Today on IN Your Head Radio: Former Mayor of Mobile Mike Dow. Dow is the managing member of the investment group bringing the new Alabama Motorsports Park to Mobile. Call in at…
Pointless Port
What is happening with the Port of Pensacola? There are leases expiring this summer and the city council has yet to agree on a request for proposal. Is it because this is…
CMP Master Developer Proposals
We are studying the proposals by Land Capital and Trinity. Both are impressive,but, as expected, Land Capital’s is more responsive to what I think the community is expecting. Remember they were the…
IN Your Head Radio backtracks
Click to listen to these recent interviews: Author W. Hodding Carter Durham blogger Kevin Davis
Grover on beach alcohol
Grover Robinson has written a letter to the Santa Rosa Island Authority. He is asking them to study an alcohol policy in public areas on Pensacola Beach. Readrobinson-letter.pdf
Bonfield gets job
City of Durham press release: New Durham City Manager to Be Named Today at 4 p.m. Press Conference Durham, N.C. – Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell and City Council members today will…
IN Your Head Radio 6.03
In his new book, “Adults Only: For People Who Love Their Country More Than Their Party, Sid Dinerstein, author and political analyst advises Americans to GROW UP! By changing our priorities and…
Durham is calling
The News & Observer is calling about Tom Bonfield. Who is he? How is he on crime? Durham may have been overly progressive in its expansion of city services and infrastructure. How…
Al Coby is the favorite
Al Coby appears to be the early favorite to be named the interim Pensacola city manager. Robert Payne doesn’t seem to be part of the mix…yet.
Nerd alert: 7 Super heroes we can live without
Ok, Ok. I grew up a huge comic book fan – X-Men, Spiderman, Legion of Super Heroes, Fantastic Four, etc. So if you aren’t into the Super hero comix of the 60’s,…
WikiLeaks
There is a new website out that focuses on news leaks – WikiLeaks. It’s motto – “Global defense of sources and press freedoms.” From the website: Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia…
Clinton to suspend campaign
Hillary Clinton has asked her top donors and backers to attend her New York speech tonight. Huffington Post and others believe that she will announce that she will suspend her presidential campaign…
Ford vs. May
How seriously is Clay Ford taking the challenge by newcomer Lumon May for House Dist. 3 seat? Very. The Republicans fear that they could lose this seat that has been gerrymandered to…
Jaden Markes in hospice
The Daily News reports that Jaden Markes, who has been at the center of the recent child neglect controversy that turned out to be brain disorder, is back in the custody of…
IN Your Head Radio 6.02
Call the radio show to weigh in on today’s issues: 850-437-1620. Today’s guest is writer W. Hodding Carter. Carter was an NCAA Division III All-American and a national champion on his college…
Bonfield to leave for Durham
The Durham News Observer reports: Tom Bonfield, the city manager of Pensacola, Fla., will be named Durham’s new city manager Tuesday. Read Bonfield to be named Durham city manager
Whitehead removed chair in 1996
There is much discussion on whether his fellow commissioners would ever actually vote to remove Mike Whitehead as the chairman of the Escambia County Commission. There is some worry that this would…
Walton County schools better than Santa Rosa
News Herald reports that the Florida Legislature passed the High Performing School District Bill last year to give such districts more flexibility with curriculum and finances. Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties’ school…
Publix got liquor store variance
In Santa Rosa County, a liquor store has to be 2,500 ft. Away from a school or a church. The only places inside the City of Gulf Breeze that meet that county…
Publix skips Escambia County
If you live in Escambia County and want to shop at Publix, you will have to drive to Gulf Breeze. The Florida grocery chain has leaped over Escambia County into Baldwin County….
