Former GOP Congressman John LeBoutillier talks about McCain deserting POWs in Indochina. Listen Read the blog
Council approves downtown library
At its budget workshop, the Pensacola City Council agreed to start work on a new downtown public library. It will be built on the site of the old fire station that is…
Whitehead continues political tricks
Just when you may have thought Comm. Mike Whitehead has calmed down and will start acting right, he pulls another political trick. This time he got the board to pull off the…
Finnegan’s Wake files Chap. 11
Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Nine Mile Road restaurant opened earlier this year in a site that once housed New Market Steakhouse. This maybe a record…
Timeline for four parks
TIMELINE FOR FOUR BASEBALL PARKS Pensacola, Springdale, Ark., Grand Prairie, Tex. and Billings, Mont. July 11, 2006 – Springdale, Ark. Springdale, Ark. approves a referendum to build a minor baseball park by…
IN Your Head Radio 8.15
We’ve got Scott Davidson of Land Capital and are trying to get Kevin Doyle or Ken Kearns from Trinity – the two CMP master developer candidates. Should be great radio. Also have…
Trinity proposal for CMP strong, but unethical?
The Trinity Capital’s proposal for the Community Maritime Park is strong. They commit to finding private financing for anything in the two phases of the park that the $40 million won’t pay…
Gannett severance package
Gannett’s severance package isn’t quite as generous as the Escambia County buy-out: Severance Benefits • One week of pay for each year of service (52 week maximum) • Minimum two-week severance benefit…
Bush fooled by Putin
President Bush has long held that the Russia prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, was a trustworthy friend. The Georgia conflict/invasion is showing that Bush may have totally misjudged Putin. NY TIMES: The…
Miami Herald tracks storms
This page on the Miami Herald website is tracking a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic that is heading towards South Florida. Check out the links on thepage.
Mobile annexation
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones wants to annex more of the county. It’s much easier to do in Alabama than Florida. Last year, the City of Pensacola had an annexation plan that the…
IN Your Head Radio 8.14
Today my guest was Pulitzer Prize winning writer Ron Suskind. His latest book, The Way of the World investigates how America relinquished the moral leadership it now desperately needs to fight the…
Saxon quits
Financial Regulation Commissioner Don Saxon will leave his post Sept. 30 over criticism for allowing thousands of ex-convicts to obtain mortgage brokering licenses. We’ve covered this story in the Independent News and…
Mobile wins again
Mobile will be named one of the “50 next great towns” in which to live and play in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine. I thought Escambia and Santa Rosa…
IN Your Head Radio 8.12
My guest on IN Your Head Radio is the foremost Authority on Trend Forecasting, Research, and Analysis Trends research analysis expert, futurist, keynote speaker, and Institute Director, Gerald Celente. Celente is trusted…
County buy-out cost $1.25 million and counting
As part of Escambia County’s reorganization, several department heads and other employees were offered early buy-outs. As of August 8, the total cost of the buyouts is $1,249,721.10. The biggest pay off…
Regulator now wants to crack down
Don Saxon, whose department regulates the lending industry, now is ready to tighten regulations on loan originators and mortgage brokers. Must have something to due to that fact that so many people…
North Hill wins
Gulf Power press release: Gulf Power responds to community input Gulf Power Company has decided it will not build a new transmission line in the Devilliers Street area to connect two substations…
Reader rant on Brownsville
Got this email today: What is the social impact of Brownsville revitalization? How has “progress” helped the poor in the community? What efforts have been put in place to get this neighborhood…
Beach waters make N.O. paper
The Times-Picayune writes on the drowning dangers in the Gulf (Dangers lurk in gulf waters). Unfortunately reporter doesn’t know Bob West doesn’t patrol Perdido.
