The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber officials attended yesterday’s Escambia County Commission meeting. Both Commissioners Kevin White and Grover Robinson wanted to know what the chamber knew about Wayne-Dalton’s lay offs and why…
Santra Rosa County warning system fails
The “Reverse 911” warning system is offline in Santa Rosa County and it put residents at risk in Navarre when a fire at the Aqua Water Treatment facility, which is in the…
Pensacola deserves more from Jerralds
It’s ironic that on the day we publish a story about a new African-American leader who built a bipartisan campaign team (Lumon May), PNJ columnist Reggie Dogan writes how John Jerralds tried…
Psst, PNJ is chasing after the Wayne Dalton story, too
I think we’re ahead of them on this one. Expect to see it in tomorrow’s paper. Do you think the blog will get credit for breaking the story?
Wayne-Dalton has $244,500 in tax exemptions
In 2003, Escambia County Board of County Commissioners gave Wayne-Dalton a property tax exemption for creating 43 jobs – estimated tax exemption about $186,000 annually. In 2008, the BOCC gave the company…
Boone report: Watch drinking on Gallery Night
By IN reporter Sean Boone Last month, the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco wrote up 17 downtown businesses during Gallery Night for not abiding by permit laws they possess with…
Oops, Donovan campaigner has criminal past
Yesterday, PNJ reporter Jamie Paige exposed Tim Eagan, a Pensacola decorative concrete worker, who created a $1 billion private development plan for the Port of Pensacola that includes a cruise ship port,…
WEAR TV 3 GM passes away
Carl Leahy, who has been the general manager at WEAR TV 3 for the past 20 years, passed away yesterday while playing golf. He was 63. According the WEAR website, Leahy was…
Dalton has tax exemption from the county
On March 6, 2008, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners held public hearing for consideration of adopting an Ordinance establishing an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Wayne-Dalton Corporation, for…
Boone report: Wayne Dalton restructuring
by IN Reporter Sean Boone The Wayne Dalton company, the worlds leader in garage door manufacturing, will be suspending most of its plant operations in Ellison Field effective Jan. 16, 2009. The…
Consolidation keeps rolling
From Escambia All for One Ladies and Gentlemen, We’ve all been working hard to understand the needs of the citizens of our city and county. After receiving generous support from the Citizens…
More on W. Dalton closing
Wayne Dalton plant to close in Pensacola The Wayne Dalton company, the world’s leader in garage door manufacturing, will be closing its plant in Ellison Field. According to plant human relations representative…
Navarre Pier to get permits
According to the Daily News,the National Marine Fisheries Service completes this week its review of the study on the pier’s impact on sea turtles and gulf sturgeon. The Fisheries Service’s comments will…
Monroeville mill lays off 300
Georgia-Pacific will close its plywood mill north of Monroeville in mid-January, indefinitely laying off close to 300 workers. The lowest housing starts in more than 20 years were blamed for the idling…
How to prepare for PNJ interview
They’ve set their template for the newly elected officials. Be ready to name five priorities. Monday we had David Morgan. Yesterday Malcolm Thomas. Today Mike Wiggins. Mike Wiggins – Pensacola mayor 1….
Buzz: Wayne Dalton to close
Wayne Dalton is handing out between 250 and 300 pink slips to it’s employees at Ellison. They are shutting the Pensacola operation down and moving to Ohio. Actual closing will be in…
Radio show missed
Kenneth Quinnell of Florida Progressive Coalition lists IN Your Head Radio as one the things he will miss after the Nov. 4 election. We interviewed Kenneth from inside the Big Tent –…
UWF picks up baseball signee
Tampa Tribune published that Durant High School senior baseball player Ty Sullivan has verbally committed to the University of West Florida. Sullivan, a left-handed pitcher, went 5-5 with a 2.64 ERA as…
County downsizing
Not in Escambia County, but Charlotte County, where 13 jobs were cut in the Building Inspections and Construction Services Department. The county also closed two satellite offices where building and construction services,…
How Obama won Florida
Miami Herald’s Sunday edition had this cover story on how Obama won Florida. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign. The reporters interview Steve Schale, 34, Obama’s state director and had access…
