Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn said Friday she expected more from E.W. Bullock Associates officials in their presentation for the Energy Services of Pensacola contract, especially since the agency had done ESP’s…
Faces of American War deaths
USA Today has statistical breakdown in the U.S. death toll in the five-year Iraq War. The total deaths is 3983 serviceman, plus eight Defense Department civilians. 77% are under age 30. Army…
Widow on radio again
Today, I am on the road. At News Radio 1620, we will replay my interviews with Tania Julin, one of a group of widows who is suing Chiquita Brand for supporting the…
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How do you like our coverage of the city council and county commission meetings? We are going in a different direction than Gannett and the PNJ. They have the sizzle with their…
Notes: BCC 3.20
Commissioner salaries were still on the agenda: Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 20 March 2008 1. Call to order at 5:32 p.m. 2. Invocation – Commissioner Whitehead. 3. Pledge of Allegiance…
Notes: Agenda Review 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Morning Agenda Review Called to order at 9:03 a.m. All County Commissioners were present except for Commissioner Marie Young. Young arrived at 9:30 a.m. Items to…
Notes: Budget workshop 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings Preliminary Budget Workshop Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Countywide Budget, Continued 20 March 2008 Call to order at 10:40 a.m. All county commissioners were present. ITEM 40: Animal…
Taxes for cars, not economy
People have asked me why can’t Escambia County follow the lead of Sarasota County and fast-track its Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) budget to jumpstart our economy. During the next six years,…
ECUA blocking curbside recycling
Everything with Emerald Coast Utility Authority is a negotiation. Cleaning up the water that it supplied the to Gulf Breeze in the 1990s; the IP pipeline to clean up Perdido Bay; Relocation…
Notes: Commission budget workshop Mar. 19
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings Preliminary Budget Workshop Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Countywide Budget 19 March 2008 Call to order at 8:35 a.m. Grover Robinson started discussion by suggesting cutting the commissioners’…
Cannada-Wynn gave EW Bullock zero
At last week’s Pensacola City Council meeting, Leroy Boyd of Movement for Change and others made a big deal about E.W. Bullock being awarded the marketing contract for Energy Services of Pensacola…
pnj.com
The new pnj.com website is locking up my Foxfire browser. Understand my computer isn’t the latest model and I do have a number of spam blockers and filters that stop macros. But…
Notes: Joint City-County meeting 3.18
Joint Meeting of the Escambia County Board of Commissioners and the Pensacola City Council 18 March 2008 Hagler Mason Conference Room, City Hall Note: This meeting was primarily for discussion between the…
More on Charter Review
We also received this email report on the meeting: “Sharon Barnett from the League of Women Voters made a very good point that I think should be shared. She charged the review…
Border patrol expert on radio
I will have Zack Taylor on IN Your Head Radio today. Mr. Taylor is a charter member of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers. He served as a Border Patrol…
Find the news on pnj.com
We have a new contest at the IN. Find the news on pnj.com. See the videos. See the photo galleries. See their blogs and forums. See pcolamoms.com. Where is the news?
Notes: Charter Review Mar. 17
Much of Monday night’s Charter Review Commission meeting centered around questioning City Manager Tom Bonfield on his duties, ethics, his relationship with the council, and leadership, or the lack thereof, in the…
Pensacola Beach No. 7
From Visit Florida: Four Florida Beaches Named Best in the U.S. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 17, 2008) – Four Florida beaches are being recognized as best in America by a popular online travel…
More Julin and Chiquita Brand lawsuit
The NY Times picked up this story today. The radio interview was powerful. Julin talked about the incident and how it tested her faith. Read Families Sue Chiquita in Deaths of 5…
Radio: Tania Julin, Mark Rich’s widow
On IN Your Head Radio, I have Tania Julin, the widow of Mark Rich. Rich was one of three missionaries – Mark Rich, Dave Mankins and Rick Tenenoff – abducted on January…
