EBO Minutes: Fishing expedition by Fleming
EBO Minutes: Fishing expedition by Fleming Posted on December 2, 2010 The Equal Business Opportunity Committee of the Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. was called…
MPDP: Davison’s words don’t matter
Promises: kept or broken? — Part 3 Maritime Park Development Partners responded in a letter to the CMPA EBO Committee on Oct. 7 to the…
2010 IN Turkey Awards
On Thanksgiving Day, the Winners & Losers staff sat around on their couches with bloated bellies and texted in their suggestions for the 2010 IN…
GOP presidential longshot: Haley Barbour
The Daily Beast reports on the man behind the media success of Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour. Read Haley Barbour’s Secret Weapon.
Buzz: Council Payola
The debate among the Pensacola City Council members over creating a new council staff isn’t just about certain members wanting to build a power base….
Nodine legal moves
Mobile Press Register reports attorneys for murder defendant Stephen Nodine asked a judge Tuesday to bar testimony from expert witnesses hired by prosecutors in the…
Drive-by is gang-related
Press Release: Members of the Sheriff’s Gang Unit arrested two local gang members yesterday after a reported drive-by shooting. On Tuesday, November 30, at around…
Another EBO complaint
Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. the CMPA’s EBO Committee will hear a report from the EBO Compliance Officer Lou Ray on a complaint by GB Green…
Second body identified
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the second body found in a wooded area off of Nine Mile Road near the University of West…
MPDP battles EBO complaint
Promises: kept or broken? — Part 2 The man who drafted the Equal Business Opportunity agreement between Community Maritime Park Associates and Maritime Park Development…
Feinberg to pay all emergency claims by Dec. 15
Mobile Press Register reports Oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg says that he made several changes to his final claims process to answer concerns that…
Ray Sansom lands job
Former Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom is now the dean of Okaloosa Academy Charter School, according to the Daily News. Read Sansom lands…
Buzz: Serial killer on the loose
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has found the bodies of two women, one a convicted prostitute, in a wooded area just south of Nine Mile…
Bell to retire from PPD
Press Release: When Pensacola Police Sgt. When Pensacola Police Sgt. Robert Bell retires Wednesday (Dec. 1), the local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge will lose…
Post Black Friday, Post Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday
Sacred Heart & IN are supporting Florida Backpacks for Kids Program at the Bay Area Food Bank. For $110, you can provide enough food to…
Davison pay unclear
I spent an hour this morning reviewing the invoices that have been submitted to the CMPA for the maritime park. According to the MPDP invoices,…
Buzz: County shake-up?
The Escambia County Complex is buzzing rumors that one of the commissioners is considering resignation. Who? & Why? —are the questions. Insiders are tight–lipped, but…
Bush praises Obama on Facebook
George W. Bush appeared in a webcast interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Monday night. He praised President Obama during the hour-long discussion on Facebook…
New Outrage in the Gulf
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on a new report that shows Congress bears substantial blame for the weak response to largest environmental…
Offshore drilling bill coming back
While we are still digging up oil patties on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key, the Florida Legislature is quietly discussing a new bill on offshore…
