Bush bails out banks
The price tag is $700 billion, about $2,000 for every person in this country. The Federal Reserve announced late yesterday that it has granted a…
Victim of economy slowdown
Miami Herald reports on how the slow economy – dare we say recession? – is hurting furniture stores. The plummeting housing market, credit crisis and…
Millions Nearly Cut From Sheriff’s Budget
By IN Reporter Michael Rutschky A motion to reduce the Sheriff Office’s budget by $2.5 million was rejected on Thursday at the Board of County…
IMPACT 100 finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group is pleased to announce that ten grant finalists for 2008 have been selected by five…
IN Concept for Library
From Pensacola mayor candidate C.J. Lewis: Nice “Outtakes.†I forwarded it to Mr. Cummings who was at last night’s council meeting and who has been…
Strand case reversed
The Florida Supreme Court has reversed itself in the Greg Strand case on bond financing READ DECISION
Candidates for Sheriff on IN Your Head Radio: Backtracks
Today on IN Your Head Radio we kicked off an ongoing series of discussions with candidates for local races with the candidates for Escambia County…
Who may fall next?
Watch Washington Mutual and Wachovia Bank. Washington Mutual shares are down about 85 percent this year, while Wachovia’s have fallen 72 percent. Standard & Poor’s…
House approves offshore drilling
Everywhere except west coast of Florida – Read Keeping our distance. This South Florida Sun-Sentinel article has a cool multimedia feature.
Bell replacement won’t be from here
Yesterday Gov. Charlie Crist interviewed the three finalists for the Florida Supreme Court seat vacated by Pensacola native Kenneth Bell’s seat. None are from Escambia,…
Speaker of the House, 2014
Supporters of local State Rep. Clay Ford have raised thousands under the premise that Ford will be the Florida Speaker of the House in 2014….
Real estate seminar a success
Over 75 people attended our first-ever housing seminar last night. The seminar, “Pre-contract to Post-Closing”, was co-sponsored by Escambia-Santa Rosa Real Estate Council, Pensacola Young…
Joe Brown rocks
Troy Moon did a nice story in the PNJ about Joe Brown, the oldest active barber in Florida at age 92 (Read more). Joe works…
Gannett newspaper revenue falls again
The parent company of the Pensacola News Journal reports its non-broadcast revenue dropped to $300 million, compared with $361 million in August 2007, was only…
Why no anti-immigration talk?
For the first half of this year and much of last, illegal immigrants were a big issue for Republicans. Some believe Sheriff Wendell Hall can…
Sunnyside of stock market crash
The Sydney Morning Herald reports oil plunged below $92 to a seven-month low in Asian trade. The price of a barrel of crude fell 4.2%,…
Miller upset with Sears
Sears Retail recently introduced the All American Army Brand’s First Infantry Division clothing collection. Military sold licensing rights to Sears for the clothing, much like…
Hmmmm, Lehman fall does have impact
Despite what you might read in the daily newspaper, the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy will have an impact here, albeit an indirect one. The Miami Herald…
Who is next
It could be insurance giant American International Group. NY Times reports AIG is seeking a $40 billion bridge loan from the Federal Reserve, “as it…
Financial crisis continues
We’ve been writing about it since January. Trends researcher Gerald Celente predicted it in his newsletter in late December 2007 and talked about it on…
