
As cities across the country crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movement, local officials will meet today with Occupiers encamped on the lawn at Pensacola City Hall. “Today’s meeting?†said Travis…