The IN phones have been ringing off the hook about the BP clean up scandal. Laid off workers are claiming that they are being replaced by illegal aliens from as far away…
County Commission to address BP clean-up workers
Spoke with Commissioner Grover Robinson last yesterday afternoon. He said he has also heard from other locals laid off by the clean-up subcontractor Southern Cat (based in Lynn Haven) which is tied…
BP clean-up scandal
The subcontractors that are handling the clean-up on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are laying off Escambia County workers and replacing them with out-of-town workers from Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and beyond….
Coby to stay in same role
Progressive Pensacola is reporting: “Mr. Coby’s duties are mostly unchanged, according to a senior member of Mayor Hayward’s transition team. He doesn’t have a clear title at the moment, but during this…
Palin accuses media and political pundits of “blood libel” (video)
GOP presidential hopeful Sarah Palin accused critics of “blood libel” by blaming her rhetoric for contributing to the massacre in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords….
Walton County TDC will file BP claim
WMBB TV reports following in the footsteps of Bay County’s Tourist Development Council, the Walton TDC is filing a claim against BP. Walton County has chosen the same firm Bay County is…
Big Boy passed away today
For fans of the Walker Holmes series, Big Boy is the mixed chocolate Labrador that pushes Holmes to exercise in the morning, hates joggers and is the mascot of his newspaper, The…
Escambia still not approved for Race to Top grants
Press Release from Florida Department of Education: Five additional school districts have been awarded Race to the Top funds. This brings the total number of districts receiving full approval of their Race…
Petition started to oust Feinberg
A petition drive has started in Louisiana to remove Ken Feinberg has head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. It involves residents with Grand Isle, and has been passed through Facebook, among…
Buzz: What is Coby’s job?
At noon yesterday when Ashton Hayward was sworn in, the new city charter become completely enacted. There is no city manager position under the new charter. What is Al Coby’s job today?…
Playing it safe didn’t work for Pratt
Councilwoman Megan Pratt has played it safe on two of the biggest issues facing the City of Pensacola in the last two years. She stayed neutral during the 2009 charter vote. Pratt…
Notes on Council meetings
The Pensacola City Council chambers were packed. Staff actually opened up the employee breakroom on the second floor to televise the ceremonies for the overflow crowd. Mayor Mike Wiggins presided over the…
DeWeese upsets Pratt for council prez
Maren DeWeese upset Megan Benson Pratt in a 5-4 vote to become the first Pensacola City Council president. The swing vote wasn’t Ron Townsend, but PC Wu. I talked with Wu at…
Buzz: Sunday shooting
A robbery victim, Cornell Stallworth, Jr., shot and killed one of his attackers early Sunday morning, January 9. According to investigators, 29-year-old Eddie Lloyd Peterson of Pensacola, was shot once at about…
Watson added to Hayward transition team
In case you missed it, retired educator Jerome Watson was added last week to Ashton Hayward’s transition team, just time for the article in the daily newspaper. His appointment doubled the number…
Hayward reduces 20 solutions to six priorities
According to the daily newspaper, Ashton Hayward, who will be sworn in today as the mayor of Pensacola, has reduced (temporarily?) his 20 Solutions for 2011 to six priorities for his administration:…
Political fallout from Arizona shooting
The political fallout over the shootings in Arizona continues. Last March, the former Alaska governor posted a map on her Facebook page with crosshair targets representing 20 Democratic lawmakers she was singling…
Florida Tea Party’s distances itself from AZ shootings
The Florida Tea Party that has been quick to make political anything remotely related to Obama has issued the press release below. The hate-filled rhetoric brings out the crazies, some armed and…
Operation Clean Sweep
The daily newspaper is running this Sunday a story on an area it calls “The Badlands.” It just happens to coincide with a ECSO sweep of the area the following Thursday. Interesting…
