Mayor moves disparity plan to the FastPass lane
Four years ago the Pensacola City Council approved Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation to hire MGT of America to perform a full disparity study to review…
No Surprises in Governor’s race
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Republican incumbent Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist are headed for a November battle of the governors…
Seven Lessons from Underhill victory
1. Doug Underhill may have said it best at his campaign celebration last night. “This victory is a message that the people of Escambia County…
Underhill wins
Apparently Lamar Brazwell’s poll was wrong. Doug Underhill is new commissioner for District 2, 2,785 (62.5%) to 1,672 (37.5%). All precincts reported. Note: There will…
Pensacola city government under federal investigation
Interim City Administrator Dick Barker notified the city council by email that the Feds are investigating the city and staff members are being questioned. No…
State Capital Briefs: Primary results within a hour of polls close, victory for net fishermen
MORE THAN 1.1M VOTERS CAST ABSENTEE, EARLY BALLOTS More than 1.1 million votes were cast in Florida before Tuesday’s primary-election day began, with over 850,000…
Marcus Pointe Country Club closing, can Pensacola afford to keep Osceola open?
The News Journal is reporting that Marcus Pointe Golf Club that it will close its course at the end of this year. Rodney Sutton at…
NorthEscambia: Century and Pensacola lock horns over natural gas
NorthEscambia.com reports the Town of Century has finally received the records it requested from Pensacola Energy to investigate how the city of Pensacola has encroached…
DJJ cancels service with controversial Santa Rosa provider
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has canceled a contract with a controversial operator of a 40-bed…
Slow voting
Reports from Santa Rosa and Escambia polling places are the voting turnout is very low. At 8:45 am only 68 people had cast their votes…
There is a written report on jail blast, but we cannot see it
Yesterday afternoon, we were told that attorney Ed Fleming had delivered to County Attorney Alison Rogers a written report on his investigation of the April…
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