FriDaily Dose Group dares to ban Blue Angels. More arrest reports. Destin drowning. Toxic fish in Bay County…Blah, Blah, Blah Music: June Mixtape New month, new mood, new music Feeling Festive? So…
PNJ misses FEMA clarifications
Both Santa Rosa & Escambia counties issued clarifications on FEMA reimbursements. The PNJ story has misleading headlines based on the original press release by Sen. Martinez PNJ: “$12.1 million for Escambia; Santa…
WCI Communties being raided
WCI Communities owns Lost Key on Perdido Key. Some wanted WCI to bid on the Trillium property as an alternative to Studer-Fetterman-Cavanaugh proposal. According to Sun-Sentinel Billionaire investor activist Carl Icahn is…
Palm Beach County gets it
Some counties are being pro-active and not waiting for the State Legislature to make up its mind on property taxes. From Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach County may slash property tax rate by 11%…
IN: June 7 issue
While the daily newspaper is writing about car crashes and FEMA reimbursements, the Independent News has two strong news stories on human trafficking in the Panhandle and on the recommendations before the…
INweekly: daily newspaper highlights
ThursDaily Dose News Journal writes about FEMA reimbursement (which this blog has already covered). The Panama City News Herald has the best stories today. On TV: Robot Chicken: Star Wars Seth Green…
Guess who is replacing Imus
No, it’s not Luke McCoy. MSNBC is trying out Pensacola’s Joe Scarborough. Read: Morning Joe and MSNBC Eyes Scarborough as Possible Imus Replacement The reviews so far are very positive. Don’t know…
Touart called
County Administrator George Touart called to say the county’s general fund reserves are only $13 million. I got my figures from the budget so I sending what I read and hope to…
Gulf1.com still sends emails
We’ve gotten emails from several locals who keep trying to unsubscribe from gulf1.com. Mike West sent this unsolicited email out for Sen. Don Gaetz – read the note at the end which…
Sen. Martinez overstates FEMA checks
Escambia County is getting $1.8 million from FEMA – not the $12 million that Sen. Mel Martinez reported on Monday. Oops.
County Con Game
Escambia County government would like you to believe that they wisely used the 2006/07 revenue increase for additional services and capital projects. They have a schedule of sources and uses that they…
Why is PNJ so vengeful on Ham?
The daily paper’s editorial in today’s paper – Judge Rodgers talked tough, but Ham’s sentence fell short – (sorry, but the link is only good for 7 days) blasts federal Judge Casey…
Whitehead thinks he’s doing great
The word we’re getting at the paper is that Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead truly believes that his confrontations with State Rep. Dave Murzin and Speaker of the House Marco Rubio are…
INweekly daily newspaper summaries
WedDaily Dose News Herald stays on Girls Gone Wild story…why can’t we have these fun stories in Pensacola? PNJ keeps writing about crime and car crashes, as does the FWB Daily News….
FEMA antes up for 2005 hurricanes
The Democratic Congress recently passed a bill mandating that FEMA pay 100% of the cleanup and repair costs of local governments for the 2005 hurricanes. This means another $386 million for the…
Century Mayor faces ethics charge
WEAR TV reported last night that Century Mayor Evelyn Hammond is facing ethics charges. The first allegation centers on the mayor’s son, Eddie Hammond, who is a supervisor for the town’s utilities…
INweekly.net updates
TuesDaily Dose Whitehead rebuilds image on taxes, Rubio and Murzin. News Herald writes about Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis. The rest you can just skim.
New Alt Report: Lillie and Leander
I’m producing “The Alt Report” for GoLeft.tv. The segment features stories reported by alt-weekly newspapers across the country and that are overlooked by the mainstream media. These early segments are a little…
State Farm premiums up… so are profits
From the Insurance Journal: State Farm generated a record $5.32 billion profit last year. In 2005 – due to Hurricane Katrina – the insurance giant only earned a profit of $3.24 billion….
Pensacola too small for major events
In the daily newspaper’s article on Jimmy Lee ending his relationship with The Boeing Championship, [formerly Blue Angel Classic, formerly Emerald Coast Classic, formerly Pensacola Open, formerly Monsanto Open], Lee bemoans that…
