IN Your Head Radio Backtracks 8.06
Mobile County Commission Chair Steven Nodine on tankers Condo owners at the Portofino Towers on Pensacola Beach must now pay property taxes – Chris Jones,…
More Gulf Power/North Hill
Email sent to interim Pensacola City Manager Al Coby: Dear Mr. Coby: Thank you for responding. It is my understanding that a meeting with myself,…
Miss Philippines of South USA
This beauty pageant was held in Pensacola and is it getting attention in Phillippines. The Miss Philippines of South USA is a biennial event. At…
Crist tax amendment has weak support
Amendment 5 is the proposal to replace school property taxes with higher taxes elsewhere. It will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. It would eliminate…
Real estate bubble has officially burst
State economists report that the loss in market value of all Florida properties, from houses to businesses, between 2007 and 2008 is $153 billion. The…
WEAR TV 3 picks up beach tax story, too
This is from the news telecast last night: Court Denies Appeal – Condo Owners To Pay Taxes A court ruling announced today… Will mean another…
Gulf Power blinks on poles
The daily newspaper reports that Gulf Power has delayed the installation of the behemoth poles in the North Hill area. Late last night, I got…
Beach can be taxed
Hot News…details to follow. There has been a court ruling issued in one of the tax cases against Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones regarding…
Freddie Mac ignored signs
NY Times reports that they have an internal 2004 memo that warned of problematic loans at the mortgage giant, but the questionable practices continued. The…
WCI files for bankruptcy
The daily newspaper reports that Lost Key developer WCI Communities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. WCI was one of the developers that the naysayers…
FWB Medical Center has problems
The Daily News reports that the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center is trouble with the federal and state governments. It has been given until Aug….
Gulf Power upsets North Hill
An email circulating in North Hill: In the last few weeks, we have discovered an planned re-routing of high voltage transmission lines by Gulf Power…
IN Your Head Radio 8.1
Today on the show I will talk with Dave Robau about the NWFL Young Democrats rally coming up August 13, and Mike Steele, chairman of…
Obama Birthday Party – Monday, August 4
We are sponsoring a birthday party for Barack Obama at Lili Marlene’s in Seville Quarter on Monday, August 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Supporters…
Escambia County has $223.6 million – cash and investments
As June 30, 2008: Regions Banks $37,635.287.15 BB&T Money Market $18,024.611.05 Bank of Pensacola Money Market $23,828,823.84 U.S. Treasury Bills $29,942,252.18 Federal Instrumentalities: $49,472,012.52 BB&T…
City stalls on CMPA bonds
Remember all the ballyhoo over the Pensacola City Council passing the alternative funding proposal for the bonds for the Community Maritime Park? The city staff…
We need windfall profits tax
Exxon/Mobil’s income for the second quarter rose 14 percent, to $11.68 billion, compared to the same period a year ago. That beat the previous record…
Thank you, GOP
Florida is officially in a recession and doing much worse than large states. The Florida economy shrank 1.6 percent during the second quarter. It was…
Another electibust in Brownsville
WEAR TV 3 reports: Authorities say more prostitutes are off the streets… Earlier this week, Escambia County Deputies arrested 15 men and women in Brownsville….
Where are ECSO cuts?
Mike Whitehead continued his tour de force on budget cuts – which we still believe are really from former County Administrator George Touart. Face it….
