OWC two-step
First the president of Okaloosa-Walton College retires on Sept. 30. Thirty days later, the OWC board of trustees is ready to rehire Bob Richburg. Shades…
IN 2007 Halloween Mask
Be warned. Your kids and state legislators may have nightmares Check out pdf: mask.pdf
Celebrating son runs up $53K bill at strip club
No, the son wasn’t named Touart. No, the club isn’t Arety’s Angels. The son is 24-year-old Tommy Salter. His dad, Joe Salter of Mary Esther,…
Local budget summit needed
It’s time all the constitutional officers, county commissioners and city councils to get together and look at consolidation. Where can they share costs? How can…
Why do services have to be cut?
The daily newspaper has an article that asserts that property tax cuts mean services cuts (aptly headlined “Tax cuts mean service cuts “). Why? Shouldn’t…
Saufley is not only bad landfill
The daily newspaper reports that there will yet another delay on the Saufley Landfill clean up. However, there is another problem landfil – Coyote Landfill…
Godzilla has website
Escambia County School Board member Jeff Bergosh has his own website in which he goes after the Pensacola News Journal – jeffbergosh.net. Bergosh asserts that…
Crist makes Facebook
During the heat of the debate over the budget and property tax reform, Gov. Charlie Crist decided to have a few cold ones at Big…
New FEMA low
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has hit a new low by rigging a press conference with fake reporters. FEMA announced the news conference last Tuesday…
Cost of War
The Orlando Weekly calculates the cost of the Iraq War and what the money could have been spent on: On Oct. 23, President Bush asked…
Council supports bottle clubs
With 6-3 vote (DeSorbo absent), the Pensacola City Council ignored the requests of its Police Chief and downtown business owners and residents and reversed its…
BTW: Strong mayor is dead
Watch the Pensacola City Council’s Committee of the Whole video and you will realize that the council has no intent of making any meaningful changes…
Bottle Club showdown
City Council’s vision for Pensacola is a bottle club that stays open to 5 a.m. Yeah! Come live and invest in Downtown and the Belmont-Devilliers….just…
Story is the Story
The Florida Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting in Sandestin has installed its new president: Susan Story, CEO and president of Gulf Power. She…
Did Emergency Management drop the ball?
The question being asked around town – Why weren’t there any emergency sirens downtown when the tornadoes were approaching? We have videos of the storm…
Bottle Clubs may keep 5 a.m. close
According to sources, the Pensacola City Council is backtracking on its ordinance that would give Bottle Clubs the same close as other night clubs –…
State lawmakers fail again
The Florida Legislature has failed once again to pass any meaningful tax reform. I decided to pack their bags a day early. All spring we…
Gannett revenues slip
But they still made $234 million in the third quarter. Yahoo News has the full report with the facts and figures. Read more
PNJ points our Sunshine violation
The daily newspaper noticed the same slip we did by Escambia Board school board member Claudia Brown-Curry at this week’s board meeting. Curry said that…
