Weigh in on Libby being sprung
Likes Scooter Libby’s commutation – Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle: OK. I’M GLAD President Bush commuted the 30-month prison sentence of Scooter Libby, the former…
Panhandle news roundup
TuesDaily Dose >Pensacola News Journal writes about new laws on meth labs, temporary tags and black infant mortality. Completely misses fire stipend audit (VFD Audit…
Scapecchi files for Sheriff
Larry Scapecchi, a 25 year law enforcement veteran, has filed to run for Escambia County Sheriff. He will be running as a Democrat. Scapecchi retired…
Audit Findings – Significant Potential Liability
From the report by the Escambia Clerk of Courts: We believe the volunteer fire departments are misinterpreting the Firefighter I exemptions granted by the State,…
VFD Audit – Draft Copy
The Escambia County Clerk of Courts office has finished its audit of the volunteer fire departments and submitted a draft of its findings to County…
Romney outspending on ads
According to The Nielsen Company, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney placed more local TV advertisements than all other candidates combined, with 4,549 ads, mostly on…
Pensacola: Next Savannah?
The New York Times has a travel article on Savannah, GA (36 Hours in Savannah, Ga. ). Savannah has many of the same challenges that…
Panhandle news roundup
MonDaily Dose Gas and geese are covered in the Pensacola daily. Daily News and News Herald are slow to post much on the web.
Top Four Blog Posts
For the past week, these were the most viewed posts on Ricksblog.biz: Voters have spoken Wrong reasons to vote No Cumulus isn’t diverse Fire Buzz:…
New Pearl video
It’s Good Cop, Bad Cop. The long awaited sequel to Will Ferrell’s “Landlord” video has arrived and it features what apparently will be the farewell…
Biggest Pensacola Wins
Where did the greater Pensacola area have its biggest wins last week? The Santa Rosa Island Authority finally looking at plans for a public parking…
Biggest Pensacola News Stories
The three biggest news stories for last week were clearly the rejection of the half-cent sales tax for healthcare; the revelation of the magnitude of…
RicksBlog.biz: Most Influential in Florida
We moved into the #1 spot of BlogNetNews.com’s list of the Most Influential Political Blogs in Florida: BNN Influence Index. The Access Escambia issue is…
John Stuart cut by Q100, Cumulus
Station program director and the sole survivor of the Q100 morning crew – John Stuart – was let go by Cumulus on Friday. Q100 had…
Panhandle news roundup
SatDaily Dose PNJ has School FCAT scores. So do the Daily News and News Herald.
General Fund budget cuts
Here is one of the handouts given to the Escambia County Commissioners at the budget workshop yesterday. Note the commissioners wanted to return Escambia Community…
News coverage of budget workshop weak
Escambia County Commission held its first budget workshop yesterday. WEAR TV focused on the cuts on funds given to non-profits like the Florida Wildlife Sanctuary,…
Budget tricks may work
The county commissioners are working to stop in any cut in the Escambia Community Clinics. However, they should be working to increase what is spent….
Panhandle news roundup
FriDaily Dose PNJ:Derrick, Dr. Dino’s wife and no insurance drop. There is alliteration inside the Pensacola daily’s news coverage just have to understand the code….
What’s happening with other officers
Ernie Lee Magaha, Clerk of Courts, $4,676,281 (up 1.67%) but needs $2,111,446 from County general fund (up 15.9%) because his revenues are projected to be…
