Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit
Listen to these guys – old school funk, Southern Rock, jazz www.myspace.com/aruofficial
Benefit for John Collins
John Collins is a 32-year-old father and husband. John is a local small business owner with no health insurance who has been diagnosed with a…
Daily starts diversity blog
Under fire for the more bigoted opinions posted readers to its web site, the daily newspaper has launched a new diversity blog – “Different Voices”…
Escambia County – Landfill Capitol
Private landfills have become the bane of the Escambia County. Since 2005, Escambia County and Florida DEP have tried to deal with the Saufley Landfill….
County planning and zoning seeks to stretch power
Expect more delays in construction and development in Escambia County if this policy change is allowed to be enacted: –Email– TO: All Engineers FROM: Frank…
City has budget shortfall – $5 million
EMAIL RECEIVED FROM SAM HALL: All: I received a phone call today from Tom Bonfield. The City is expecting a $5.4 million shortfall this year….
Brownsville is tough to clean up
Operation Brownsville isn’t the first attempt by Sheriff Ron McNesby to clean up that area. However, it may be the most intensive. (You will need…
State property tax solutions have problems
Gov. Crist’s idea of doubling homestead exemptions has a heavy price tag for local governments – $608.6 BILLION. He has already backtracked some and said…
Brownsville case for Annexation
If Brownsville was inside the city limits of Pensacola, would it have been allowed to deteriorate to level it was before Operation Brownsville? No, the…
Operation Beat David Morgan?
I’ve been hearing and reading on the PNJ website that the real impetus for Sheriff Ron McNesby’s 30-day effort to clean up Brownsville was a…
Local GOP splintered
There is no organized local Republican Party – yes. the women meet, but they don’t have much say in who runs or doesn’t run for…
Oops, Whitehead forgot these
In the daily newspaper, Commissioner Mike Whitehead defended his and his fellow Escambia County Commissioners’ decision to not rollback taxes when they had $31 million…
PNJ Sunday Paper Review
Woke up early with too much time on hands: At the crossroads – Washington bureau chief Larry Wheeler writes of the gov’t red tape involved…
CMPA, Community wins
Community Maritime Park Associates (CMPA) board approved the master developer request for proposal and hired a search firm to do a national search for an…
Other Hawkshaw updates
Website almost ready. City of Pensacola has given us conceptual approval of the site. We’re negotiating with Budweiser and Miller to see which will be…
Buffett playing Hawkshaw?
We’re working through friends of friends to see if Jimmy Buffett might play. It’s a very long shot that could change everything. In two weeks,…
McNesby attacks Brownsville problem
Seven years after taking office, Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has attacked the drug, prostitution, litter and other criminal and code violations in the Brownsville…
