Charter will go to referendum
Two months after it was presented to the Pensacola City Council, the council voted unanimously to allow a referendum on the proposed new city charter….
Aronberg: Elect someone who wants to be AG
State Sen. Dave Aronberg (D) was in town yesterday to meet and greet locals as he campaigns for Florida Attorney General. Dee Dee Ritchie, Corbet…
Listen to Pelicans, eat BBQ
Press Release The Pensacola Pelicans will take on the Lincoln Saltdogs in a best of five series to determine the American Association Champion. The Pelicans…
PNJ needs help
PNJ reporter Sean Dugas needs help. He is looking for people who have purchased The Beatles: Rock Band today.Email him at sdugas@pnj.com. Tell him that…
Century public record problem
It’s now officially an epidemic. The Florida Sunshine Law problems have spread even to Century. NorthEscambia.com reports that Councilman Henry Hawkins requested town records related…
You make your own future
Here is the speech that some parents were so frightened that their children might hear: Obama Speech
Buzz: Benson will run for AG
Get your checkbooks out. Holly Benson is set to run for the Florida Attorney General post or,at least, that was the buzz over the Labor…
Thomas podcast on Obama speech
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has created a podcast explaining why Escambia County students won’t see President Obama’s speech today. For the record, Ronald Reagan, George Bush…
WCI is out of bankruptcy
The Miami Herald is reporting that WCI Communities has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has eliminated more than $2 billion in debt and…
Morris vs. Manley
Former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris was arrested in February for stealing tax payer’s money in an elaborate kick-back scheme and was charged with theft,…
Locals get national press
Sheriff David Morgan is featured in USA Today article on how well his agency handled the media during the Billings investigation (Police try to uphold…
Wayne-Dalton sold
From Wall Street Journal: Sanwa Holdings Corp. has reached an accord with Wayne Dalton Corp. to expand its global presence by buying the U.S. company’s…
Charter workshop today
The City Council will hold another Charter workshop today at 4 p.m. at the Hagler/Mason Conference Room in City Hall. City Attorney Rusty Well has…
More Prostitution arrests
Last night, patrol Deputies initiated a small (4) hour sting for prostitution in and around Brownsville which netted the above arrests. (3) females for selling…
GoPensacola big hit
There is an email circulating that states that the new PNJ entertainment website had 1,584,508 page views in August. Congratulations. That is tremendous. This blog,…
Homeless
For three years, we have pushed the City to clean up the Community Maritime Park site and consider making it available to the public. We…
Obama Care
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has published its analysis of the controversial America’s Affordable Health Choices Act and its impact on each Congressional…
Arts have $84M impact
The Arts Council of Northwest Florida and Americans for the Arts announced the local results from the Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Prosperity…
Cohen: Good? or Bad?
I posted this originally as a reply to a comment, but I think it deserves more attention: The City of Pensacola lost Avalex because of…
The newspaper guys pressed Avalex for answers
PNJ business reporter Carlton Proctor reports on his blog that a “board member tried to drag Cohen’s name from Avalex CEO Tad Ihns whose decision…
