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Just got a phone call. Pensacola’s favorite Cajun Rest. on Ninth Ave is on fire. Fire trucks are working to put it out but most…

At 8:30 – 105 voted At 11:30 – 385 votes cast

I was asked yesterday – Why is the Soccer mom vote so strong on the East side of Pensacola? With every Soccer mom, you get…

Only Pensacola would have $5-$10 brothel. What a sad indicator of the poverty in Escambia County. Read the article in the daily: Fourth woman charged…

Orlando officials are looking to duplicate Pensacola’s pelican statues, but the public isn’t too crazy about the idea: Orlando leaders are bringing a new sculpture…

Al Gore has announced plans for Live Earth, a 24-hour concert held simultaneously in different cities on all seven continents – on July 7. Launched…

A new Elon University Poll of five Southeastern states shows Sen. Hillary Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani have the early advantage…

Gov. Charlie Crist has established to two websites that help fulfill two of his first 100 days initiatives: Open Government website that has the contact…

Dear Mr. Outzen, My name is Sarah O’Toole and I am the current president of the AK Suter PTA. I have been reading the responses…

COMMISSIONERS REPORT John R Broxson, District 5 CommBroxson@santa-rosa.fl.us Santa Rosa County, Florida February 23, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A long-term solution for our drainage problems…

Andy Marlette emailed us to let us know that he has started an eight-week internship at the PNJ. Andy has been doing our editorial cartoons…

Both candidates have worked hard the past two weekends before the Feb. 27 vote. Democrat Liz Campbell – sent out two mailers. One with a…

Escambia County and City of Pensacola governments are fighting over the funding of ECAT transit system. Go on the ECAT website (ECAT : Escambia County…

The blog went wild over the weekend over the possible closure of Suter Elementary School. To catch up, I suggest first read and its comments:…

House District 3 candidate Liz Campbell (D) has raised significant dollars over the past ten days: $38,169. Her total campaign contributions are $48,049. Amount    …

Got a phone call from Asst. Superintendent Ronnie Arnold. “There isn’t any plan to close Suter Elementary in the foreseeable future.”  Arnold said it was…

Are we only getting the good news on Operation Brownsville? The daily newspaper gives a lot of coverage to a brothel raid on Shoemaker St….

St. Pete Times got a few choice quotes from our state senator. Check it out for yourself: Here

The Suter Elementary School PTA has been told that the School District plans to close its school and relocate all the students to O.J. Semmes…

The state legislature’s idea for a 2.5% increase in sales tax – that will replace property taxes – is a bad idea. First, more people…