According to its latest audit, the City of Pensacola pensions cost the taxpayers $12,081,768 in 2007. General Pension Plan: $5,962,692 – June 2007 closed plan moved to Florida Retirement System Retirees &…
More Pensacola Exodus
Since I wrote the Outtakes on Pensacola Exodus, I’ve received a steady stream of emails on young people that have become discouraged about their futures in Pensacola. Here is the latest. I’ve…
Port costs Pensacola $1.45 mil
According to the 2007 audit, The Port of Pensacola revenue was down 41 percent last year. The operation lost $1.45 million. The staff is projecting fiscal year 2008 estimated revenues of $2.6…
Area blanked out Dem delegate slate
The Florida Democratic Party State Executive Committee elected Saturday a slate of 27 party leaders and elected officials for the Democratic National Convention. NONE ARE FROM NORTHWEST FLORIDA….just proves my recent Outtakes….
Code Head Walker out
Code Enforcement Division manager Charlie Walker is taking early retirement – as we first reported. Walker has cost the county two lawsuits (Bubbas on Patrol), possibly more. WEAR TV 3 – Asked…
Petition to Crist for Markes
Dianna Fitzgerald and the Lissencephaly Network have an online petition asking Gov. Crist to help Erin Markes: Dear Governor Charlie Crist: Erin’s son was dealt one of the cruelest hands in life….
Nancy Grace crucifies Markes
CNN talking head Nancy Grace – who is known for sensationalism and over-the-top theatrics – really attacked Erin Markes last week. It made her “Best of” clip for the week. Quote: “Don’t…
Markes on Myspace
The 19 year old mother accused of neglecting her 4 year old son – who was brought to a local hospital in March only weighing 10 pounds – has a myspace page:…
Sam sworn in
David A. Sam officially was inaugurated as the head of Germanna Community College Friday afternoon. Sam was vice president for academic affairs at Pensacola Junior College. Read: Sam sworn in at GCC
Wall Street Journal tackles hospitals
WSJ focused on the huge profits reported by non-profit healthcare systems – Nonprofit Hospitals, Once For the Poor, Strike It Rich. Riding gains from investment portfolios and enjoying the pricing power that…
Baptist merger costs county $1.07 million
If Baptist mergers/buys West Florida Hospital and the Davis Highway complex becomes a non-profit entity, Escambia County will lose $1,070,436 in property taxes annually. Not saying the merger/purchase is a bad thing,…
Tale of two film festivals
Sarasota and Pensacola are about the same size. Pensacola has a dinky film festival that has a quiet cult following. It lasts two or three days – it’s sort of hard to…
Escambia – Murder Capitol of NWFL
The Uniform Crime Reports Program of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released the 2007 Annual Statewide Crime Report. Once again, Escambia County is the Murder Capitol of Northwest Florida (20…
Picking up pennies, missing the dollars
The local daily newspaper writes on the Myrtle Grove firefighters being upset that County Commissioner Mike Whitehead played golf rather than attended their firehouse celebration. That’s news? It is more the subject…
County ombudsman to be created
The PNJ story on county reorganization missed a key point. The restructuring creates an “Ombudsman” position. The Ombudsman will hear taxpayers’ complaints or suggestions about county service and be tasked with helping…
Markes victim of the system, not criminal
Dianna Fitzgerald, founder of the National Lissencephaly Network, believes Erin Markes is courageous mother who is a victim of the local justice system. In an interview on IN Your Head Radio, Fitzgerald…
Steve Alten interview
Paul Craig Roberts, known as the Father of Reaganomics, was a former editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal and columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He…
Notes: BCC regular meeting 4.03.08
Rawson’s Providence Manor final plat passed unanimously. His Roads, Inc was given two more road contracts – Blue Pit Drainage Improvements for $126,126; Ziglar Road Improvements for $136,126.90. This was very good…
Ford suggest deep cuts to commission salaries
According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would mean a pay cut of about 44…
Markes may get top attorney
The Daily News continues to take its coverage of Erin Markes to new levels. WEAR and PNJ seem to miss much of this. Dianna Fitzgerald, founder of the National Lissencephaly Network, believes…
