Six weeks before Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park, Springdale, Ark. passed a referendum for a baseball park. They played their first game in the park yesterday. From the Morning News:…
How sad
The News Journal lets groups post articles to its website. There is one from Friends of the Community Maritime Park entitled “Promise made, promise kept: The Main Street wastewater treatment plant will…
Markes denied custody
Erin Markes, the 19-year-old mother who has been charged with criminal neglect of her 4-year-old boy who suffers from a rare brain disorder and who was entered into a local hospital weighing…
Notes: BCC meeting 4.10.08
Committee of the Whole Workshop Board of County Commissioners 10 April 2008 9 a.m. All commissioners were present. Escambia County Muzzleloaders Update “There are just over eight homes, as I understand it,”…
More on LuTimothy May
The nominee packet issue for the CMPA Board of Trustees did not have the full bio on Rev. LuTimothy May. Here it is: A native Pensacolian, LuTimothy May is a natural and…
Portofino Medical Spa closed
The Gulf Breeze News reports today that Portofino Medical Spa was forced to close due to a state requirement mandating that all medical spas must have a full-time, on-site medical director, according…
Do not eat Escambia Bay fish
“In this case, (people) might think twice about eating fish and seafood out of Escambia Bay. It really is a matter of risk-a personal health risk,” Dick Snyder says. Snyder is director…
PJC players will sign with Hawaii
From Honolulu Advertiser: Petras Balocka and Lasha Parghalava are committed to playing for the Rainbow Warriors next season, according to their junior college coach. Both players will sign national letters of intent…
Radio: BBQ Joints
IN Your Head Radio tackles the national – and times, local – news stories that listeners might miss or get brief sound bites on. We’ve had a few big names – like…
Markes back in court
Both the News Journal (Mom back in court ) and the Daily News ( Erin Markes headed to court ) have stories on Erin Markes, the Pace mother charged with criminal neglect….
Radio: DCF safety net
On April 9, I interviewed Janice Thomas, Circuit Administrator for the Department of Children and Families (DCF) about the safety net for single mothers like Erin Markes. The conversation moved quickly into…
CMPA Board nominees
Here are the nominees to replace Hugh King on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. The vote should be Friday – by the CMPA – for the replacement. Nominees: Bentina…
What Dave Murzin is doing
When I wrote about the lack of substantive bills being proposed by our local legislative delegation, state Rep. David Murzin sent me this note: On Tuesday, March 4 the 2008 Legislative Session…
City commission cuts salaries
In recognition of the budget-slashing era in which local governments and their constituents find themselves, Hillsboro Beach’s commissioners voted to halve their salaries. Previously, four commissioners earned $3,600 a year; Mayor Carmen…
Meadows new PJC president
Pensacola Junior College’s District Board of Trustees extended an invitation to Dr. Charles E. Meadows to become the college’s sixth president during a special session Tuesday, April 8. The trustees elected him…
West FL RPC gets $1mil from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding four communities in Florida with $2.2 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to…
Notes: Council Committee meetings 4.07
April 7 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: In talks about the Penny for Progress capital projects list, and the creation and possible closure of community centers in particular, Deputy Mayor John…
Florida Senate to raise property taxes
The Florida Senate wants to raise the millage rate for the Northwest Florida Water Management District to come in line with the rest of the state from 0.05 to 1.0 mill. On…
Radio: More on Erin Markes
The first half of the April 7, 2008 edition of IN Your Head Radio focused on the Erin Markes story – the teenage mother who is accused of neglecting the medical treatment…
Miller skips two votes
Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) did not vote on two bills recently. H.R. 5501, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,…
