The CMPA will hold a special executive meeting next Friday, August 8 at 9 a.m. to discuss a proposed park rental agreement with the University of West Florida for its home football…
City attorney disputes City administrator email
Apparently all is not well in city hall: From: Janet Matteson Date: July 31, 2014 9:01:29 AM CDT To: Colleen Castille , “‘sales@ajmugs.com’” , Ashton Hayward , Stephanie Tillery , Brian Spencer…
Ingram negotiates agreement between Escambia County and ECUA on recycling
Today, Representative Clay Ingram released the following statement regarding a potential recycling agreement between Escambia County and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA). “I am pleased to announce that after a series…
Help: Mentors needed
Take Stock in Children needs mentors for this fall for the following Escambia County middle schools: Bailey, Ferry Pass, Ransom, and Warrington. Interested persons should contact coordinator Sally Lee, slee@esc.k12.fl.us.
Evers endorses Valentino
I just received an endorsement letter from State Senator Greg Evers for Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino, who is battling Doug Underhill in the District 2 race. Evers wrote, “I have worked…
Gulf Power and IHMC sign up for STEM Summer Residency Program
Governor Rick Scott announced today that 19 Florida companies – including Florida IHMC and Gulf Power – are interesting in taking part in the Governor’s new STEM teacher summer residency initiative. The…
City Council pushes ahead with charter amendments
Pensacola City Council President Jewel Cannada-Wynn has called a special meeting for Monday, August 11 to vote on two proposed amendments to the city’s charter. If they are approved by the Pensacola…
Scarborough returns to Pensacola for Tiger Bay, August 15
Pensacola’s former Congressman, MSNBC’s host of “Morning Joe,†and my one-time shareholder in our weekly newspaper, Joe Scarborough, will be the guest speaker at Panhandle Tiger Bay Club Friday, August 15. Date:…
Jobs: Crist and Scott have different approaches
Governor Rick Scott continued his two-week “Jobs for the Next Generation†tour in Pensacola yesterday at Global Business Solutions, introducing his policies to make Florida the nation’s leader in growing emerging industries…
UWF alumae face in judge race, political forum July 31
UWF Legal Studies Program hosts candidates, alumnae for Judicial Forum The University of West Florida Legal Studies Program is sponsoring a judicial forum featuring First Judicial Circuit Judge candidates and UWF alumnae…
Valentino campaign denies any connection to robocalls
Press Release: The Gene Valentino Campaign is totally unaware of who is in charge or who is involved in creating and releasing these robo calls. Gene, and his supporters, look forward to…
Lawmaker files bill to get around sovereign immunity
Escambia County is hoping that the state’s sovereign immunity laws will limit how much it has to pay to victims hurt in the April jail explosion. There is a way for the…
County report: Wedgewood Pit Tour Video
On July 18, Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May and State Representative Mike Hill toured the Wedgewood neighborhood to get a firsthand look at the various pit and landfill projects currently in operation…
Another Robocall for District 2 (audio link fixed)
Escambia County District 2 voters have been hit with another illegal, anonymous automated phone call attacking Doug Underhill. Underhill is running against Gene Valentino, who is seeking a third term. All the…
Prisoners get invoices for medical care after jail blast
Apparently Escambia County has not paid for the medical bills of inmates caught in the April 30 jail explosion. Prisoners who were treated for injuries suffered have started receiving invoices from the…
Underhill picks up third ECUA endorsement
Press Release: ECUA Board Member Vicki Campbell endorses Doug Underhill, cites Underhill’s “desire to collaborate on solutions†for Escambia County Emerald Coast Utilities Authority member Vicki Campbell announced today that she is…
County could have as many as 100 borrow pits; some active, some not; all but one unregulated
I was reviewing county records and news articles on Escambia County’s feeble attempts to regulate borrow pits. In August 2011, Lloyd Kerr, then-director of Escambia County Planning and Zoning, told the commission…
NRA wins appeal, doctors can not ask patients if they own guns
The United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has ruled that doctors do not have the right to ask patients if they own a firearm when unnecessary to a patient’s…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em: medical pot has huge support
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Floridians really, really support the legalization of medical marijuana, according to a poll released Monday morning. The poll found that 88 percent of Florida…
Floridians overwhelmingly are concerned about climate change
Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald reports that nearly seven in 10 likely Florida voters are concerned about climate change and nearly 80 percent want limits on carbon pollution from power plants,…