Pensacola and John McCain
“McCain reported to Pensacola in August 1958, having graduated 894th in a class of 899. He was raffish and rebellious, more interested in history than…
Houston paper interviews Al Coby
The Houston Chronicle interviewed interim Pensacola City Manager Al Coby and Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway on advice on how to rebuild Galveston, Tex. after Hurricane…
Palin gets Civic Center
The demand for tickets have been so strong that Sarah Palin stay in Pensacola long enough to address the faithful from the Pensacola Civic Center,…
2005: Bonfield on pensions
The Pensacola City Council will be hit with this on the campaign trail. These are the numbers then-City Manager Tom Bonfield set P.A. Ucci on…
Ucci say city pension crisis in 2005
P.A. Ucci forwarded this email to me from May 2005: Original Message —– From: paucci To: rbarker@ci.pensacola.fl.us Cc: city Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:28…
Bayfront Pkwy Retention Pond
The park next to Wall South Memorial may become a retention pond. Here is the letter from interim Pensacola City Manager giving Moulton Properties the…
Debate analysis
New York Times ADAM NAGOURNEY writes: “The debate was not the bad night that some had feared, but neither was it a turning point for…
Private sector tapped out, begs local govt
PNJ reports Escambia County commissioners Thursday agreed to contribute $150,000 toward a monument honoring Don Tristan de Luna, the Spanish conquistador who founded Pensacola in…
Biden wins debate
Sarah Palin did not crash and burn, and probably played well to her right-wing base. But she was painful to watch. Rarely answered the questions….
The Debate in Pictures
CLICK HERE to see all the pictures from the Ole Miss Presidential Debate.
Five reasons for economic woes
Robert Trigaux of the St. Pete Times came up with these five reasons for our current economic troubles: 1. Ratings chicanery by groups like Moody’s…
McCain also trails in Ohio and PA
The Tampa Tribune reports that John McCain is also trailing in Ohio and Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania: Obama – 54 percent; McCain 39 percent Ohio: Obama –…
McCain scrambling in Florida
St. Pete Times reports that four polls are showing McCain is now trailing in Florida, just two weeks after it looked like Obama was losing…
Palin coming to Pcola
Sarah Palin will make a brief campaign stop in Pensacola next week – Tuesday, Oct. 7. She will speak at Pensacola Aviation. Doors open at…
Obama leads in Florida
Today’s Quinnipiac poll of likely voters: Obama 51% McCain 43% Poll says Palin & economy pulling McCain down. Read more
Mythbuster II
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford also says that it’s not illegal to wear campaign T-shirts, buttons, hats, etc while you vote….unless you are a…
No-match, no problem
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford says that will be no problem if you’re address on your voter registration doesn’t match your driver’s license id,…
Jerusalem Post on boating death
The Jerusalem Post published this article on Michal Elboim, “a vivacious, dark-haired sabra from Hod Hasharon, was serving as a young emissary of the Jewish…
Democratic blogger attacked in Pensacola
Is the Pensacola News Journal tagging Democrats? According to this blogger: I blog at the Pensacola News Journal at http://www.PNJ.com under the name “Pensacola”. I…
Debate: Who won?
Here is a photo from inside the Media Filing Center. We sat with reporters from Reuters, CBS News, MSNBC, ABC and the traveling media with…
