It appears Jubilee Development Group may have funded the “blackface mailer” sent to District 4 via Mark Zubaly’s Committee to Protect Florida. On July 30, the developer contributed $15,000 to the PAC….
Real News: ‘Blackface,’ Chip’s Endorsement and more
Mark Zubaly, the architect behind the “blackface” mailer, had to pay $50,000 to settle a defamation lawsuit in Santa Rosa County. Attorney Alex Andrade has the details. Quote: “We’re still in active…
UWF Center for Cybersecurity honored
CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology industry and workforce, honored the University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity with the Pathway Champions: Cybersecurity Award at the CompTIA Partner Summit. The…
Mayor on 24 for ’24
Shortly after the beginning of the year, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves unveiled his top priorities for the city, calling them his “24 for ’24.” They touch on nearly every corner of city…
Vote for Perdido Key and Pensacola in Southern Living poll
Voting for Southern Living’s The South’s Best 2025 Awards is now open, and Visit Pensacola is inviting destination visitors and residents to vote. Current area nominations include: – South’s Best Beach Towns…
Women Build tops $1 million
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity’s annual 11th Women Build will be a historic one for the affiliate, as this year’s fundraising efforts will help Women Build total over $1 million raised across the…
Daily Outtakes: Fish House refinance, D4 racist mailer and Salzman’s spending spree
Some of Pensacola’s most popular restaurants aren’t closing, and their ownership isn’t changing. A Great Southern Restaurants spokesperson last night explained the report of Truist foreclosing on a loan tied to several…
Blackface mailer update
Until this week, people have remarked how positive and clean the District 4 County Commission race has been. Then, the Committee to Protect Florida sent out its Blackface, race-baiting mailer designed to…
Trump and Calkins both attacked over ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’
I received another James Calkins text message this morning: Richard, Santa Rosa County is under attack from a Democrat takeover. They’re switching parties to run as Republicans and attacking real conservatives. Just…
See New Palafox concepts
Mayor D.C. Reeves unveiled the conceptual designs for the New Palafox project, which he called “the largest investment in our iconic downtown street in the history of the city.” Behind the mayor,…
Escambia County does not have poll managers
Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender wants to warn voters about fake text messages regarding their ballots. The messages are false and have raised concerns from our election workers and voters. “The text…
Blackface mailer architect paid $50K in defamation case
The architect of the mailer that attacked Walker Wilson for having a “trusted” Black friend last year settled a defamation suit filed by a Santa Rosa County Commissioner over a mailer for…
Daily Outtakes: Parkland father shares tragic story
By Tom St. Myer Valentine’s Day 2018 started on a positive note for Max Schachter. He said goodbye to his kids as they headed off to their Parkland schools and he and…
Real News: Books, NIL, Chilean workers and People’s Law
Explore ranked Pensacola as the #4 U.S. destination for book lovers, thanks to the Books By the Bay Festival and Open Books. Scott Satterwhite, co-founder of the independent bookstore, discusses the importance…
Salzman spends over $409K on 2024 campaign
State Rep. Michelle Salzman — “The People’s Conservative” — is breaking all campaign spending records against a Democratic opponent who has only spent $2,219.23. The District 1 state lawmaker is anything but…
PAC paints Walker Wilson black in race-baiting mailer
Walker Wilson is in a very tight Republican primary race for the Escambia County District 4 seat. He faces Buck Mitchell and Ashlee Hofberger. Wilson has attracted the attention of the Committee…
James Calkins is ‘not genuine, not honest, not fair, a suck-up…’
In Santa Rosa County, Republican voters have been bombarded with flyers and text messages by County Commissioner James Calkins, who is desperately trying to win another term. Navarre Press publisher Sandi Kemp…
Childers a victim of Florida election laws?
The Pensacola News Journal no longer writes editorials but has a regular rotation of unpaid writers who do it for them. On Saturday, Theresa Blackwell, who averages one PNJ viewpoint monthly, delivered…
Daily Outtakes: Florida ‘hostile’ toward covering kids’ health insurance
Roadblocks to health persist for kids in FL By Eric Tegethoff, Florida News Connection Health insurance prospects for Florida kids are not improving, despite pushes to increase coverage rates in the state….
Thank you, Fred Levin
This week the News Service of Florida provided the list of future payments from Big Tobacco to the state of Florida. Fred Levin was the mastermind of the historic 1997 settlement. From…
