Volunteers Needed
The Special Olympics Escambia/Santa Rosa is looking for volunteers to become a part of the local team. Volunteers offer sports training and competition while helping…
DeLuna Fest excitement
Got a note from Scott Mitchell. In the first 24 hours after 2012 line-up was announced, the Deluna Fest website we had 2,308,956 page hits…
Escambia County Caucus
Florida is sending 300 delegates to the 2012 Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C. to officially select the Democratic nominees for President and Vice Presidents as…
Wall Street Journal Spoils the Perfectly Good Prank of Ensign Hoard, Lost at Sea
Because Wall Street Journal Reporters asked too many questions about hair that was obviously moussed… a really great joke has ended at the Pentagon. …
More on Scott Vetoes…
The Miami Herald detailed vetoes in Gov Rick Scott’s new budget. He vetoed funding for the Dan Marino Foundation Vocational School for disabled kids and…
Commissioners Snub Plan B
After hearing overwhelming sentiment from their constituents, Escambia County commissioners cannot see their way to go ahead with a suggested infrastructure project on Pensacola Beach….
Operation HOPE
Leadership Pensacola Class of 2012 and Painting with a Twist are hosting a special fundraising event to benefit Operation HOPE. One hundred percent of the…
Nola.com confirms buzz on RESTORE
BP Gulf oil spill fine money tied to transportation bill NOLA.com Mary Landrieu, D-La., who led efforts to pass the RESTORE Act in the Senate,…
More Sausage
Faced with a nearly $10 million budget shortfall, Escambia County commissioners again discussed possible solutions during this morning’s commission workshop. “Nobody wants us to cut…
Buzz: Port of Pensacola funds survive veto
My Tallahassee sources tell me that the Port of Pensacola did not have its funds in the state budget vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott. Sen….
Tebow Booed – Even when wearing a Yankees cap!
 Tebow and Dwayne Wade got booed at Yankee Stadium Saturday night. Do Jets fans like Mark Sanchez THAT much? Or was it because the Heat…
Help Restore Bay Bluffs
Earth Ethics, Inc. in partnership with the City of Pensacola is working towards restoring the Bay Bluffs area. Many projects have been executed during the…
She gave up on justice
From the NY Times: QUOTATION OF THE DAY “She gave up on justice. She gave up on the fact that she could ever come back….
BP settlement agreement deadline extended
Joint press release: NEW ORLEANS, April 16, 2012–BP and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) confirmed that the U.S. District Court has today extended the deadline…
Buzz: RESTORE Act coming up for House vote
My sources are saying that the RESTORE Act, which will allocate most of the BP fines to the Gulf states, looks like it is going…
May Day or Law Day?
The Escambia County Commission will consider today adopting a proclamation declaring May 1 as ‘Law Day.’ In recent history, the date has been celebrated as…
Gannett is a marketing solution, not a newspaper
Gannett is re-branding itself more as a marketing solution than as a newspaper. Gannett owns Bella Magazine, GoPensacola.com and the daily newsletter…I mean, daily newspaper.
UWF president speaks on nooses
April 16, 2012 Dear Campus Community, I want to advise you of some inappropriate behavior that has occurred at the University of West Florida. Since…
Secret Service responds to Colombia incident
The following is a statement from Assistant Director Paul S. Morrissey, U.S. Secret Service Office of Government and Public Affairs “On Thursday, April 12, 2012,…
Official statement on nooses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since Wednesday, April 11, two nooses were found on the University campus. These incidents were reported to University Police, and an investigation…
