Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino had the misdemeanor charge of soliciting a political contribution inside the Escambia Co. Office Complex dismissed today. Email message from Valentino: Dear Family, Friends and Supporters My…
BP ‘Static Kill’ May Have Worked
The AP reports that BP is currently doing tests to see if it has successfully plugged its broken well with last month’s “Static Kill” operation. If mud from that operation filled the…
Early Voting Numbers
According to Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford, Â 2,105 people in the county have voted since Monday (as of the end of yesterday). There were 484 voters on Thursday. Early voting will…
ECUA Now Recycling Glass
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has added glass and numerous other items to its list of curbside recyclables. According to a release from the utility, customers can begin putting the new items…
St. Pete Times: Scott, open your books
The editorial board of the St. Petersburg Times wants GOP candidate for governor Rick Scott to open his books and let the public know about his lawsuits and the settlements. “For months…
McCollum overtakes Scott
Now that Attorney General Bill McCollum has started swinging back, he has caught and passed his millionaire opponent Rick “Midnight Oil” Scott. The latest poll by Mason-Dixon Research shows McCollum with a…
Jeff Greene: Mike Tyson, strippers, sexcapades
Nothing makes the media swarm more than a lying politician. Politics lies to investigative reporters are like blood in the water to sharks. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene has problems with…
BP To Pay Record Fine For Explosion
The NY Times is reporting that BP will pay a record  $50.6 million for the refinery explosion in Texas in 2005 that killed 15 people and injured 170. Article
Gilmore Deposition for Valentino trial
Tomorrow, Okaloosa County Judge Jim Ward will rule on a motion by Barry Beroset to dismiss the misdemeanor charges for campaign solicitation in a government building against Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino….
Quoted at Newsweek
My writing for The Daily Beast got me quoted on Newsweek.com. It’s for their Spectrum column. As Adam Sandler would say, “Not too shabby.”
More vouchers, less concerts and ads
According to the Daily News, UWF economist Rick Harper believes the travel vouchers will have the biggest impact in rebuilding the tourism market. “You cannot overcome the fear of oil by saying…
Battle of the Bands before TDC
REO Speedwagon vs. Stone Temple Pilots; DeLuna Fest vs. Fall Concert Series; Young Turks vs. Old Money; Real Plan vs. Vague Statements On June 23, Robert Rinke requested $500,000 in Island Beautification…
Donovan/Nobles petition 1,500 short
Realtor Marty Donovan has told PNJ columnist Mark O’Brienthat his petition drive is still 1,500 signatures short of the necessary number (about 40 percent) needed to force a referendum on the Pensacola…
Better Pensacola Forum shows some improvement
For the first time in three years of polling, more voters think things are going in the right direction than thinking things are on the wrong track. A plurality of all Escambia…
Another Fishing Bridge?
Mike Williams, co-host of the BLAB TV program “Catchin’ Fish†tells IN he is starting a campaign to create a new fishing bridge in Pensacola Bay—by transforming one that already exists. “I’m…
St. Pete Buzz has Rick Scott meltdown (video)
From The Buzz:For the first time in awhile, it seemed that Bill McCollum seized the initiative from frontrunner Rick Scott, who’s accusing his opponent of Third World thuggery. Story here. Video here…
Feinberg Promises More Generous Checks
“I’m not Superman,†Kenneth Feinberg, the designated claims czar for the BP oil disaster, told a packed conference center on the University of West Florida campus in Pensacola, Fla. For an hour,…
Greene posts documents
Yesterday after I questioned why Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Jeff Greene hadn’t posted the documents he said cleared his Cuba trip, I received this email: From: Craig Plazure Date: Tue, Aug 10,…
Scott upset his past is questioned
Millionaire Rick Scott is upset that his questionable business past has become an issue in his bid to buy the Republican nomination to be Florida’s next governor. The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports…
Code of Ethics….for Broward
Broward County Commissioners passed a Code of Ethics yesterday. It sets up an inspector general with the power to investigate the public’s allegations of corruption, waste and fraud. It also requires people…
