Newsweek sees Palin different from Pcola and PNJ

Palin fans have already launched palin4pres2012.com and are creating mailing lists for the Alaskan governor to make a run for the White House in four…

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Charter review votes for strong mayor

Last night, the Pensacola Charter Review Commission voted overwhelmingly to include a provision for a strong mayor in their proposed charter. Council member Jewel Cannada-Wynn…

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Cost of Pensacola Council runoff

David Stafford, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, says, “I asked staff to estimate and they came up with a very rough figure of $40,000. Again,…

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Newsweek reports on Wasilla hillbillies

NEWSWEEK has learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately…

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Former commissioner appointed to Speaker staff

Former Escambia County Commissioner Janice Gilley has been appointed the Deputy Chief of Staff for incoming Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom. Gilley was…

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Obama ground game worked in Escambia

In Escambia County, Obama got 12,024 more votes on Nov. 4 than John Kerry got in 2004. John McCain received 4,054 fewer votes than Pres….

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Early voting and absentee ballot results

Escambia County: Public Defender Candidate Votes James Owens 42,314 (54.6%) Tony Henderson 35,155 (45.4%) State Representative District 2 Candidate Votes Dave Murzin 24,625 (70.7%) Zane…

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Boone report

Voters stream in for election voting by Sean Boone Although Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties have already seen record turnouts for early voting in this…

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Gators for McCain chairman resigns

The alt-weekly, The Independent Florida Alligator reports: “Not all Republicans were there to protest. “I wanted to see the next vice president of the United…

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Election predictions

We polled 54 area leaders and asked them who thought would win today, not who they voted for. Here the results: 1) President John McCain:…

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City at 60 percent of 2004 voting turnout

In the last presidential election, Nov. 2004, Pensacola residents cast 30,778 votes. That puts the 2008 early voting and absentee ballot returns (as of 11/1)…

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But what about the Electoral College?

Obama leads in every state that Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry won four years ago, which gives him a base of 252 electoral votes of…

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