Santa Rosa County eyes higher fire fees
Santa Rosa County wants to increase its fire protection budget from $1.1 million to $2.89 million by raising its fire fees. The money will fund…
Northrup wants to expand in Mobile
From the Mobile Press Register: Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday its Mobile-made KC-30 tanker would provide an economic boost in neighboring Mississippi. Los Angeles-based Northrop…
Sherriff produces annual report
Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has produced a high-gloss annual report that’s 52 pages. It looks like a high school yearbook with pictures of his…
Economic indicators worsen
I’ve started reviewing the Prosperity Pensacola report and trying to determine where we are one year later. So far the numbers are not moving in…
Our minor mayor
Here is an editorial that appeared in alt-weekly The Arkansas Times on 6/8/06 about Little Rock and its weak mayor system. Much of it applies…
Little Rock votes for strong Mayor
Little Rock voters on Tuesday approved measures making the mayor’s job full time and granting him veto power over the city’s Board of Directors. The…
Close public libraries
Today’s Pensacola News Journal reports that the City of Pensacola, who runs the public library system for Escambia County, is considering further cuts ($972,000) to…
Another bad indicator for Escambia County
Last year the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce issued its Prosperity Pensacola report that had several indicators by which we could benchmark the community’s…
Pensacola misses most literate list
No surprise here. Central Connecticut State University compiles the list. A total score is tallied for each city across six different literacy categories: Booksellers; Educational…
FOX News caught changing Wikipedia
On the website – Geek are Sexy – Brian Boyko writes on an news story that is tearing through the blogosphere – Fox News has…
What is the legislature thinking on insurance
Does big insurance control the state legislature? First we have special session to deal with property insurance that in the end did nothing. Insurance companies…
IN disappears from Blanchard Judicial Center
We have had several people who work at the Blanchard Judicial Center call to tell us our papers have vanished from the racks on the…
Pensacola Sam’s Warehouse gets new paint job
…that’s how our local economic news compares to the surrounding counties. Notice any difference? Who is at the helm of our economy? When will county…
New Mobile, Ala steel plant may increase revenue $3.7 million
Mobile Press Register reports: Southwest Alabama cities and counties can expect about $3.7 million a year in extra tax revenue from the ThyssenKrupp steel mill…
Destin continues to grow
The Daily News reports that more businesses are opening in Grand Boulevard in the Destin/Sandestin area. The first store at the Howard Group’s 52-acre Grand…
Ax the Homestead Tax files PAC organization papers
Press Release: The citizens’ constitutional petition initiative to amend Florida’s constitution by replacing the current property tax system with a sales tax-based system took another…
Sen. Martinez in town
– and Commissioner Mike Whitehead hasn’t challenged him to a fight. Sen. Martinez tours JACC U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) was in Pensacola in the…
County land sale buzz
From a concerned citizen: Can you look into why the county is selling what they call surplus land at the Equestrian Center? The land in…
Nothing gets done
The county salary database has now been used over 22,000 times. As much as the county leaders want to complain about how unfair it was…
Rove resigns
Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August. Mumbles something about a rats leaving a…
