MySpace Murder for Hire

Heather Kane (age 22) is facing a murder conspiracy charge for allegedly soliciting a hit man to bump off a woman whose picture appeared on…

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13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress.

The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) has issued a report on who it considers the most corrupt members of Congress. It’s…

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Insurance crisis: Foxes in the henhouse?

In June. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed the Property and Casualty Insurance Reform Committee to find solutions to our insurance premium problems. The St. Petersburg Times…

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RB Buzz: Van Camp no longer Crime Stopper

RB Buzz: Escambia Co. Deputy Jeff Van Camp, a 20-year veteran of the force, has been removed from the ECSO Crime Stoppers program. Last year…

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GOP predicts they keep Congress

The GOP spin doctors are working hard. They’re predicting the Mid-Term losses won’t be fatal: two to three Senate seats and eight to 12 House…

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St. Pete Times: Crist Scandal

Before the Sept. 5th, conservative Republicans and Tom Gallagher supporters were spending thousands of dollars trying to find dirt on Gallagher’s opponent, Atty. General Charlie…

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Daily will endorse candidates

There’s a new executive at the Pensacola News Journal – Dick Schnieder. He’s already changing things. The media giant will start endorsing candidates for the…

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IN: Aftermath of Hurricane Ivan

Hurricane Ivan kicked us out of our nice digs in the Theisen Building. We left half our furniture behind – either destroyed or it was…

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Road to Ruin

The General Accounting Office has issued its latest fiscal report. Put bluntly – the current fiscal policies of this Administration and the Republican Congress are…

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Slate: Washington Buzz – week ended 9/15/06

Zeitgeist Checklist—Article 3 Edition What Washington is talking about this week. By Dana Milbank Updated Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, at 6:29 PM ETTorturing Geneva Intelligence….

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New Blog – ricksblog.biz

Better search engines. More helpful layout. More feartures. Better spam protection. Let me know what you think.

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One fifth of City vote – under 40 year olds

From IN Editor Duwayne Escobedo: The numbers are in from the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office. What does the analysis tell us for the…

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Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/14/06

Hottest post for the day Where’s Marty? Who should replace him? Will Air America declare bankruptcy? Gulf1: SOC failed because of PNJ picture Kolokouris may…

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IN cover creates stir

The INMA issue cover (Sept. 14) is creating a controversy. A few distribution sites have asked for it to be picked up. Others want even…

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ECSO Love Boat sunk

Rumor: The Escambia Co. Sheriff Office has scuttled its marine patrol. It’s two boats are in the fenced lot next to office buildings. The boats…

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Copy of injunction against Commissioners

Here is the PDF of the injunction against County Administrator George Touart and the Esc. Co. Commissioners on their attempt to create a finance dept….

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Davis makes history…but does Ron Melton approve?

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release, September 14, 2006 Contact: Mark Bubriski, 305.766.3765 DEMOCRATS MAKE HISTORY WITH FIRST BLACK LT. GOV. NOMINEE,…

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New Blog Design coming

Rick’s Blog is being upgraded this weekend. We’re finalizing the design and should have it up by Monday, Sept. 18. One feature will be ads…

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Age by chocolate

I received this email today: DO NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE END … It will only take a minute Do the maths as you read…

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Will Air America declare bankruptcy?

The blogosphere is filled today with comments that Air America Radio may declare bankruptcy on Friday to allow it to reorganize its finances. The network…

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