It’s fall and Pensacola turns to football and politics. While many are looking forward to the Florida vs. Alabama football game, minor skirmishes are developing around town. The feelings of the Downtown…
NYT: GOP takes House, falls short in Senate
Nate Silver of the New York Times in his FiveThirtyEight blog is forecasting that the Republicans will take over the House of Representatives (224-211) but will fall short in the U.S. Senate…
Rubio continues lead in US Senate race
Marco “Hot Dog” Rubio packed the tiny Dog House Deli in downtown Pensacola yesterday as local Republicans flocked to see their Senate candidate reach out to the common man. He did get…
Regions: Tourism may take years to recover
The Mobile Press Register reports on a conference call with Regions Bank’s chief economist, Bob Allsbrook. Good News: U.S. should expect slow growth over the next 18 month. Bad news: “It’s going…
Escambia School District seeks out-of-town attorneys
It has long been the position of the IN that our local governments should hire local professionals and consultants first – engineers, architects, attorneys, etc. Local dollars should stay local. The Escambia…
Spencer Releases Council Goals
Yesterday, Pensacola City Council candidate Brian Spencer released a list of goals for Dist. 6. Spencer said in a press release “the plan came about from weeks of knocking on doors, visiting…
Miller, Gaetz, Evers, Ford, Murzin honorary chairs for Rick Scott
Honorary Campaign Chairmen: Governor Bob Martinez Campaign Co-Chairs: Tom Slade, former RPOF Chairman and Sharon Day, RNC Secretary Honorary Campaign Co-Chairs US Senator George Lemieux, Congressman Jeff Miller, Congressman Ander Crenshaw Congressman…
Sink strikes back at Scott
Alex Sink has launched a new ad in which she focuses on opponent Rick Scott’s past problems. She begins by stating that she knows “Floridians have a lot of questions about Rick…
Oops, GOP uses wrong figures in slamming Sink
The Republican Party has been caught using incorrect figures in trying to slam Democrat Alex Sink, who is running for governor against Rick Scott. The ad, which stopped running Monday, has two…
Latest BP claims stats, Candy man delivers
Claims for Lost Profits by Industry Fishing: Claims paid 11837–$ 253,976,900.00 Food, Beverage and Lodging: Claims paid 13763– $ 179,184,100.00 Rental Property(ies): Claims paid 7643– $ 85,219,800.00 Retail, Sales and Service: Claims…
Bed Tax down 5 percent YTD, but 29-46 percent June, July
Through August 2010, tourist development tax collections (also known as bed taxes) are down only 5 percent, according to the Clerk of Courts/Comptroller Ernie Lee Magaha. However, June and July were terrible…
Rubio to eat at Dog House Deli
Thursday, Sept. 30 – 11 a.m……will he pay cash or use a credit card?
Mabus report fails to recommend BP Go Zone
The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, held a press conference at Sanders Beach today to tout his plan for the recovery of the Gulf Coast from the BP oil disaster….
Escambia County children living in poverty percentage soars
The percentage of children under age 5 living below poverty level soared in 2009 from 29.3 to 38.6 percent. The state percentage is 24.8 percent, according to the latest data from the…
Local income falls for third consecutive year
Household incomes fell in Escambia County for the third consecutive year and are barely ahead of the 2005 figures, according 2009 American Community Survey which was just released by the US Census…
BP’s Safety Division
According to the NY Times, Â BP will soon add a safety division to better prepare for such disasters as the Deep Horizon explosion. BP Managing Director Robert Dudley is quoted as saying…
Missing Child Not Seen In Years
ECSO Press Release: On August 30, 2010 the Escambia Sheriff’s Office responded to 6101 Chicago Ave in reference to a missing person. Contact was made with William McShane (37) who stated that…
Once upon a time, Rusty Wells moonlighted, too
The daily newspaper is questioning the (unofficial or official?) policy that allowed firefighters to conduct their side businesses while on duty. The PNJ asks in its editorial, “Was Sumner the only firefighter…
Meet MacArthur Foundation winners
The Washington Post has a slideshow of the 23 individuals who won MacArthur Foundation fellowships ($500K). They include three physicists, three denizens of Cambridge, a sculptor and a type designer, a jazz…
Florida second in gun smuggling category
Hugh Wiggins, who has been indicted in Mississippi for being an accessory after the fact in the Billings’ murders, smuggled the weapons used in the crime to a friend near Pascagoula. Since…
