A Commander’s Palace restaurant (cost $6 million) opened this weekend at Destin’s Legendary’s HarborWalk Village, the $250 million destination project. We could have had that famous New Orleans restaurant if only the…
Notes: City 7.10.08
A special committee of the whole meeting was held on July 10 at 6:15 to approve the contract of newly appointed city attorney Rusty Wells. After some discussion by council members, councilman…
Notes: BCC 7.10.08
Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting – July 10, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. Governmental Complex – First Floor Call to order at 5:31 p.m. All Commissioners were present except Mike Whitehead who…
Soccer mom to file against Mike DeSorbo
Pensacola city councilman Mike DeSorbo – who has served on the council since 1986 (or is it 1886?) – will have another opponent, Maren DeWeese. Soccer moms control that district. They elected…
Zoo wants county cash
Daily News reports that The Zoo in Gulf Breeze needs more than fundraisers to stay open. Unless the government steps up, the facility will close. Zoo officials want an interlocal governing authority…
Two new candidates for city council
Noon today is the deadline for qualifying to run for Pensacola city council or mayor. Two more people have filed, but have yet to complete qualification. Larry B. Johnson – District 4…
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Northrop Grumman tanker spokesperson Tim Payntor
50 Favorite magazines
Chicago Tribune has published its annual list of its 50 favorite magazines. Remarkably, Bella is not on the list. Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Esquire are. Read more.
Pensacola drops, too
Pensacola has lost people too according to the U.S. Census estimates released today. This is not good. Both the county and its largest city are losing people. It’s not the poor, sick…
Escambia drops population
The U.S. Census estimates are in. Escambia County lost 214 people. Santa Rosa gained 2,475. Baldwin County, Ala. gained 3,536. The three counties together have 625,220 people. Unfortunately Escambia County is the…
Deportations on the rise
Miami Herald reports: “Deportations in Florida jump by almost 50 percent, setting a pace that likely will surpass last year’s total and exceed a 10-year high mark.” More
Tanker contract to be rebid
The U.S. Air Force will rebid the $35 billion contract to build new refueling tankers. The Defense Department will be making the decision by Dec. 31 — not the Air Force. I…
IN Your Head Radio 7.9
Today on In Your Head Radio at 12:00 noon: Attorney General Bill McCollum who last week filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial, one of the nation’s largest mortgage companies, for allegedly engaging…
Tree Ordinance underfire
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Notes: Council committees 7.07.08
The City Council meeting started promptly at 3:15 p.m. on June 16 in the Haglar meeting room of City Hall. The approval of minutes (yawn) passed, and the Council members proceeded to…
Military upgrades expensive
According to the Mobile Press Register, Defense Department has trouble with military managers and contractors failing to deliver new weapons on time at the agreed-upon price. GAO reported in April to Congress…
Harry Dent campaign signs popping up
The Daily News reports that District Attorney Harvey Dent from the Batman comic strip and movies has campaign signs popping up in Fort Walton Beach. Comic fans know that Dent became the…
Santa Rosa County rejects progress
Yesterday, Escambia County Comm. Gene Valentino went before the Santa Rosa County Commission asking that they join a regional transportation authority that would have the power to bond out gas tax revenues…
Web: Top Ten Digital Music sites
It’s Monday and you really don’t want to start work just yet…so explore these web sites instead. Wired has come up it’s Top 10 Music sites. Sites were chosen based not only…
Ivey to leave Louisville paper
Former PNJ publisher Denise Ivey is leaving the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. The alt-paper, LEO, has this take on what it calls the “Friday Afternoon Massacre.” …from Ivey’s memo: “I am…
