More on Bubbas on Patrol

WEAR TV has picked up our story on code enforcement officers also becoming corrections officers. Dan Thomas reported: Code enforcement made a big splash in…

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Political buzz

One of the GOP candidates for Escambia County Superintendent of Schools will be dropping out of the race today. I’ve been able to confirm it…

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Vote for Pelicans logo

The Pelicans logo is one of 64 minor league baseball team logos in the Second Annual CNBC.com Minor League Logo Awards. The contest is set-up…

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Budget sinks, leaders asleep

The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s sagging economy is giving lawmakers $2.9 billion less than they expected. State economists said Tuesday that all state revenues…

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RV Park 2, Neighbors 0

The Escambia County Board of Adjustments denied yesterday the appeal of the neighbors of Development Review Committee’s approval of a RV park and campground for…

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Gozilla leaves workshops early

Jeff Bergosh has had a problem staying for the entire regular workshops since August 2007. Sept missed it. Oct missed it. Nov left 12:35 pm…

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School Board attendance

The School Board has one regular meeting and one regular workshop per month. On top of that they had 14 special meetings and workshops in…

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Lot owner pays $1100

Remember the story (Sept 2006) about a house being dumped on a lot on Lee and X Street. Otis English dumped the house without permission….

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One shoe diaries

A Florida couple’s dream of traveling has lead to an adventure filled with shoes. Their trip started in Pensacola after Hurricane Ivan destroyed their home….

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CEOs are partners in recycling business

Code Enforcement Officers Sotiri Thagouras and Steve Littlejohn (who are the subjects of this week’s IN cover story – Bubbas on Patrol ) are partners…

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Memo: Combining Code and Corrections

….Looks like my rumor was true. Here is a memo we got from our public records request: To: Bob McLaughlin, County Administrator, Alison Perdue Rogers,…

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Second time around- Baptist dates West Florida

For the second time around Baptist Heath Care is talking about uniting with West Florida Hospital. In August 2006, talks between West Florida Hospital and…

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Moving code enforcement

We heard over the weekend that there is some discussion inside the county government to move Code Enforcement under the Road Prison so that code…

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More special PNJ websites

Last year the Pensacola News Journal launched its moms website – stretchmarks.com… I mean pcolamoms.com. According to Gannett’s 2007 annual report more websites may be…

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Gannett newspapers focus on over 40s

The Gannett Blog reports that the owner of the Pensacola News Journal has Gannett Newspaper Division Print Task Force that has concluded Print’s future is…

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Independent commission reviews county jail

Unfortunately it is not the Escambia County jail. The Tampa Tribune reports an independent review commission will get its first look today at the inner…

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Iraq costs US $12B per month

Miami Herald reports: In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the “burn” rate of its earliest years,…

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Ricksblog visits jump again

Our unique visitors for the first nine days of March are up 65 percent from the same period last year. Page views are up 112…

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Argument for Mass Transit

The Air Quality Study by Georgia Tech indicates the greatest health risks come from congested roads. The tendency is to want to have a big…

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Cancer and air quality

Both the IN and PNJ have written about cancer this week. We wrote on a Baldwin County mother’s fight to have the state study high…

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