Escambia High head football coach Scott Anderson and assistant coach Timothy Jansky have been placed on administrative leave with pay after the Escambia County Sheriff Office launched a criminal investigation into whether…
Grover calls for TDC ideas
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson is calling for the chambers, hotel owners and others to bring their ideas for the future structure of tourism governance to the county commissioners in November. From…
No recession for Florida into 2012
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Florida will avoid a recession through the start of 2012. The Phillie Fed produces a monthly coincident index for each of the 50 states….
FRS one of top 5 state pension plans in the nation
The Florida Retirement System is one of the top five state pension systems in the nation, according to Robert Dezube of the Milliman consulting firm which issued a preliminary report on the…
Mediacom & Fox continue to haggle
Santa Rosa County is still without WALA/FOX 10, or those who are Mediacom customers. So they missed the Emmy’s, NFL-NFC football and much more for the entire month of September. IN reporter…
Hayward challenges School District over abandoned buildings
On Sept. 22, Mayor Ashton Hayward sent a letter to Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas challenging him and the School Board to be better stewards of the closed schools and…
Buzz: Escambia High coaches under investigation
We’ve heard that the football coaches at Escambia High School are under investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office after a student and a school resource officer were allegedly approached by one,…
Call to Action: Angel Food Ministries closing
Our community got some troubling news last week. Angel Food Ministries is closing their doors. AFM provides food for approximately 3,000 people each month. This closure will add a burden for other…
Kudos for Davenport TDC viewpoint
Dear Commissioner, I fully support the email of Alison Davenport comments and previously discussed communications and actions. It is unbecoming of a public official to make disparaging remarks about “stakeholders” of tourism…
Another viewpoint on TDC
Dear Commissioners: As an Escambia County taxpayer, I ask you to look hard at the discourse as regards the recent activities of some members of the TDC and your appointees to that…
Hawthorne responds to Grover
September 28, 2011 RE: Public Response to Grover Robinson’s reported interview Dear PNJ and IN, I am sending this letter to you because of the reporting from Grover Robinson and his recent…
Full text of PNJ interview with Grover
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson shared with the IN the entire transcript of his written interview with the PNJ: PNJ: In regard to your e-mail dated 9/26, sent at 5:38 p.m.: You…
Bad Lip Reading tackles Rick Perry
The website Bad Lip Reading has fun with Texas Gov. Rick Perry – “Save the pretzels for gas jets”:
Feds want Transocean to check BP well
Mobile Press Register reports the U.S. Coast Guard is ordering Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded April 20, 2010 killing 11 men and unleashing the Gulf spill, to…
What’s the Council’s take on executive’s cold feet?
IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed the Pensacola City Council to get their reaction to news that their choice for the newly created city council executive position is backing out. Who told Scotty…
Buzz: Visit Pensacola wins more awards
Last night the Flagler Awards were given out at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Visit Pensacola with help of EW Bullock Associates won two 1st place awards and one 2nd place award….
Buzz: Council Exec pick drops out
Scotty Davis, Pensacola City Council’s pick for its council executive after a five-month search, has withdrawn from the position. Here is the email from City Administrator Bill Reynolds that explains what happened:…
TDC Death Match: Round Three
From Grover Robinson: Terry, You nailed the heart of the issue without really mentioning it. Your right there is a good marketing plan and good people involved in the VIC for tourism….
TDC Death Match: Round Two
From Terry Scruggs, interim Chamber VP for tourism: Grover, With all due respect here is two cents worth from the “new kid on the block” (can you really be a new kid…
TDC Death Match: Round One
From Commissioner Grover Robinson: From: “Grover C. Robinson” Date: September 26, 2011 5:38:12 PM CDT To: “Grover C. Robinson” , ewb , “‘julian@innisfree.com’” , “‘robertr@resortrealtylife.com’” , “‘marilynhess@aol.com’” , “tammy@tammybo.com” , Buck Lee…
