Wasn’t Pres. Bush in Mobile?
The PNJ has completely ignored GW Bush’s visit to Mobile yesterday. There isn’t even a mention in Newsy Neighbors. Pensacola is Bush Country. When the…
Panhandle news roundup – 6/22
FriDaily Dose PNJ: Strip center library opens. Dead body tells no tales yet. Fractional condos (once called timesharing) still up in the air. Daily News:…
Report: O’Brien vs. Outzen
Well attended meeting – larger than usual. Judges Judge Kim Slevinski Skievaski,Paul Rasmussen, Keith McIver and Michael Allen and State Justice Ken Bell were there….
O’Brien and Outzen face-off at Noon
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien and IN Publisher Rick Outzen face off for a discussion on how the media impacts public opinion at Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar…
Fire Buzz: $$$ could be big
The Clerk of Courts audit of the volunteer fire departments in Escambia County will be released on July 2. We are hearing – not from…
There is a difference here
On hotly contested debates, there is always an group – often new to this blog – that weighs in and after a few comments starts…
Panhandle newspaper roundup – June 21
ThursDaily Dose PNJ has crime trifecta: murder victim id, death sentence and DUI sentencing. Daily News reports on tolls roads, realtors praying for better market…
Bailey resigns as CRA director
Effective August 3, David Bailey will no longer be Pensacola’s CRA director. He will be re-entering private practice (architect) with Spencer Maxwell Bullock. Read: Bye…
30-40-50 tax plan…will it fly?
A Miami mortgage broker, Bernie Navarro, heads a group that has written its own property tax reform plan that he wants to get on the…
Gannett dropping interns in Montgomery, elsewhere
Maynard Institute website reports: The Gannett Co. newspaper in Montgomery, Ala., was forced to make quick and drastic budget cuts last week, editor Wanda Lloyd…
Panhandle Daily News summaries
WedsDaily Dose PNJ: Dentist may have filled more than cavities. Dead body found. And Chamber woos…sounds like an episode of CSI or Law & Order.
The Ghoul that Pensacola Refuses to Remember
We’ve received inquiries about an article we published in May 2004 on the Pensacola’s more infamous history. One that is of particular interest is the…
PNJ Most Powerful, circa 2001
In March 2001 Carl Wernicke and Ginny Graybiel put together a list of the 20 Top Movers and Shakers in Pensacola for the daily newspaper….
Entire Access Business plan
For your reading enjoyment, the complete “Health Care Business Plan for Escambia County’s Low Income Uninsured Low Income, Uninsured Population”: Entire Report.pdf
PNJ misses VFD story completely
Finally the Pensacola daily newspaper reports on fire protection in Escambia County. Unfortunately, they only focus on the possibility of higher fees and almost completely…
Fate of Pensacola Beach condos
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is staying on top of the impact of property tax changes on condominium owners. Why isn’t the Pensacola daily reporting this,…
Panhandle newspaper summaries 6/19
TuesDaily Dose Pensacola News Journal: car crashes, fires, looting. Daily News reports on a former city councilman’s fight to keep his chickens – yes, this…
Alabama Schools Get Hard On Soft Drinks
This is a news headline on the WEAR TV 3 web site. I think Jay Leno will have fun with this one.
Who are the uninsured?
Last August, we wrote about the area’s poor health and the Escambia Community Clinic. Rosalynda Blackburn shuffles slowly to the exam room at the Escambia…
County ready to improve fire safety
From Editor Duwayne Escobedo: With dozens of volunteer and career firefighters in the audience at today’s Escambia County Commission meeting, all five commissioners expressed support…


