FBI investigating Sansom
Daily News reported last week that the FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating former House Speaker Ray Sansom. At least part of the…
Guilty Pleasure: Casey Anthony trial
Locals have become entralled with the trial of Casey Anthony–which has become a reality version of “CSI” and “Law & Order.” Watching the trial and…
Pensacola makes Huffington Post
Pensacola is the subject of this post by Carolyn Scott, creator, host, writer, ‘The Healthy Voyager’ – Pleasant Pensacola. Scott writes about End of the…
Sick fish?
IN reporter J. Adam Morrison tracked down Dr. Jim Cowan, who has been researching the mysteriously lesions found of Gulf fish. Here is the story…
Why a disparity study?
During the Bulls$%# Decade (2000-2009), the City spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on studies and plans on the inequities of services, facilities and economic…
Hayward wants disparity study
Press Release: Under a proposal announced today, Mayor Ashton Hayward is calling for a full-scale study of the City’s purchasing and contracting practices relating to…
Quote of the day
My daughter Cat Ellis runs every summer a Miracle Camp for kids who battle rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that Cat herself has suffered from since…
Why I do what I do
I received this email yesterday: From: Erin Beckett (Markes) Subject: Jaden Markes It is coming up on the third year that I lost my precious…
Inside Gingrich campaign meltdown
The Daily Beast has the inside scoop on why Newt Gingrich’s top aides bolted en masse Thursday, leaving his campaign in tatters. Peter J. Boyer…
School Board to air thoughts on superintendent
Here is something that will never happen in Pensacola, but it should. The St. Pete Times reports that the Pinellas County School Board wants to…
Palin vs. Bachmann
The GOP presidential primaries could be a lot of fun, especially as the candidates try to out do each in catering to the Tea Party…
Rick Scott – Job-a-nator
Is Gov. Rick Scott taking credit for jobs that he did little for the that to land? St. Pete Times thinks so. It reports Gov….
Okaloosa County Tax Collector resigns
Chris Hughes has announced his resignation as Okaloosa Co. Tax Collector. For the past 4 years, Hughes has been in trouble. A Florida Department of…
Obama-care could be in trouble
LA Times: Skeptical questions from three federal judges in Atlanta suggest they may be ready to declare unconstitutional all or part of the healthcare law…
OPEC talks collapse
Reuters reports that OPEC talks broke down in acrimony on Wednesday without an agreement to raise output after Saudi Arabia failed to convince the oil…
Is it time to dissolve SRIA?
The Santa Rosa Island Authority survived two efforts in the Aughts –or what some in Pensacola are starting to call the “Bull$#% Decade”–to abolish it….
Maritime Park Aerials
The park is moving along. Blue Wahoos will be playing next spring.
Miami mayoral candidates distancing themselves from Scott
The St. Pete Times Buzz reports that the two (Republican) candidates running for Miami-Dade mayor sought in a debate Tuesday morning to distance themselves as…
Obama loses May bump in polls
The latest polls are showing that the bounce in the polls that Obama received after the death of Osama bin Laden in early May has…
Barbie, it’s over
That’s the slogan for a new Greenpeace campaign against Mattel. The LA Times reports: Activists rappelled down the face of the 15-story El Segundo headquarters…
