After years of debate and delay, construction on Central Florida’s SunRail commuter train is finally ready to start. Orlando Sentinel has a nice spread on the project. SunRail Q&A: Groundbreaking is today…
Blog adds three features
You can now follow the latest tweets on the Murdoch/News Corp Fallout and the presidential campaigns. We also created a Facebook page for readers to show their support for reducing the number…
How presidential candidates spend their money
Washington Post has reviewed the campaign spending of the presidential candidates. The first major spending reports of the 2012 presidential campaign demonstrate styles and priorities of each: Mitt Romney is big into…
Bounty increases for Cantonment Cow Strangler
NorthEscambia.com says the reward has been increased again in the Memorial Day strangulation of a pregnant cow in Enon, with two groups now offering a total of $3,000. The Humane Society of…
Buzz: Tensions run high in Pensacola Village
The shooting of a toddler, 19 months, on Friday afternoon has the residents of the housing project on Fairfield Drive inside the city limits upset. Drugs and guns are at epidemic portions….
Will City Council follow Gould example?
Last week we saw a former city council member blast the Supervisor of Elections for not delaying the release of public records. This week the Pensacola City Council holds a special workshop…
Council wants to rein in Mayor
In the agenda packet for the Pensacola City Council’s Committee of the Whole there is a discussion item asking for all executed contracts over $25,000 to be reported to the City Council….
Breaking news: News Corps Brooks arrested
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News Corp’s British branch, went to a London police station by appointment at midday today and is being held on suspicion of conspiring to intercept…
Reuters gives inside look at Murdoch newsroom
Reuters has talked to former News of the World reporters complaining about the working conditions under Rebekah Brooks, the publisher and Rupert Murdoch confidante who resigned last week because of the phone…
How Wahoo agreement compares with league teams
We have a spreadsheet on the Wahoos’ stadium agreement compares with the other teams in their league. Here is how it compares with the two closest teams: MONTGOMERY BISCUITS Annual Rent: 5%…
Summary of Stadium Use Agreement
Multi-Use Facility Use Agreement Summary of Proposed Terms with Northwest Florida Professional Baseball, LLC — Term: Ten (10) years plus at the option of the Team two (2) additional terms of five…
New INDaily online
IN Daily is out! Includes top stories of today and recaps blog and inweekly posts of the past 24 hours. Read here or use INDaily button in the far right column.
Top 10 Principles for Change Agents
I came across this article through Twitter. It’s by Claude DiDomenica, Co-founder, Columnist and Blogmaster of the website Secretary of Innovation. I thought with change so much of what the City of…
PNJ brings Deal Chicken to P’cola
As I predicted in April, the daily newspaper has brought the Gannett coupon project, Deal Chicken, to this market. (Read April post). No word on who will have to wear the suit.
The murder of Bobo Till
The 1955 murder of Emmett Til was one of several events that sparked the Civil Rights movement. It happened in the Mississippi Delta two years before I was born and was reported…
Mack Attack Emails
Through a public record request, the IN obtained copies of former Pensacola City Council member and current Pensacola Redistricting Commission member Diane Mack’s emails regarding my posting of a proposed district map….
ALEC continues in the news
ProPublica also has a feature on ALEC –the Koch Brothers funded non-profit that wrote much the state legislation proposed around the country this year. And corporations are profiting from the model legislation…
WSJ publisher resigns
The Murdoch/News Corp crisis continues with the resignation of Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton…a day after WSJ interviewed owner Rupert Murdoch in the international media mogul asserted the his corporation had…
Blog post picked up by New York Times
My blog post on BP trying to end oil spill payments got mentioned in the New York Times: “Our state and local leaders have been so quick to declare that the beaches,…
Rubio: GOP VP nominee 2012?
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is being touted as the best addition to the Republican presidential ticket in 2012. By who? Fox News’ Dick Morris….oh, forget it. Who listens to Dick Morris? Read…
