On Friday, August 1, University of West Florida Board Chair Rebecca Matthews held a meeting with attorneys from a firm with close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis and a presidential search firm….
WSRE TV Connects the Community
WSRE-TV has been a vital source of community information for decades. 2006 Maritime Park Vote The week before the 2006 referendum vote on the Community Maritime Park, WSRE-TV’s “Connecting the Community” had…
Top Stories: Week ended August 2, 2025
Every Sunday, I wake and review the news stories of the last week, and I wonder what we will cover in the upcoming week. How can we top the previous week? This…
Florida Politics jabs Diaz, cheers Salzman
Florida Politics praised State Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-Cantonment) as the first seated Florida lawmaker to graduate from Florida State University’s Master’s in Applied American Politics and Policy program (MAAPP). The website quoted…
Top 10 Stories of July 2025
Even though the post was up less than 24 hours, the article on University of West Florida General Counsel Susan Woolf being fired drew the largest audience due to interest statewide in…
Podcast: Alan Manning discusses Lincoln, Teddy & Kipling
Discovering Hidden Presidential Treasures What happens when a successful attorney walks away from 40 years of legal practice to follow his true passion? In our latest episode of “We Don’t Color On…
2025 Santa Rosa County Big of the Year: Candace Edwards
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida proudly announces Candace Edwards as the 2025 Santa Rosa County Big of the Year. This annual honor recognizes a mentor who exemplifies exceptional commitment, compassion,…
Premium Seats Available: Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow
Premium seating tickets for the Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow go on sale TODAY at 11 a.m.! The wait is over for aviation enthusiasts and thrill-seekers alike. Naval Air Station Pensacola has…
Mayor Reeves on Retaining Talent, Young Families
More from the Pensacola Mayor’s Presser: Addressing Youth Migration In response to questions about young people leaving Florida for more affordable opportunities, Mayor D.C. Reeves outlined a two-pronged strategy focusing on “investing…
Daily Outtakes: Defending Parking Tickets, Social Media use
Responding to recent citizen complaints about parking enforcement, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves clarified at his Wednesday press conference that the city operates on a complaint-driven system rather than proactive patrolling. He emphasized…
Thank you, Fred Levin
In the 1990s, the late Fred Levin was a prominent Pensacola attorney renowned for his critical role in the historic Florida tobacco settlement. As a partner in the law firm Levin Papantonio,…
Takeaways from Mayor’s Wednesday Presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves addressed the significance of Diane Hendrick’s Corporate Contractors Incorporated (CCI) partnering with the Dawson Company on the Reverb project at Maritime Park’s Lot 5. The mayor noted that…
R.I.P Office of Independent Internal Audit
The once-touted Office of Independent Internal Audit (OIIA) and its publicized policy manual have disappeared from Clerk Pam Childers’ website. Background: Last summer, Childers launched her Office of Independent Internal Audit to…
Alan Manning returns to teaching
Former firm president and presidential historian heads back to the Pensacola Catholic High School classroom. After more than two decades practicing law, Clark Partington shareholder Alan Manning is trading his legal briefs…
Daily Outtakes: UWF General Counsel Ousted After Clash w/Board Chair
Late Wednesday afternoon, University of West Florida Interim President Manny Diaz notified the Board of Trustees that General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer worked for the university. The actual notification came from…
Breaking: Diaz fires UWF General Counsel Susan Woolf
Advising the UWF Board of Trustees against following the advice of board chair, Rebecca Matthews, General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer works for the University of West Florida. Interim President Manny Diaz…
Mayor postpones second Fricker town hall
Mayor D.C. Reeves has rescheduled the second public engagement meeting for the Fricker Resource Center Renovation Project to 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Why? The mayor cited: the need for…
FPL Breach in Wilkerson Creek
State Senator Don Gaetz and Rep. Nathan Boyles ask property owners affected by the June 8 breach of Florida Power and Light’s Kayak Solar Farm into Wilkinson Creek to attend a community…
Mississippi State & FSU Set for Blue Wahoos Stadium Showdown
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves used his weekly press conference to announce that the Florida State Seminoles and Mississippi State Bulldogs will clash in a fall baseball exhibition at 1 p.m. on Saturday,…
Game-Changing Partnership Brings $200M Maritime Park Vision to Life
The Dawson Company has announced a strategic partnership with Corporate Contractors, Inc. (CCI) for Phase One of the ambitious $200 million redevelopment of Maritime Park—a project that community leaders are calling another…