How Boeing beat Northrup Grumman
From The Herald (Everett, Wash.) comes an interesting take on the keys to Boeing winning the $30-billion Air Force contract that the Gufl Coast region…
Alarming child death statistic
Miami Herald reports that over the past six years, 41 percent of all children who died of abuse or neglect in Florida had been the…
Buzz: Functional consolidation talks begun
County Administrator Randy Oliver and Commissioner Grover Robinson told me that they held an informal meeting with Mayor Ashton Hayward on possible areas of consolidation.
IN Cover story creates stir
There is no denying that the County Budget for next year will be tight. Battle lines are drawn and the budget deliberations could become more…
State Legislature to outlaw cow photos
Florida Tribune reports that State Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, wants make it a first-degree felony to photograph a farm without first obtaining written permission from…
Vandy no longer SEC doormat
Vandy mascot strikes back for school honor. Mascot MishapVanderbilt Commodores, ESPN
Berra-Guidry friendship
The New York Times has a great story on the friendship of two NY Yankee greats, Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry. It’s worth taking the…
Buzz: Secret to Goodin’s nomination
The Florida Transportation Commission serves as nominating Commission in the selection of the Secretary of Transportation. The Governor appoints Secretary from among three candidates nominated…
School District shutdowns Century’s only hurricane shelter
NorthEscambia.com reports that the Escambia County School District will no longer keep kitchen facilities, emergency food commodities and janitorial supplies available at Carvery/Century K-8 School….
ECSO finds body
Press Release: Investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office have identified the body of a local woman found in a wooded area near the intersection…
Gov. Scott Walker thinks Koch is on the phone
The BEAST’s Ian Murphy calls Walker, posing as archconservative moneybags David Koch, and they casually discuss crushing all public unions. Huffington Post analyzes Walker’s comments….
My sense of humor gets me in trouble
Tuesday I volunteered as Mike Papantonio’s sidekick on The Ed Schultz Radio Show. We focused primarily on Wisconsin protests against Gov. Scott Walker. We had…
Feinberg attorneys tout GCCF transparency
You may read about this tomorrow in the daily newspaper, but the Mobile Press Register has it today. Lawyers for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility…
Miller: Mr. Feinberg, this is unacceptable
Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) has fired off an angry letter to Ken Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. “As of yesterday, there have…
Email from Libya: How can you just watch us get killed?
A friend forwarded this email from a relative in Libya that was sent Monday morning: My god, it’s getting worse! More than 60 people massacred…
Student challenges new District drug policy
I received this email from a Washington High student who questions, as I have, the School District’s decision to drug test its best students rather…
Buzz: Gannett buying Daily News/News Herald/Destin Log
The rumor in Fort Walton Beach and Panama City is that Gannett, owner of PNJ and Tallahassee Democrat, will buy their daily newspapers and the…
The Ed Schultz Show again
I will be on the air today with Mike Papantonio. He is hosting the The Ed Schultz Show from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. My topic will…
Stafford speaks before Congress
No one noticed around here, but our Supervisor of Elections David Stafford spoke last week before Congress on Military and Overseas Voting: Effectiveness of the…
