Huckabee jumps past McCain, Freddie in FL
There is a new candidate of the moment for the GOP. Two months ago it was Fred Thompson. Now it’s Mike Huckabee. From Miami Herald:…
Not all ports struggle
Mobile Press Register reports: The Alabama state docks saw record cargo volume in 2007, driven primarily by a 50 percent increase in container cargo and…
Arizona GOP primary a toss up
My presidential chances are improving. The Tuscon Citizen reports the GOP presidential primary in Arizona is a toss up: “The buzz has switched frequencies as…
Insurers may be sued
Miami Herald reports that Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed three high-powered lawyers to file a class-action lawsuit against the insurance industry on behalf of state…
More CMP delays
The latest timetable for the Community Maritime Park calls for the requests for proposal from the Master Developer candidates not to be due until April…
McCain momentum
The NY Times reports that John McCain has picked up the endorsements of three major newspapers: The Des Moines Register, The Manchester Union Leader and…
State DOT doing all it can
That’s what the Pensacola News Journal reports today (DOT defends runoff efforts). I think the more accurate statement would be: ” Listen we bid out…
Official Springfest press release
The SpringFest Board of Directors is proud of the public and private support it has generated during the fall. We are encouraged by the way…
Writer seeks info on dad at Naval Museum
From San Antonio Express-News: I was 7, a gangly schoolboy in Corpus Christi, when word came that my dad, a pilot for the Navy’s famed…
Springfest wants help again
The Pensacola News Journal reports that the Springfest board wants more time to “land a national management company to produce the festival.” This will be…
Beach CRA
Panama City Beach has a Community Redevelopment Agency to take care of its infrastructure needs. It can do so since its beach residents and businesses…
Port Navarre legal battle
The Daily News reports that the ongoing legal case has delayed construction on the huge residential/retail development known as Port Navarre for more than two…
Civic Center for sale
There is a buzz that BOCC is considering selling the Pensacola Civic Center. It sleeps 6000, ten bathrooms, large family room, no yard to mow,…
Can not resist this post
Two months after I wrote about the Chamber’s magnet program, the daily newspaper writes that they are popular: Magnets showing up everywhere, and chamber hopes…
Panama City may get port tenant
Panama City has an Intermodal Distribution Center to go with its port. It’s an industrial park near Hwy 231 for companies who agree to use…
County buys land for westside park
The Perdido Bay Youth Sports Association will get its ball park. Escambia County commissioners on Thursday approved, by a 4-1 vote, the purchase of 217…
PNJ reports Touart wants better pension
Three days have you read it here on the blog, Pensacola News Journal reports Touart fighting for his pension. The county commissioners didn’t take the…
Springdale ballpark to open April 2008
In Springdale, Ark., a referendum passed on July 11, 2006 to build a baseball park by extending a 1% sales tax. The vote was close…
Baseball in Billings
Here is how another city moved quickly to get its baseball park built: In Billings, Montana, city residents passed a referendum for a new park…
