BP knew Costner idea a bust
We know that much of what BP did last summer was all “ponies and balloons.” Publicity stunts to prop up stock prices and quell the…
INDaily online – July 12 edition
This online paper recaps the posts to inweekly.net and this blog for the past 24 hours. It also includes the top news headlines. INDaily is…
Nelson’s Me 2 Press Conference
While Sen. Marco Rubio was in Pensacola garnering attention while listening from local and state officials about the BP disaster, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator, Bill…
County redistricting plan nearly complete
The Escambia County Commission and School Board left yesterday’s joint meeting with proposed redistricting maps that will see District 4 (Grover Robinson) and 5 (Kevin…
Buzz: Morgan gets petitions signed
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has met the petition requirement for qualification to be on the 2012 ballot for Sheriff. There were 1,996 validated petitions…
False GOP Narratives
Last fall, I had lunch with Peter Beinart at the Acme Oyster Bar in New Orleans. He is one of the brightest young journalists on…
Chamber Names Senior VP for Economic Development
Press Release: Scott Luth has been named Senior Vice President for Economic Development for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Jim Hizer, chamber president/CEO,…
Stafford offers city redistricting ideas (map)
The City of Pensacola has 51,923. The Ideal District is 7,418 people. Supervisor of Elections David Stafford has drawn up a possible new configuration of…
Evers Announces District Town Hall Tour, guns optional
Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) today announced the dates and times for his Senate District 2 town hall meetings for the month of July, 2011. The…
Feel crazy? Call UF, Thank BP
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a University of Florida-led team more than $6.5 million to study the environmental and psychological effects of the…
INDaily- July 11 edition online
This online paper recaps the posts to inweekly.net and this blog for the past 24 hours. It also includes the top news headlines. INDaily is…
Bo’s Bridge is broken
St. Pete Times zeroes in on the Garcon Point Bridge, commonly known in other parts of Florida as “Bo’s Bridge” because for Florida House Speaker…
No surprises in Miller’s financials
Congressman Jeff Miller filed his 2010 financial disclosure report in May. Assets: $1.06 million-$1.69 million –mostly land in Santa Rosa County. He bought May 2010…
Port: ‘Belly Button’ Rainmaker
The Port of Pensacola has its supporters for it remaining an industrial port. Both here in Pensacola and at the state level. On June 21,…
Murdoch paper shutdown
The last edition of the News of the World, a British tabloid that has been around for a 168 years, hit stands this morning. Rupert…
Enu Mianigi: Scott’s death eater
The Miami Herald is profiling the inner circle of Gov. Rick “Voldemort” Scott. In the Sunday, July 10 edition, the paper focuses on Enu Mianigi,…
Pensacola City Council: Size Matters
The Pensacola City Council needs to discuss at its July 20 special workshop the one topic that its citizens want to see happen—reducing the number…
Cities Struggle with State Funding Cuts
Florida News Connection, by Les Coleman: The massive budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, and signed into law by Tea Party-backed Gov. Rick…
