Symphony names new director

It’s Christina Littlejohn who has worked with the Cleveland Orchestra and Mobile Symphony. PSO press release: Pensacola Symphony Orchestra board president Tom Bailey announced the…

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Why read this blog?

Ricksblog.biz maintained its ranking as the #2 Most Influential Blog in Florida this past week. Here are the top ten June 2007 stories posted on…

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Cumulus isn’t diverse

Why is Luke McCoy back on WCOA? Because Cumulus sees nothing wrong with Luke. All the talk about the controversial, conservative talk show host being…

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Report: O’Brien vs. Outzen

Well attended meeting – larger than usual. Judges Judge Kim Slevinski Skievaski,Paul Rasmussen, Keith McIver and Michael Allen and State Justice Ken Bell were there….

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There is a difference here

On hotly contested debates, there is always an group – often new to this blog – that weighs in and after a few comments starts…

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County ready to improve fire safety

From Editor Duwayne Escobedo: With dozens of volunteer and career firefighters in the audience at today’s Escambia County Commission meeting, all five commissioners expressed support…

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SOC mentality is back

The same “Do Nothing” crowd that worked under the “Save Our City” mantle is back. They predictably don’t like the Access Escambia referendum. They picked…

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Tax Revolt

The Sarasota News Herald takes a different view of the special tax session than the Pensacola daily newspaper. There are some upset people in South…

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Moms asked to report for daily

Due to the limited success of the “Newsy Neighbors” feature, the Pensacola daily paper has developed a website for moms and asked them to email…

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Daily news summaries – Sunday edition

The News Journal tackles the health tax referendum. Notice in the main article that not one elected or government official is quoted. Taxpayers are already…

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People leave Pensacola in droves

—couldn’t resist the headline PENSACOLA, Fla., June 15 /PRNewswire/ — Pensacola Regional Airport (PNS) is pleased to announce that in May of 2007, an all-time…

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CBS Morning News in P’cola

Shauna Newell (Independent News, “Shauna’s Story of Slavery,” June 7) met with a CBS Morning News reporter today to share her story of being tricked…

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