Please help daily…you can report for them

Today the daily will accept news stories from the public. According to yesterday’s column by the executive editor Dick Schneider: Each day, we’ll have information…

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Is Florida’s boom over?

The St. Pete Times writes that the state’s 50 year population boom may be over. Three of the nation’s largest van lines moved more customers…

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State government has higher revenue, too.

With all the finger pointing by the state lawmakers over how local governments are growing and just keep absorbing property tax increases, the NY Times…

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Hospitals without real need

For years Baptist Hospital has been trying to put beds in its Nine Mile Road facility and make it a full hospital. West Florida Hospital…

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Property tax Q & A

The daily has devoted days of coverage to property taxes, and I still get questions about what is the real impact. The Orlando Sentinel did…

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INweekly newspaper highlights

MonDaily Dose PNJ writes on Joe Scarborough replacing Imus and has another property tax article. The Daily News is asleep and doesn’t update website. News…

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Sopranos ending disappoints

Dull. Spent entire show waiting for something big to happen. Phil gets knocked off, not Tony. Homeland Security helps Tony’s crew locate him. AJ goes…

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PNJ adds disclaimer and posting rules

Here’s something new on the pnj.com site: pnj.com and its related sites are pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make…

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Wernicke nails it

In his Sunday column (Carl Wernicke: Our real problem remains insurance ), Carl Wernicke nails it. Insurance is a much bigger issue than property taxes….

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Poverty as a political platform

Those who read my column and this blog know of my concerns over this area’s poverty. The NY Times has a great article on how…

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What’s in the daily newspapers

As we all suspected the big feature in the PNJ is on property taxes and local budgets. The Money section reminds us that there are…

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Pnj.com viewers don’t like Joe

Joe still has problems with the locals or, at least, the daily newspaper’s web readers if you believe the accuracy of the daily’s web survey….

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My Sopranos ending

Tony hires Ellis Bullock who helps spin this misunderstanding with Phil and rebuilds Tony’s image. Mort O’Sullivan steps in and helps the two mob bosses…

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Luke McCoy & Pensacola Speaks returns on June 11

According to the WCOA website (WCOA), Luke McCoy and Pensacola Speaks will return to airwaves. Expect a Mark O’Brien column soon. Cumulus has lost any…

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News show ratings

Nielsen Ratings – Thursday, June 4 Scoreboard 25-54 demographic: (LS) Total day: FOX (FNC): 304 | CNN: 185 | MSNBC: 101 Prime: FNC: 421 |…

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Does Joe read Rick’s Blog?

On May 31, I posted Thompson has best trophy wife. On Friday, June 1, Joe Scarborough joked about Thompson’s wife working the pole on his…

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America’s Dirty Little Secret

The weekly newspaper “The Florida Catholic” did a story on human trafficking in this week’s edition that is distributed statewide. The article – “America’s dirty…

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Inweekly updates

SatDaily Dose What did our local weekly community papers report his week? Big Day Out Wrap-Up Movie Times

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Gannett cuts more corners in Arizona

I ran across this article by the Phoenix New Times – another alt-weekly. The Gannett-owned Arizona Republic started publishing a smaller, abbreviated Monday newspaper paper…

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Saturday newspaper summary…with attitude

The PNJ has its ideal cover story – A SWAT Team standoff. A pastor of a mysterious local ministry allegedly has a dispute with an…

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