It has been 559 days since Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park – or 1 year, 6 months, 12 days. 559 days can be converted to one of these units: *…
Pensacola loses again…to Dothan
Developer Ronnie Gilley plans to build a Branson, Mo. type entertainment complex near Dothan called Country Crossings. It will be on 766 acres on U.S. 231 off Alabama 109. The Houston County,…
More prison, more tax dollars
There is a price for tough law-and-order policies. The Daily News reports that “state officials estimate Florida’s prisons will swell to 100,000 inmates by year’s end, with about 20 percent serving sentences…
Moby fails to see how growth works
Mark O’Brien doesn’t understand how growth works. It’s this statement in his Sunday column that has got me thinking: The pooh-bahs of Pensacola can promote downtown all they want, but Nine Mile…
PNJ posters to answer for attacks
The most foul posters to the PNJ website may have themselves with more legal troubles than they ever counted on. This time it won’t be the News Journal that is outing them….
Daily Editorial Photo 3.15.08
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City Council attendance
The Pensacola City Council held 21 regular meetings in 2007. Mike DeSorbo missed 4. Marty Donovan and John Fogg missed 3 each. Ronald Townsend, Jewel Cannada-Wynn and PC Wu missed 2 each….
Bergosh still leaves early
School Board member Jeff Bergosh left yesterday’s regular school board workshop early and did not return to complete the meeting. Obviously there is a problem since this has been happening nearly every…
Arnold drops out of race
Ronnie Arnold has dropped out the race for Escambia County Superintendent of Schools. Email from: Ronnie Arnold After much careful deliberation in recent days, I am regretfully announcing today my withdrawal from…
Notes: Council Meeting Mar. 13
March 13 City Council meeting notes: Wow. Thursday night’s council meeting drew fierce debate over how the city awards its contracts and allegations of racism from audience members. At one point, Leroy…
IMPACT 100 hits record
Pensacola Bay Area Impact 100 now has 563 members! That makes it the largest Impact group in the country. They’ll be able to give away five $100,000+ grants this year. Fantastic!!! We…
Rejected as PNJ columnist
Mike Papantonio has a column in the Pensacola News Journal. Joe Scarborough has a column in the Pensacola News Journal. Why can’t I? Apparently the sticking point is my requirement that I…
Daily will have new website
Pensacola News Journal is about to launch its redesigned web site. The new look looks a lot like the Daily News site and other daily newspaper sites. It seems to be more…
Recycling hot
Expect recycling to heat up in the Pensacola area. Our cover story (Trash Talk) frames the issue and the players. The Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission will discuss it at…
Notes: Mar. 13 Commission meeting
Escambia County Committee of the Whole Workshop Board of County Commissioners March 13, 2008 Called to order at 9:02 a.m. All County Commissioners were present. Marie Young was tardy. The board recognized…
RV photos
Here is the photo of two RVs on Wilde Lake Blvd.
Celebrity mugshots
Okay, I’m in a tabloid mood today. You don’t have to click on this Orlando Sentinel photo gallery of the mugshots of celebrities. Photo Gallery
Spitzer call girl
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has resigned. South Florida Sun-Sentinel identifies the hooker (Call girl ‘Kristen’ in Spitzer scandal identified ). Smoking Gun has photos: click here.
Bad air in Escambia
PNJ reports that the EPA has announced ozone levels in Escambia County are higher than the federal standards. The county is among 345 nationwide and nine in Florida with ozone levels higher…
GOP to meet with NAACP
Not in Escambia or Santa Rosa counties. The Daily News reports that the Okaloosa County Republicans want to know how much interest there is among blacks in what their party has to…
