Buzz: Some Baptist Hospital execs are talking to Pensacola City Councilman Jack Nobles about running for House District 3. Nobles ran without any opposition this past year to one of the At…
Who is George Scarborough?
Here’s a biography Scarborough sent the paper. Will try to get others as they announce. George Scarborough is a 1982 graduate of the University of Alabama, where he earned a B.S. degree…
I give up
What is Mark O’Brien saying in his Sunday column? I suspect O’Brien has been kidnapped and someone else is writing his column. Where does he stand on the issue? Half-baked observations cheat…
Escambia County may raise gas tax to fund ECAT
Escambia County commissioners voted to raise local option gas tax 5 cents per gallon to fund Escambia County Transit Authority which will lose its City of Pensacola funding this Spring. It will…
WEAR TV and the Long Goodbye
Today’s the day. Sinclair Broadcasting will no longer allow Mediacom cable system to broadcast its Pensacola station (WEAR TV) and its FWB station (whatever it is) as of midnight. Mediacom serves Gulf…
Theme Song for this week’s ECUA/County/City negotiations
BARENAKED LADIES -ONE WEEK Click Here to View  Remember the closing line: “It’s still one week before we say we’re sorry.”
INweekly.net and Blog have record visitors
The Main Street Sewage Treatment Plant and House District 3 race drive IN websites to new records for visitors in a single day: ricksblog.biz 4,492 inweekly.net 9,550 IN Your Head Radio –…
County Commission approves ECUA relocation financing, 4-1
Escambia County Commissioners stepped up big today and approved the ECUA financing plan, 4-1, with Kevin White in opposition. Actually the Commissioners went even further than asked and picked up the City’s…
Ritchie attracts big commitments
Word from Tallahassee: State Democrats have pledged $250K to DeeDee Ritchie’s campaign if she runs as a Dem. The Dems want to start 2007 with a victory and are willing to put…
George Scarborough hits insurance
George Scarborough say he will be focusing on property insurance during his campaign for House District 3. Like everyone else, my homeowners insurance has gone up five-fold. We’ve got to find a…
Ford is definitely running
Confirmed by email this morning. Clay has been in Tallahassee lining up support and campaign contributions. This campaign will not be won by a media blitz but, I hope, by qualifications and…
John Wyche may run as Dem
John Wyche is calling around to see what his chances are of winning the Dem nomination for House District 3 seat. Someone Dems have scoffed at the notion that the GOP is…
Holly backs Ford
Another persistent rumor is Holly Benson is supporting Gulf Breeze mayor pro tem Clay Ford to succeed her in the House District 3 race. This would be a split with Collier Merrill…
DeeDee Ritchie picks up support in Tallahassee
DeeDee Ritchie has yet to announce whether she’s running for House District 3. However, she was heavily courted in Tallahassee yesterday when she attended Charlie Crist’s inauguration (sitting on the fifth row,…
Touart calls surprise meeting on ECUA plan
Touart has hastily called a “Calendar” meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the county commissioners to discuss their upcoming meeting schedule…..The Buzz around the county office complex is Touart and the commissioners…
City Council tells staff to draft interlocal agreement on plant
The Pensacola City Council voted unanimously to have staff draft interlocal agreements for the CRA & City with the ECUA on the financing of the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment…
Milton paper sold
Freedom buys Milton newspaper Freedom Communications, which owns the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach, has bought four nondaily newspapers in Northwest Florida, including the Santa Rosa Press Gazette in…
Different Miller
Congressman Miller called from the Atlanta airport to say that it wasn’t him that sworn in Charles Bronson — the Hon. Jeff Miller mentioned in news releases we received is a Circuit…
City Council discusses ECUA plan today!!!
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WORKSHOP HAGLER MASON CONFERENCE ROOM SECOND FLOOR, MEZZANINE LEVEL, CITY HALL 3 p.m.
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Escambia County was dealt a big financial blow when Circuit Judge Jere Tolton ruled on Dec. 27 that convicted, former county commissioner W.D. Childers won’t have to reimburse the county for the…
