The first of a series of attempts by local government to switch from property taxes to a flat fees is about to occur if the Pensacola City Council approves a $377 annual…
Unified Fire Service delayed two more years
The delays and stall tactics continue. This time its at the county level with fire protection. Last June, a citizen task force advised the county consolidate its volunteer and paid fire departments…
Tree ordinance being studied more
Remember that I’ve told you Pensacola doesn’t like to make tough decisions. The latest one is on a stricter tree ordinance (Tree Huggers vs. Developers ). The Planning Board sent it back…
Midway pity party in third week
The Midway Fire Board and its administration just don’t get it. All we have read since the Jan. 29 smackdown vote is how they are laying off people and cutting fire protection…
Obama has eighth consecutive win
Barack Obama wins the Potomac Triple Crown: Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia. Read: Obama, McCain win Virginia, Maryland, D.C..
Grassroot Soccer
Avery Bullock and two of her fellow soccer team members/classmates, Stephanie Mamelson and Rachel Jones, are holding a 3 v. 3 soccer tournament on March 1st to benefit an organization called Grassroot…
Benson new head of ACHA
Holly Benson is taking over as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Gov. Charlie Crist made the announcement this morning. Benson is replacing Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, who is leaving…
Elton John coming to Pcola
Elton John and his band will appear live at Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, FL on Friday March 14, 2008. The concert is part of the 2008 Tour: Rocket Man • Number…
Zieman to wed King of Spin
Gulf Breeze native Sarah Zieman – who works with the Florida Association of Realtors in Tallahassee – is set to marry Albert Martinez. Who? From THE BUZZ – St. Pete Times The…
Bay County is getting a new library, too
Their new library will open this April. Does anyone know if the Pensacola City Council even has a plan for renovating or rebuilding its downtown library? Meet Bay County library director: Library…
Stop the Midway madness
Today’s PNJ has gloom and doom viewpoint on the Midway Fire District ( Midway voters, what have you done?) This is ridiculous. Amendment 1 won’t cut MFD’s funding from property taxes in…
Outzen votes keep coming
My vote total is now 51! I’m starting to suspect there is home-cooking going on with the vote count in Arizona. Why has it taken so long to complete the vote? I…
Fear of clown therapy
I’m not sure this video will help you battle your fear of clowns, but give it a try.
Virgins for Barack
According to Politico.com: Virgin Islands has voted for Obama. With all of the votes in, the preliminary count is: Obama: 1772 votes (89.9%) Clinton: 149 votes (7.6%). Obama also won Louisiana, Nebraska…
Apply now for Mobile steel plant jobs
If you’d like a production job at ThyssenKrupp Steel Plant outside of Mobile, the application deadline to be in the first wave of production workers is Friday, Feb. 15. As of late…
Hispanics leaving NW Florida
Santa Rosa Sheriff Wendall Hall’s campaign to arrest undocumented workers may be a little like trying to closing the barn doors after the cows have gotten out. The Daily News reports that…
I pick up one more vote
Apparently the Arizona Sec. of State Jan Brewer looked under her desk and found one more vote for me. I now have one more vote – total 49 – in the AZ…
It is what I have been writing
A friend called me yesterday to rib me about the Florida TaxWatch report. He laughed that TaxWatch is getting paid $100K for I have been writing for years. So I pulled out…
Rising Stars
Last night we hosted at party and awards ceremony for the 2008 Rising Stars. Over 130 people attended the event held at 600 South. The exciting thing about this group of young…
Gannett revenue down 31 percent
AP & CNN report: Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI), the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, said Friday that falling revenue from broadcast and newspaper ad sales combined with an impairment charge drove…
