Press Release: After filing two complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the physical safety and psychological well-being of two elephants, PETA has learned that the agency has now filed…
Domino’s employee murder
Press Release: Escambia County homicide investigators are working through a number of leads in the Saturday night murder of a Domino’s Pizza employee on Navy Boulevard. 19-year-old Tyler John Hinkle, a delivery…
Presidency 5 interviews on WEBY
Press Release: Herman Cain won the Florida Straw Poll at the Republican Party of Florida Presidency 5 event in Orlando on Saturday. Mike Bates of WEBY 1330 AM Radio was at the…
Veoila has labor issues elsewhere
Veoila Transportation, the French company that manages Escambia County Area Transit, has labor issues in other parts of North America. The Phoenix New Times reported last week that union leaders there were…
Hasner wins straw poll for U.S. senate spot
Former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner scored a victory in a U.S. Senate straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Hasner carried 34 percent of the 1,501 votes cast at the…
Mysterious Deaths of 9 B.P. Oil Spill Whistleblowers (video)
In the past year, nine vocal critics or potential whistleblowers of the Gulf oil spill all died in extremely mysterious ways. Their deaths could be strange, unrelated coincidences. Or the BP Barbies…
Lots to Love
New Visit Pensacola commercial: Lots to Love_Email_SMALL
Buzz: Only 30 people at Milton Tea Party
The daily newspaper reported that the Pensacola and Milton chapters of the Tea Party united for a rally yesterday in Milton. WEAR TV reported that only about 30 people were at the…
Wall Street Protest
The protests on Wall Street may be the most under reported story of this past week. The group Occupy Wall Street streamed live some of its activities. Yesterdays scores were arrested as…
Regulations impact on jobs, not as much as some think
Bureau of Labor Statistics shows employers attributing a small fraction of job losses to governmental regulations. In the first half of 2011, employers listed regulations as the cause of 0.2 to 0.3…
10 things learned from Florida’s Presidency 5 Conference
Yes, we know Herman Cain won the Florida straw poll, but did we learn from the Presidency 5 conference in Orlando. The St. Pete Times has a list. It’s topped by, “The…
Gaetz sets out path to redistricting
State Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville), chairman of the Senate Reapportionment Committee, says he wants proposed redistricting maps ready by Nov. 1 and a committee bill ready by early December. His plans include…
Veolia responds to ECAT workers
We received this letter from Veolia, the French company that manages Escambia County Area Transit: Thanks Escambia Community I’d like to thank everyone for their patience during the recent walkout staged by…
The Week’s Best Reads
From our coming economic doom to Jon Stewart’s subtle transformation from comic to political activist, The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. See list.
Mission Impossible: Unite U.S. Senate
The Washington Post has an article on Barry C. Black, the Senate’s chaplin. Best quote: “I don’t take it as any kind of litmus test on the efficacy of my intercession.†Read…
Do less taxes really equal more jobs?
This Miami Herald cartoon (click on image to enlarge) illustrates the absurdity of the Right-Wing agenda:
Congressman Miller speaks on Post Service
IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed our Congressman Jeff Miller about the upcoming local postal union rally and HR 2309, which he has co-sponsored. Read 44-Cent Ticket to the Future. Read more.
Buzz: Grover & Collier saved Ascend jobs
The Ascend expansion also never happened, but for the work then-Escambia County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson and Chamber Chairman Collier Merrill. Several Ascent executives came to the Chamber’s economic development recruitment event…
Badland Reunion stats
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted an Operation Clean Sweep today in the Mayfair Community. It marked the one-year anniversary for the successful initiative. Debris in excess of 4 tons was collected….
Slippery assertions in GOP debate
St. Pete Times/AP fact-checks the GOP presidential debate held last night in Orlando, from Obama’s approval rating to who said what when. Read more.
