College of Business Executive Mentor Program presents: Monetary Policy and Employment Markets Date: Monday, Feb. 10 Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Location: UWF Conference Center Details: Coming out of the 2009 recession,…
Grover Robinson: Letter to the Editor on 4-H property
Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV Letter to the Editor I was at a funeral earlier this week and the speaker made a comment about this area that is so true. He said,…
No polling places on UF campus, and thus starts the battle for the right to vote in the 2014 election
In 2012, University of Florida students endured six-hour waits to vote on election day. The city of Gainesville’s requested to be allowed to use the University of Florida student union building as…
Immigration reform: The case for a clear path to citizenship
On Wednesday, I interviewed on IN Your Head Radio Patrick Oakford on immigration reform. Oakford is a Research Associate in the Economic Policy department of the Center for American Progress . His…
Meet Pete Shinnick, first UWF football coach
A glance at Pete Shinnick’s resume documents the talents one would expect to find – coach, educator, mentor. Perhaps another term should be added: architect. In 1999, Shinnick laid the foundation for…
Hayward wants to change his homeless ordinance
Though Mayor Ashton Hayward fails to mention last year’s homeless ordinances came from his office and places blame on the city council, he appears ready to right those wrongs. He credits prayer…
IN Your Head Radio: ‘How to Win or Lost a Guy in 10 days’ author on at noon
The radio show will go a different direction at noon today. I will interview Christie Schroeder, author of “How to Win or Lose a Guy in 10 days’. Christie recently moved to…
Gun Rights folks split on HB 733
Rep. Dane Eagle (R-Cape Coral) has introduced HB733 that would prohibit any state agency from cooperating with enforcement of any federal gun laws – past, present or future. The bill called “The…
IN Your Head Radio: Hear latest on Dollar General and Cordova Park area
Greg Rettig, who has headed the grassroots effort, to stop the city of Pensacola from rezoning land on the corner of Spanish Trail and Summit Blvd. in Pensacola. The rezoning would allow…
Wahoos make key hires
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced yesterday that the organization has hired Chuck Arnold for the position of Sales Manager, Michael Taylor as Group Sales Executive and Courtney Griffith of Lawson Consulting as…
Art of Brick coming to PMA in May
The Pensacola Museum of Art (PMA) will present artist Nathan Sawaya in his world-renowned exhibition, the Art of the Brick®, May 3 – August 8, 2014. Sawaya creates his pieces using an…
Florida House looks to give nurse practitioners more power
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida In an issue that could spur a health-care industry fight, a House select committee Monday will take up a 155-page bill that would give…
New plan to rezone church property in Cordova Park area
On the “No Dollar General” Facebook page, it has been posted that East Hill Baptist Church now wants to rezone the 3300 Summit property from R-1AA to RNC. They are going to…
OHM threatens lawsuit if Varona given extension
The attorneys for the firm that Mayor Ashton Hayward recommended to be awarded the airport food concessions contract has sent City Attorney Jim Messer a letter threatening to challenging any decision to…
Pensacon to co-sponsor Feb Gallery Night
The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) announces Lewis Bear Company featuring Stella Artois as the presenting sponsor and Pensacon as the co-sponsor of the February 21st Gallery Night in Downtown Pensacola. Organizers of…
Business Incubator Unveils New Urban-Style Tech Lab
Local entrepreneurs, app developers, programmers and small startups now have the ability to work in an innovative and collaborative work environment, similar to those that have been successful in such areas as…
Opera in the Park set for April 5
Pensacola Opera will host its first annual “Opera in the Park†event at the Community Maritime Park on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is a free event…
Kudos for SYSA
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May was beaming last night. Six of his former players in the Southern Youth Sports Association signed college scholarships yesterday to play football. SYSA alumnus Doug Baldwin scored…
House of Sticks: Who got bailed out?
Have you had some fun reading about the scandals, the bankruptcies, and who some of the culprits are? Did the demise of Barings, BCCI, LTCM, and Enron, and the problems encountered in…
Bipartisan bill announced to deal with military sexual assaults
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-CA) held a press conference this morning to discuss her bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA). The legislation would remove the decision to prosecute rape and sexual assault…