Occupy upsets Arms of Justice
Email that we received this morning: For your information, below is an email I sent to Occupy Pensacola last week: ******************************** November 23, 2011, 10:57…
Rubio wants you to pay more payroll taxes
St. Pete Times Buzz reports U.S. Senator Marco Rubio opposes an extension of the payroll tax cut. Last year, the Republicans demanded Pres. Obama extend…
Three innovative ideas to improve public education
A recent report from the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution examines three school organization reforms that may yield positive results but have not captured…
Shots fired near Pensacola State College
NorthEscambia.com reports numerous shots were fired in what was believed to be a drug related incident Monday night near Pensacola State College. Pensacola Police Department…
Plight of Homeless Children in Florida
Scott Pelley continues his “60 Minutes” report that looks at the plight of homeless children in Florida. Then, Jeff Glor talks to Beth Davalos, a…
Gaetz committee delivers redistricting plan
Press release: Drawing on 157 redistricting maps submitted by citizens and on testimony by more than 1,600 people across the state, the Florida Senate today…
Thomas changing mind on Lincoln Park
According to today’s daily newspaper, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas have had a a change of heart on his proposed closing of Lincoln Park Elementary. Faculty,…
Fox News makes you dumber. Best not to watch it at all.
The results of a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson show that Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,…
Banks loaned $1.2 Trillion secretly in 2008 by Fed (pre-Obama)
Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its January issue that the Federal Reserve gave U.S. banks secret loans that netted $13 billion of undisclosed income. The…
Draft minutes of Sept. 19 CRA meeting released
City Administrator Bill Reynolds,as per our public record request, sent the Independent News the draft minutes of the Sept. 19 board meeting of the City…
Occupy:City Tightens Up Security at City Hall
I drove by City Hall this morning and saw a handful of stalwart Occupiers huddled together under a few blue tarps at the corner of…
St. Pete city council has similar problems
The St. Petersburg City Council has trouble dealing with the Pinellas County Commission. The Commissioners won’t rein in its adminstrator, even though they say privately…
Gingrich gets major NH endorsement
New Hampshire’s largest newspaper endorsed Newt Gingrich in the Republican presidential race on Sunday, giving the former House speaker a boost in a state where…
Chair fails to put minutes approval on CRA agenda
I was reviewing the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency ( CRA112811mtg-1). The chairman, Councilwoman Megan Pratt, has failed…
Raw: “Elephant Trunk” tornado
Ben Holcolm shot this “elephant trunk” tornado in Oklahoma Saturday. The tornado was spotted in Grant County, Oklahoma near the town of Wakita. Part of…
Name for Pratt and Bray’s actions
The hiring and payment of an attorney without the approval of the board of the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency is an ultra vires…
CRA Damage Control: CRA attorney reaches out to his ‘clients’
The person that Councilwoman Megan Pratt hired to be the attorney for the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has emailed all the CRA board…
Feeding Occupy Pensacola
OP Press Release: Everybody’s Kitchen Bus Joins Occupy Pensacola Pensacola, Fla. Nov. 26 2011 – Occupy Pensacola is now receiving support from Everybody’s Kitchen Bus…
Waffle House Makes the Times
Apparently, there has been enough dramatic things happening at Waffle Houses that even the New York Times got smothered…
Well… at least he wasn’t going to Australia
A passenger stood for the length of his US Airways flight after a fellow passenger occupied half of his seat. The non-stop flight from Anchorage…
