Web stats – another record month
Inweekly.net and this blog hit new highs for March. We have nearly doubled our visitors to the site since December 2006. We had 110,455 visitors…
Latest Presidential Poll
From Quinnipiac – nationwide poll: Rudolph Giuliani vs. Hillary Clinton or John Edwards 50% to 40% Rudolph Giuliani vs. Barack Obama 52% – 36% John…
Mitt Romney outraises opponents
Mitt Romney is reporting that he has raised just over $20-million for the first quarter in his bid for the GOP nomination for president in…
Guantanamo prisoners to NAS Pensacola?
We were able to get a copy of staff memo of the future Guantanamo Bay prison. It’s long, but interesting reading. Pay close attention to…
Who wants to develop design criteria for CMPA?
Here is the list of firms that responded to the RFQ for the design specs for the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park. There are…
Jerry’s Cajun will return
Hi Rick, I hope all is well with you. I saw you the other night on your TV show, and loved the ideas you had…
Vets Protest
Press Release: VETERANS FOR PEACE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE’S TRUTH TO POWER RALLY On Saturday, April 7, 2007, Veterans for Peace, Northwest…
Beach Party picked up
Got an email on “The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell” (read: Raising ‘Hell’). The GB boys and friends have signed a distribution agreement…
I’m back….
Took a few days off last week for much needed R&R. Thanks to Duwayne Escobedo for taking over posting to the blog on Thursday and…
Employer assisted housing
In South Florida, large employers – including public school districts – are building apartments for their employees. This is one answer to affordable housing. Would…
Smokey Bones name change?
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Darden Restuarants is considering renaming and repackaging its Smokey Bones chain to Rocky River Grillhouse ( Smokey ). The company…
House Bills sponsored by Ford
The Gulf Breeze state rep has been busy: HB 1591 Education:Â Authorizes individual district school boards by resolution to allow inspirational message at specified secondary school-related…
Butterfly Garden in Long Hollow Park
Here’s more on the Butterfly Garden from the website – Neighborhoodlink.com: Last fall the Long Hollow Neighborhood Association installed a fabulous new butterfly garden adjacent…
Front Porch grants for Longhollow
There were two other grants that benefited the Longhollow Neighborhood Association: A Planning Grant for $8800 that built a neighborhood park and a Keep Florida…
Front Porch Computer Lab grant
Here is the distribution report we got on the Computer Lab grant that Front Porch received. It paid over $21,000 for rent, utilities and supplies…
Lander’s request on County finances
Yesterday I posted a letter from Clerk of Courts Ernie Lee Magaha on the County’s attempt to take control of county finances. Here is the…
State House eats up local property taxes
The South Florida Sun Sentinel has an article on how state laws impact local tax dollars – outside the power of the local commissioners. The…
Peaden – McCain man
Our state Sen. Durell Peaden has been named co-chair of the “Florida Legislative Team” for the John McCain presidential campaign His co-chairs are state Senator…
