What can a strong mayor do? LEAD
I posted last week how the strong mayors of Orlando and Orange County (yes, they have a county mayor) pushed through votes for a $1…
PNJ editor “discovers” area’s bitter side
Pensacola News Journal Executive Editor Richard Schneider asked the daily newspaper’s readers to send him “two words that describe your hope for Pensacola, and an…
NAS does what ECUA should have done
The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the…
Bomb threat at Whiting
Bomb detection dogs and emergency vehicles were poised and ready when a suspicious package was found in the mailroom early Friday morning at NAS Whiting…
More Sam Hall support
This letter is in support of Sam Hall and his continuing effort to better our city and community. Although Sam and I might not agree…
Orlando spends $1.1 billion on its downtown
Orlando, Florida has no Save Our City organization apparently. Yesterday Orange County leaders approved a $1.1 billion plan for a new arena, performing-arts center and…
Deputy gets mistrial
Late Thursday night, mistrial was declared in the trial of a former Escambia Sheriff’s Deputy accused of beating a teenager. The jury in the trial…
Dirty kilowatts
Electricity plants owned by Alabama Power Co. ranked prominently in a report by the Environmental Integrity Projec which lists the 50 dirtiest in the nation….
$300,000 choices
According to Mark O’Brien’s column, ECAT needs $300,000 to stay in operation two more months. That figure – $300K – has popped up a lot…
Baby payola
Our beloved daily newspaper has found a new way to raise money – charge people to vote for their baby’s photo to be in the…
Escambia County socialism
Here’s an email that like the July 26th Outtakes ( Give It All You Got ): You are the man. Finally a journalist that is…
Another letter supporting Hall
Dear Sam: In light of recent events, some will encourage you to back off, quiet down, rejoin the ranks, etc. Please don’t. The community cannot…
What does “Will Call” mean?
There’s a lot of CYA going on in the death of Leonard Black in the county jail. In follow-up story in the News Journal, the…
Support for Hall
I sincerely hope a less inflammatory and factually based follow-up article hits the old fashioned news racks as well as online editions soon. The important…
Meet Park developers
We’ve started a new Inside Business section to the Independent News. This month we have an in-depth look at the finalists to be the master…
Letter from Sam Hall
The major discrepancy the 26 July 2007 Pensacola News Journal article regarding my truck’s brake failure is that it was neither I nor any associate…
Obesity is contagious
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that people are most likely to become obese when a friend becomes obese. That increases a person’s chances…
City employees don’t like criticism
That’s what the title of today’s News Journal story could have been. Sam Hall writes a joke about city workers taking naps in their city…
Pensacola moves slooooooooooooow
Here’s example of how slowly things move in Pensacola versus the rest of the world: On May 12, 2007, Grand Prairie Texas passed a 1/8…
Simple Strong Mayor Plan
Let’s follow the San Diego model: Vote for a five-trial period for the strong mayor beginning January 1, 2009. We will elect the first strong…
