News of the day
Gov. Charlie Crist is coming to Pensacola to board a helicopter to check on the oil spill from the La. oil rig that is heading…
Huge Oil Spill in Intercoastal, at Perdido Key
By Sean Boone Perdido Key Oil Spill -Leak Near Mile In Diameter A type of aviation fuel has spilled into the Intercoastal Waterway near Perdido…
Man arrested for string of downtown area robberies
Pensacola Police Report: A man wanted in connection with three recent robberies and batteries on women has been arrested. Clarence Lamar Henry, 39, no permanent…
GB considers increasing commercial building height
This email is circulating in the Gulf Breeze area (I’m withholding the sender’s name since it wasn’t sent directly to me): The Gulf Breeze City…
Valentino tosses mullet 88 feet
WEAR TV had Commissioner Gene Valentino on its weekend news. The embattled commissioner was competing with Mobile Commissioner Steve Nodine at the Florabama’s Mullet Toss….
CMPA approves use of $12 million of NMTC
On Friday, the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees approved the budget for nearly $12.2 million in enhancements and additions to the park project,…
Roger Scott Tennis uproar
Donna Suskind, publisher of the local tennis publication First Serve Magazine, is challenging the City of Pensacola’s management of its Roger Scott Tennis Center (Roger…
Pending Crist decision dominating state papers
My sources in Tallahassee have gone silent on whether Gov. Charlie Crist will drop out of the Republican primary and run as an Independent. He…
How to defeat a CMP naysayer
1. Follow every reference to the source document. Read it and compare it to the Community Maritime Park documents. With C.C. Elebash, it will always…
Gannett jet breaks down, must drive to P’cola
Gannett Blog reports the media giant’s onsite delegation had to drive from Montgomery to Pensacola yesterday. Read more.
Open Challenge to CMP naysayers
Find any agreement between a team owner – any professional sport at any level – in the United States where: 1. The owner gives all…
McGuire’s on Food Channel
Daily News reports the Destin location of McGuire’s will be featured in the special “Outrageous Foods†at 9 p.m on Saturday, April 24. Read more.
Stadium adds income to CMP
All profits from the Pensacola Pelicans will go to the operations and maintenance of the Community Maritime Park. There is no such agreement anywhere in…
Escambia County per capital income improves
Federal economists said per capita personal income in Escambia County in 2008 – a rate better than the state or national figures. Escambia County also…
Alexander may pull PJC funding
Pensacola Junior College is set to move to a full four-year college and offer bachelor degrees. However, I’m hearing that the college may not get…
Buzz: Charlie Crist will suspend Gene V.
Two more phone calls received late last night: 1) Gov. Charlie Crist will suspend Commissioner Gene Valentino because of the indictment. 2) A source close…
Buzz: Murzin or Benson to replace Valentino
The Buzz from Tallahassee is that Gov. Charlie Crist will appoint either Dave Murzin or Holly Benson to replace Gene Valentino, who was indicted earlier…
Valentino indicted (updated)
Commissioner Gene Valentino has been indicted by the Escambia County Grand Jury for the solicitation of any political contribution in a building owned by a…
How to kill an idea
As the election season approaches, the Pensacola City Council has begun to demonstrate the singular ability to destroy innovative ideas. Instead of figuring out how…
Pensacola Promise presentation
Here is Maren DeWeese’s Presentation on Pensacola Promise: PART 2 PART 3
