The St. Pete Times reported yesterday the flyer mailed by the PAC going be the name Florida Is Our Home Inc. overstates the impact of Amendment 1 on public schools by $2…
Touart watching his nickels
Today’s PNJ has an article on the former County Administrator George Touart settling his hunting charges in Wisconsin. The story ends with a not too subtle reference to Touart needing his retirement…
The New Slavery
On the Monday, Jan. 14 edition of IN Your Head Radio, I interviewed Sarah Andert of the Gambit Weekly in New Orleans about her article of how immigrants were forced to work…
Who supports Amendment 1?
According to Florida Division of Elections Major contributors to Yes On 1, which supports the amendment Florida Association of Realtors: $1 million Florida Power & Light Co.: $500,000 Ashbritt, environmental services co….
What does Amendment 1 say?
On Sunday, the Tampa Tribune published this had handy guide on the property tax amendment: What’s In Amendment One •Doubling the homestead exemption for primary homeowners to $50,000 •Making Save Our Homes…
Local criminals on MTV
MTV has new reality show in the works – True Life: I’m Getting out of Prison. Of course, the Panhandle would have two criminals on the show: Stephen O’Brien and Jessica Ball….
St. Pete Times: Dems should forget Panhandle
The St. Pete Times recommends to the Democratic presidential candidates to forget about the Florida Panhandle and concentrate south of Interstate 4. If you’re looking for Florida Democrats fired up about Barack…
McNesby settles Boggon lawsuit
We have received notice that Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has reached an settlement with the estate of Robert Boggon. Boggon died in the jail infirmary in August 2005. The terms of…
Bay County deals with landfills
Florida DEP is praising the Bay County commissioners for adopting ordinances to better regulate construction and debris landfills. Maybe the Escambia and Santa Rosa county commissioners should check into it. From News…
State colleges suffer under cuts
The state university system has lost $65.2-million for this budget year, thanks to emergency cuts made during the fall special session. Here’s a breakdown: * UF: $9.8-million * UCF: $6.2-million * USF:…
Latte Wars brewing
It’s McDonalds vs Starbucks. The prize is dominance in the $11 billion specialty coffee industry. In 2000, then Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz declared his company would be the “McDonalds of coffee.” Well…
Emails attacks Obama
There are two emails that are circulating around Pensacola that attack Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. One declares that he is a closet Muslim – which in some people’s eyes makes…
Pinellas has high DUI conviction rate
The latest Traffic Citation Statistics that the Florida Department Of Highway Safety And Motor Vehicles website has on DUI arrests and convictions is for 2006. That report shows Pinellas County has a…
Florida’s Most Influential Blogs
Ricksblog.biz is ranked Florida’s Most Influential Blog by Blognetnews.com – moving up from #12 last week. The Pensacola area now has three blogs in the top 20: Mark O’Brien’s (#17) and Pensacola…
Is Rudy coming to Pcola?
There is a persistent buzz that GOP presidential candidate Rudy Guiliani will be coming to Pensacola this week. No confirmation yet, but stay tuned. Meanwhile supporters of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen….
IN Your Head Radio wrap-up
Another week of stellar guests on IN Your Head Radio. 1/7/08 Gerald Cilente -Trends Research Institute Talked about the coming Economic 9/11 and the spread of the tax revolt across the country….
Report: Insurers fleece public
I love the St. Pete Times. Here is a report that it did on how the big insurance companies have ripped off their policyholders. The property insurance industry not only racked up…
Gannett blogger reveals identity
He is Jim Hopkins. Yesterday, I left the Gannett Co. Inc. after 20 years’ work as a reporter and editor. I was one of the 43 USA Today employees who took a…
King may be ousted from CMPA
WEAR TV 3 reports that CMPA chairman Judge Lacey Collier has asked board members to begin considering removing Hugh King from the board. The issue will be placed on the board’s Feb….
Bank of America may buy Countrywide
The Sun-Sentinel reports that Bank of America may bailout Countrywide Financial. A Bank of America-led buyout is “the one and only hope that [Countrywide] has” to avoid bankruptcy, according to Sean Egan,…
