I’m in Las Vegas for a little R&R. Heard former President Bill Clinton speak yesterday at the luncheon. His tone was more aggressive towards the Bush administration than he was earlier this…
Melton doesn’t like McWaters move
Dear Democrats: Todd McWaters sent an e-mail today to his address list and the media, including the St. Pete Times, saying he was supporting Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist. The pertinent part…
McWaters jumps to Crist campaign
Todd McWaters has joined a group of Rod Smith’s campaign team that has come out for GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist. McWaters had initially moved over the the Jim Davis campaign after…
Did Rove make Foley run?
From the blogosphere:Â HOW ROVE TWISTED FOLEY’S ARM: It seems increasingly clear that the GOP congressional leadership, eager for every safe incumbent in the House to run for re-election, looked the other…
New Jail Healthcare provider…same crew, different name
The contractor for the Escambia County Jail infirmary is Armor Correctional Health Services, a company founded less than two years ago by the same man who started Prison Health Services. In fact…
Compare O’Brien to Outtakes
Yesterday, PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien gave his views on Mark Foley (Foley case gets even slimier as partisans throw mud, call names). In the Oct. 12 issue of the IN, I do…
Who really owns the sand on the beach?
 SRIA GM Buck Lee wants leaseholders to return the sand that’s blown on their property to the SRIA – SRIA takes up coarse issue. This brings up some interesting questions: If…
New Caregiver at Jail
 Prison Health Services is no longer running the infirmary of the Escambia County Jail. PHS apparently lost its accredidation….maybe the three deaths in 10 months had something to do with it….
GOP ad that’s too hot for Rove
Matt Drudge claims to have a TV ad that’s so over the top that Republican leaders won’t use it. Of course, here’s the link:Â Zucker ad
Timeline on North Korea nuclear bomb
The blogosphere has already worked out a timeline on the North Korean bomb program. This is from ThinkProgress.org: PRESIDENT REAGAN Mid-1980s: First signs of North Korea nuclear program detected by US intelligence….
tick, tick, tick….Woodham High’s days are numbered
WEAR TV3 reported last night on the School Zone Attendance Advisory Committee of the Escambia County school system is working on its rezoning plans and will give its recommendations to Superintendent Jim…
Irony: Black accused of suppressing white vote in Miss.
The Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Noxubee County, Miss. – Ike Brown – is accused of paying and organizing notaries, some of whom illegally marked absentee ballots or influenced how…
Strong-mayor battle in Miami
The Miami Herald reports the Miami-Dade Commissioners back suit against strong-mayor vote The lawsuit seeks to toss out more than 123,000 petition signatures calling for the strong-mayor referendum, which has been Mayor…
Barney Frank scandal very different from Foley
I’ve heard Luke “Angry White Man” McCoy and others keep saying. “Democrats didn’t do anything about Barney Frank”…or “Well, Foley isn’t any worse than Frank” No, there is a big difference. Foley…
CMPA nominees
Here are the nominees for the three open seats on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees (nominating councilperson in parenthesis): Judge David Ackerman (Wiggins) Rhette Anderson (Nobles, Wiggins) Brian Bell…
Did North Korea really explode nuclear bomb?
Although the Bush Administration wants us to believe North Korea tested a nuclear bomb this weekend – remember a scared American votes Republican – there is some evidence that it might not…
To the victors the spoils
In doing some research on Congressional spending, I came across this 2002 Washington Post article written by David Post of AP – Majority status enriched GOP areas. The 1994 Congressional elections that…
Bill Nelson is luckiest man alive
GOP candidate for U.S. senate Katherine Harris declared yesterday( ) that she want barriers to oil drilling off U.S. coastlines lowered and attacked Nelson for blocking a bill that would have opened…
FEMA misspends money…..duh
Last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Florida $22.6 million for “crisis counseling” for victims of hurricanes Wilma and Katrina. Florida’s program, called Project H.O.P.E. — Helping Our People in Emergencies…
