Evers scorecard
State Rep. Greg Evers did worse than Murzin. The only personal bill that he got passed was the one on Consolidation: CS/HB 1431 The other…
Murzin scorecard
As we reported in our Swimsuit issue, Murzin proposed several bills this session. He didn’t do too well with them. All four bills were withdrawn:…
Murzin reports on session
State Rep. Dave Murzin sent out a report on the legislative session that has been extended another week so that the House and Senate can…
Economic Development Update
Here is Charles Wood’s Economic Development Update he released on Friday. Wood is the senior vp for Economic Development for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber…
Gov. Crist to sign consolidation bill
While he is in town today, Gov. Charlie Crist will sign the bill that will form a consolidation commission that will draft a document for…
Conservative Blog Trends
From NetRightNation.com: Top Issues 1. Swine Flu 2. Republican Party 3. Education 4. Health Care 5. Army 6. China 7. Europe 8. Oil 9. Pending…
Hall lags behind new council members
Sam Hall is the first Pensacola City Council member to have blog. He is lagging behind the new council members with his posts. Hall lasted…
Buzz: Economic Development
Last Week’s IN cover story, Reindeer Games, has spurred some movement on that front. We are hearing the BOCC chairman Marie Young will move discussion…
Shootings continue
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is reporting another drive-by shooting this morning. Darrius Howard and Kary Howard were shot about 9:40 a.m. in the 1100 block…
College tuition idea catches fire
Council member Maren DeWeese’s idea of starting a fund to pay for the college tuition for local high school students was the talk of the…
Psst, School Board has power to raise taxes
The Florida Legislature gave school districts the option Saturday to shift funds intended for capital improvement to day-to-day operating budgets. However, the school boards must…
Another Shooting
WEAR TV reports two men are accused of shooting a Myrtle Grove man in the head on Saturday. The victim survived. See video.
Odom does bait and switch
Okaloosa County developer Jay Odom is in trouble again. It was his airplane hangar that Odom got buddies former House Speaker Ray Sanson and ex-college…
Crawfish Festival is booming
Just got back from the Fiesta Crawfish Festival. The IN staff took a break and walked done to Bartram Park. The crawfish are excellent!
Maybe why ECSO K-9 unit suspended
2005 was a very bad year for the K-9 unit…particularly two deputies that cost the ECSO at least two lawsuits. February 2005 Gulf Breeze teen,…
Santa Rosa does well on FCAT, too
While 12 out of 38 elementary schools in Escambia County equaled or exceeded the state average for the percentage of students who did 4.0 or…
Looking deeper at FCAT scores
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ press release and the PNJ article on the FCAT are based on the percentage of students that did 3.5 or greater on…
Jim Paul deserves some FCAT credit
Former Superintendent Jim Paul deserves some credit for the increase FCAT writing scores over the past seven years….but don’t expect Malcolm Thomas to mention it…
ECSO dogs shutdown
WEAR TV 3 reported last night that K-9 unit at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has been temporarily shutdown by the Department of Justice. According…
“Why we are firefighters”
This comment was posted elsewhere on the blog. I think it deserves more attention: After the pension workshop I had a few thoughts I felt…
