Erin Markes will be interviewed today on IN Your Head Radio. The teenage mother was arrested by Santa Rosa Sheriff’s office, but has not been charged by the State Attorney, for the…
FEMA money troubles
We keep hearing rumors about the Federal Emergency Management Agency investigating the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office over its expenditures of FEMA monies after hurricanes Ivan and Dennis. It may be nothing more…
Radio: Sir Harry Kroto
Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto – also a Florida State University – talks about how the Florida legislature would be making a big mistake if it mandates that public schools must…
Notes: BCC agenda meeting 4.17.08
Board of County Commissioners Special Meeting – April, 17, 2008 – 8:55 a.m. Called to Order at 8:56 a.m. A recommendation was made to ratify the scheduling of an attorney/client session for…
Notes: Charter review 4.16.08
April 16 Charter Review Commission meeting notes: Near the beginning of the meeting, chairperson Crystal Spencer talked about the budget the CRC now has, after herself and consultant William Haraway were in…
Suter is a headache
Suter Elementary parents refuse to quietly go away….especially when it comes to possible closure of their highly successful, but small, neighborhood school. It could be the issue that undoes Patty Hightower’s re-election…
Interview on Markes case
Here is my interview with Santa Rosa Press Gazette reporter Jeni Senter on the Erin Markes hearing on April 16: Listen: Jeni Senter
Celente interview
Yesterday I interviewed Gerald Celente, the foremost authority on Trend Forecasting, Research, and Analysis Trends research analysis. Celente is the author of Trends 2000 and publisher of the Trends Journal®. Celente has…
Markes takes off bracelet
State Attorney agreed today that Erin Markes is not a flight risk and doesn’t have to wear the monitoring bracelet. Santa Rosa Press Gazette was there: http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/markes_3377___article.html/santa_erin.html
Sarasota cuts 100 jobs
Sarasota is cutting 100 jobs, reducing the work force to the same size it was in the early 1990s – the city – which is about the same size as Pensacola –…
Radio: Hear interview on Markes
Here is my interview with Dianna Fitzgerald, founder of the National Lissencephaly Network, on Erin Markes – 19 year old mother whose has been arrested for criminal neglect after his son, age…
Naturals lose in bottom of 9th, 3-2
For 2 1/2 hours, under clear skies and 64 degrees, 3,653 fans enjoyed baseball in the new ballpark of the Northwest Ark. Naturals. The team lost 3-2 when Jose Duarte grounded out…
Moby writes. We wonder.
It looks like Mike O’Brien, PNJ columnist, is becoming more and more like Earle Bowden – meaning less understandable. In today’s column, the aged scribe is for/against budget cuts for non-profits that…
Bayou Chico dredging
The PNJ has found out about the dredging of Bayou Chico and how the county is destroying pristine lakes with the sediment from the bayou. You have to see the photos –…
BCC meets behind closed doors on Roads
From the Sunday paper: PUBLIC NOTICE ____________________________________________ IT IS THE INTENTIONof the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida, to hold a private meeting with its attorney to discuss pending litigation…
Notes: City budget workshop, Part 2
April 14 City budget workshop – Part 2: Keep in mind, city officials’ talking points include “rightsizing†the budget to “maintain core and priority services.†Next up: Fire Department. Fire Chief Frank…
Radio: Dianna Fitzgerald
Founder of National Lissencephaly Network, Dianna Fitzgerald, will be on IN Your Head Radio to give us the latest update on Erin Markes. Listen from 1-2 p.m. on newsradio1620.com. I was reviewing…
Markes in court tomorrow
Erin Brittany Markes will appear tomorrow, April 16, at 9 a.m. before Circuit Judge Ron Swanson in court room 213 in the Santa Rosa County courthouse. Markes is the 19-year-old Pace mother…
Notes: City budget workshop 4.14.08 – Part 1
April 14 Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole budget workshop notes: The mood was somber and tense, at times, as city department heads methodically gave council members their summaries of priorities…
