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Elebash bashes port finances

Subject: Port finances Port of Pensacola – Six Months Financial Report The City Finance Director will present the mid-year City financial report to the Council…

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SRIA pays for drowning

In 2001, the Santa Rosa Island Authority resisted pressure to increase lifeguard protection on Pensacola Beach. Less than a half mile of Pensacola Beach’s 8.5…

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Pensacola Airport Expansion

Friday, Frank Miller, Pensacola Regional Airport Director, made a presentation to the chamber’s Committee of 100 on the $104,983,000 expansion of the area. It will…

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More on VFD

From Duwayne Escobedo: Myrtle Grove Volunteer Firefighters have e-mailed the Independent News Florida FireFighter 1 Certifications for Donald Snock and Trenton Williams that they obtained…

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FAMU has more problems

From St. Pete Times: State Attorney General is investigating the firing (and hiring) of a high-powered Kentucky lawyer, Shirley Cunningham Jr., who had given FAMU…

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CNN and Outtakes agree

We need more hard news From Washington Post: CNN president Jonathan Klein says he regards “American Morning” as “the only real newscast in the morning.”…

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$500M to fight fatties

From the NY TIMES: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation plans to spend more than $500 million over the next five years to reverse the increase…

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No more GWOT, House committee decrees

From Military Times: The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget. This is not because the…

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Evers backs Rudy

State Rep. Greg Evers has endorsed Rudy Giulliani for president, according to  Giulliani’s campaign. I think it’s because “Rudy” is his favorite movie.

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Mitt Romney outraises opponents

Mitt Romney is reporting that he has raised just over $20-million for the first quarter in his bid for the GOP nomination for president in…

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Vets Protest

Press Release: VETERANS FOR PEACE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE’S TRUTH TO POWER RALLY On Saturday, April 7, 2007, Veterans for Peace, Northwest…

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Smokey Bones name change?

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Darden Restuarants is considering renaming and repackaging its Smokey Bones chain to Rocky River Grillhouse ( Smokey ). The company…

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