Press Release: After hours upon hours of Occupy members holding the City Council over time by filling the stack of the public forum, the counsel approved, with a 5-4 vote, to authorize…
City Council passes resolution in favor of tent city
The Pensacola City Council passed a resolution tonight in favor of Occupy Pensacola erecting tents and living in them for the next two weeks. Mayor Hayward had said prior to the meeting…
Occupy Showdown at City Council Meeting
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s office sent out the following press release a few minutes ago: Hayward to Occupiers: No More Tent Cities Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward informed members of the Occupy Pensacola group…
Yaz Ad Mocks Users
In 2008, Bayer reached a settlement with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to spend $20 million in advertising to correct the ads for its top-selling contraceptive Yaz. Early ads targeted at…
Occupy Pensacola to March to City Hall
OP Press Release – Oct. 26: Occupy Pensacola’s march from Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Plaza to City Hall on Friday, Oct 28 at 5 p.m., will be police escorted. City Administrator…
Rubios came to America for same reasons most do-jobs
The Miami Herald and St. Pete Times have done more digging into U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s parents and their immigration to the U.S. The Washington Post had called out Rubio for embellishing…
Giant Lego washes up on beach, no ties to DeLuna Fest
An 8-foot-tall Lego-man washed up Tuesday morning on Siesta Key, Florida beach. On his chest are the words “NO REAL THAN YOU ARE.” So far, no one has tied the figure that…
Gaetz serious about job creation
State Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) is serious about job creation and wants to hold accountable those corporations that got fat incentive checks for creating jobs. He wants the Florida Department of Economic…
Smoking man endorses Cain
The latest Herman Cain ad is getting a lot of attention. The former Godfather’s CEO has caught fire as the next possible GOP candidate to block Mitt Romney’s selection as the party’s…
Possibly bad news for Escambia public schools
Based on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests of the past 10 years, we know that Escambia County public schools are dealing with a large percentage of its incoming elementary school students who…
BP profits almost double
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the BP announced that its net profit for the three months ending Sept. 30 was $4.91 billion, compared with $1.79 billion a year earlier. The sharp…
Oops, Rubio embellished Cuban exile history
The Washington Post has caught U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (Fl-Rep) embellishing his parents’ immigration from Cuba to Miami. To fire up his conservative base, Rubio likes to tell how his parents were…
Obama succeeds again
The image of a bloodied Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi offered further vindication of President Barack Obama’s War on Terrorism. While the GOP right wing wants to portray the president as weak on foreign…
Perdido Key event gets attention
The Orlando Sentinel travel writer has written about an upcoming event at Perdido Key – “Wonderful Wacky Women Week.“Â Â The event, set for Oct. 23-29, is the brainchild of author and artist…
Lawmakers get 100 different district plans
State Senator Don Gaetz announced yesterday that the Florida Legislature has received its 100thcitizen-generated redistricting plan. According to Gaetz, Florida isn’t relying on maps created by special interest groups or politicians, but…
SEC gets Citigroup to pay up
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Citigroup’s principal U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary with misleading investors about a $1 billion collateralized debt obligation (CDO) tied to the U.S. housing market in which Citigroup…
Buzz: Lowman passed away
You get word that former Escambia County Sheriff Jim Lowman (1993-2000) passed away this morning.
Can Rubio be president?
The Birthers have a new target – Florida’s U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. They are questioning whether he is a “natural born citizen.” Rubio, who is a rising star in the Republican Party…
Bama Attorney General takes over Nodine case
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced this afternoon that it will take over prosecution of charges in Baldwin County against former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine. The former Mobile County commissioner was…
270 companies committing to employ veterans and military spouses
We need a local Chamber commitment that matches this national one announced yesterday by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and our local city and county governments,…
