Boyd upset with park plans
WEAR TV 3 reports that Leroy Boyd, president of Movement for Change, is upset about the plans for the Community Maritime Park. In a meeting…
Miller votes against Sacred Heart
The daily newspaper writes on why Congressman Jeff Miller oppose the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Miller stands by Bush on veto ). Let’s set…
NY Times on Staph
The Escambia County Jail has a staph infection problem. The NY Times has an article today on the bacteria. The national rate is 32 cases…
Property Taxes Bounce
The Florida House and Senate still haven’t agreed on property taxes. They failed last spring to decide on a tax plan. A judge threw out…
Next – Esc. Co. School Board
Since August, we have rotated through the various boards in Escambia County. First, it was the Pensacola City Council with Strong Mayor, Port of Pensacola…
GGW Francis fights back
The founder of “Girls Gone Wild,” Joe Francis is fighting to improve his tarnished image. He has bought web ads on the News Herald site….
2008 Presidential Race $$$$
This summer, the leading Democratic presidential candidates raised twice as much money as their Republican counterparts. The NY Times has a cool interactive graphic on…
Mitt knocks on door of Christian Right
For Bush, the Christian Right was his power base that delivered votes in 2000 and 2004. The vote is up for grabs in 2008. The…
Ron Paul on IN Your Head Radio
Well, not the man himself, but someone from his national campaign headquarters. Should be interesting. We’ve expanded the show from Noon to 2 p.m. on…
Touart recap
All five Escambia county commissioners knew that County Attorney Janet Lander was working with former County Administrator George Touart and his attorney on a severance…
Meanwhile on Fox News
There is a rumble in the media that Gen. David Petraeus, not Al Gore deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Fox News featured several times over…
Another general speaks out
On Friday, Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez called the Bush administration’s handling of the war incompetent and warned that the United States was “living a…
Touart “jumped the gun”
After watching the tapes, it is apparent that former County Administrator George Touart may have jumped the gun on his retirement. Whether he thought he…
Video: BOCC argue over Whitehead stmts
At the October 11 Committee of the Whole, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners discussed the PNJ article and Mike Whitehead’s statements about three commissioners…
Studer Book – presales hit
Quint Studer’s latest book – Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top – is moving up the bestseller list…
Touart to run?
There is persistent rumor that former County Administrator George Touart plans to run for the Escambia County Commission – not in 2008 but 2010. I’ve…
Whitehead calls out others
The PNJ reports that in an email that Commissioners White, Young and Valentino tricked County Administrator George Touart to resign and then reneged on the…
Naysayer claims CMP plan hoax
Got this post to the blog: Rick Outzen, Shame on you for linking to the PNJ hosted PDF file of the “latest†park features. That…
St. Pete columnist: Don’t let readers ruin online
St. Petersburg Times columnist Robyn Blumner would rather see readers post to online articles and opinions as value-added comments. Blumner rues the day when cyberspace…
In radio show breaks news
Yesterday’s In Your Head Radio made both WEAR TV and the News Journal, although we aren’t named but called merely “a local radio show,” for…
