This online paper recaps the posts to inweekly.net and this blog for the past 24 hours. It also includes the top news headlines. INDaily is updated every morning at 7 a.m. You…
Nelson’s Me 2 Press Conference
While Sen. Marco Rubio was in Pensacola garnering attention while listening from local and state officials about the BP disaster, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson, was holding his own press conference…
County redistricting plan nearly complete
The Escambia County Commission and School Board left yesterday’s joint meeting with proposed redistricting maps that will see District 4 (Grover Robinson) and 5 (Kevin White) have the biggest increases, 1,133 and…
Buzz: Morgan gets petitions signed
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has met the petition requirement for qualification to be on the 2012 ballot for Sheriff. There were 1,996 validated petitions needed to qualify. He is the first…
False GOP Narratives
Last fall, I had lunch with Peter Beinart at the Acme Oyster Bar in New Orleans. He is one of the brightest young journalists on the national scene. Peter is associate professor…
Chamber Names Senior VP for Economic Development
Press Release: Scott Luth has been named Senior Vice President for Economic Development for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Jim Hizer, chamber president/CEO, announced today. “Scott and I worked together…
Stafford offers city redistricting ideas (map)
The City of Pensacola has 51,923. The Ideal District is 7,418 people. Supervisor of Elections David Stafford has drawn up a possible new configuration of the city districts that spreads out the…
Evers Announces District Town Hall Tour, guns optional
Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) today announced the dates and times for his Senate District 2 town hall meetings for the month of July, 2011. The purpose of these town hall meetings is…
Feel crazy? Call UF, Thank BP
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a University of Florida-led team more than $6.5 million to study the environmental and psychological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on communities along…
INDaily- July 11 edition online
This online paper recaps the posts to inweekly.net and this blog for the past 24 hours. It also includes the top news headlines. INDaily is updated every morning at 7 a.m. You…
Bo’s Bridge is broken
St. Pete Times zeroes in on the Garcon Point Bridge, commonly known in other parts of Florida as “Bo’s Bridge” because for Florida House Speaker Bolley “Bo” Johnson pushed its funding through…
No surprises in Miller’s financials
Congressman Jeff Miller filed his 2010 financial disclosure report in May. Assets: $1.06 million-$1.69 million –mostly land in Santa Rosa County. He bought May 2010 25 acres on Molino Bridge Road in…
Port: ‘Belly Button’ Rainmaker
The Port of Pensacola has its supporters for it remaining an industrial port. Both here in Pensacola and at the state level. On June 21, the Pensacola City Council sat through a…
INDaily- Sunday, July 10 edition online
The July 10 edition is available —Here.
Murdoch paper shutdown
The last edition of the News of the World, a British tabloid that has been around for a 168 years, hit stands this morning. Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper is being shutdown due to…
Enu Mianigi: Scott’s death eater
The Miami Herald is profiling the inner circle of Gov. Rick “Voldemort” Scott. In the Sunday, July 10 edition, the paper focuses on Enu Mianigi, healthcare lawyer from Washington who represented Scott…
Pensacola City Council: Size Matters
The Pensacola City Council needs to discuss at its July 20 special workshop the one topic that its citizens want to see happen—reducing the number of council members. Charter checkups, council rules…
Cities Struggle with State Funding Cuts
Florida News Connection, by Les Coleman: The massive budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, and signed into law by Tea Party-backed Gov. Rick Scott, are coming home to roost in…
INDaily – Saturday. July 9 edition
The July 9 edition is available —Here.
GOP buys online praise ads for Scott
The ads proclaim “Gov. Scott. Getting Florida Back to Work!” They appear on the GOP-leaning sites like RealClearPolitics.com. According to the Herald Tribune, the Republican Party of Florida has paid for an…
