I will be interviewing reporter Jason Hancock on the latest developments on the presidential races. Get the inside scoop on IN Your Head Radio from 1 to 2 p.m. on News Radio…
Save Our City lives
C.C. Elebash, retired UWF professor and the economic guru for the group formerly known as Save Our City, hasn’t given up his fight to stop a baseball park being built at the…
Galtin: I’ve been robbed
Sprinter Justin Gatlin – and Pensacola native – told the Washington Post that he has been robbed by the track governing board. “I’m a fighter and I’ve been a fighter from the…
How to keep major business in town?
Work with the state to offer them funds to help build a $7 million headquarters. That’s what Orlando did to convince AirTran Airways, the only major airline based in Florida, to keep…
Census: Florida losing its attraction
The economic boom for the state appears to be over, and Pensacola missed it. Wait a minute. Do adding WalMarts, Walgreens and Starbucks count? Maybe adding more bottle clubs with longer hours…
Historic Day for PNJ
For the first time in recent memory, the Pensacola News Journal gives credit to WEAR TV 3 for breaking a story. They even link to the WEAR TV story on pnj.com. In…
Where Pcola Spiderman is now?
Remember the window cleaner who called himself “Spiderman”. He has moved to Gainesville and is doing very well. Another Pensacola exile that had to go somewhere else to make money. Read this…
Fred T. loses interest
The GOP presidential hopeful that caught a lot of local interest is Fred Thompson – former U.S. senator, sometime actor. Unfortunately for the local politicos, Thompson is no longer considered a viable…
Top 10 Tech
The alternative newsweekly NOW has listed the Top 10 Tech Trends of 2007. Apple’s iPhone, FaceBook and Web TV top the list. The iPhone is the latest status symbol in Pensacola. Long,…
All Florida Team
The Miami Herald has named its All Florida college football team. Times have changed. University of Central Florida and Florida Atlantic University have as many offensive players as FSU and UF on…
Are McGuire’s dollars illegal?
According to the Treasury Department: “The defacement of currency” is against the law. “Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft,…
FSU: Coach Fisher eyes WVA job
Here is another story missed by the daily newspaper. FSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher has been looking at the West Virginia head coaching job. Fisher is the heir apparent to Bobby Bowden,…
Destin more relevant than Pcola
GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee visited Destin yesterday. The visit only lasted an hour, but it speaks volumes that he would rather be in Destin than Pensacola. Folks, Pensacola and Escambia County are…
Guiliani counting Florida
I interviewed yesterday Michael DuHaime, the 33 year old Campaign manager for Rudy Guiliani. DuHaime said that Rudy is focusing on where the most electoral votes are. He will let Iowa and…
Test your 2007 news knowledge
South Florida Sun-Sentinel has this quiz on the events of 2007. I missed one. Check it out: Year in review quiz
Guiliani campaign manager on INYHR
Michael DuHaime, Rudy’s campaign manager, will be on IN Your Head Radio today on NewsRadio 1620 AM between 1-2 p.m.
Should Civic Center be sold?
The word that I am getting is that at least three of the Escambia County commissioners are ready to dump the Pensacola Civic Center and sell to the highest bidder. Is it…
Cheesiest UWF ad ever
Found on WEAR TV website. There have got to be better designers on campus.
Chamber: Blueprint for tomorrow
The plans to unveil a new series of business training workshops in February with a morning event featuring a pair of nationally recognized speakers, former Nixon administration official and author Bud Krogh…
Edwards’ tardiness causing problems
NY Times reports: With the approach of the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 and the New Hampshire primary five days later, Mr. Edwards, touring the two states at breakneck speed, has been…