Tag: election
Money can’t buy you a seat
The GOP-backed Charles Glover couldn’t buy the Escambia County School Board District 3 seat. Nearly every person who voted in the 2004 general election in…
Ding, Dong…Save Our City is dead
The Pensacola City Council results are in. None of the SOC candidates – Sam Hall, Jerry Howard, and Bob Walker – won. Sam Hall did…
Electronic voting machines breaking down
We’re getting news reports that touchscreen voting machines aren’t working properly in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and Florida. Ohio: There are widespread problems with…
New Political Dirty Trick
The latest political dirty trick appears to be bombarding voters with phone calls that the voters think are from the opposition. Of course, the party…
Pres. Bush to speak at 1 p.m.
GOP worked hard yesterday to be sure the Pensacola Civic Center is filled. Doors open at the Civic Center open at 10:30 am. Downtown Pensacola…
Panhandle Progressives announce slate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2006 Progressives Offer Voter’s Guide, Political Endorsements The Panhandle Progressives is a grassroots political organization in Escambia and Santa Rosa…
Election Hijinks in Ohio
Published: October 17, 2006 Voters in Ohio can be forgiven if they feel they have been beamed out of the Midwest and dropped into a…
Money talks?……for judgeships
From our buddy Tom McLaughlin at the FWB Daily News: Does money talk? Dixie Dan Powell’s campaign war chest for circuit judge is more than…
GOP cut and run; Dem relook at races
From Washington Post:Â [Link – WP] In recent days, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has given back television time it had reserved in Democratic-held…
McWaters jumps to Crist campaign
Todd McWaters has joined a group of Rod Smith’s campaign team that has come out for GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist. McWaters had initially moved…
Irony: Black accused of suppressing white vote in Miss.
The Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Noxubee County, Miss. – Ike Brown – is accused of paying and organizing notaries, some of whom…
Martini Night: Dem Studds was as bad as Foley
Last night: one Martini Night guest argued that Rep. Studds, a Democrat, had a similar scandal in 1983. Here are the facts:In 1983 Gerry Studds…
IN YOUR HEAD RADIO – Sept 29 show
Winners & Losers: You So Pensacola If…. Interview: David Stafford, Escambia Co. Supervisor of Elections Loaded Gun: Michael Wardlaw, Pensacola Director – Northwest Florida Ballet…
We need a condiment with values
Got this in my morning email. It’s a YouTube video from payattention.org. Their motto: “If you’re not voting, then who are you electing?” Check it…
Florida Sec. of State questions Sarasota vote
Florida’s Secretary of State Sue Cobb wants the Florida Supreme Court to rule whether a Sarasota referendum requiring a paper trail for all voting is…
More Swiftboating in Florida elections
 Remember the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth – the “independent” politcal group that attack Sen. John Kerry’s military service during the 2004 presidential election? Well,…
Congress Approval rating at all time low
According to the latest CBS News/NY Times poll, only 25% of the public approve of the current GOP-led Congress. These are the lowest numbers since…
Gore: No more payroll taxes
Al “An Inconvenient Truth” Gore has come up with a unique tax method that may boost employment and help the environment. At speech yesterday at…
New Commissioner will focus on jobs
The Escambia County Commissioner for District 2, Gene Valentino, was elected primarily because he offered the voters a solid platform. Economic Development and Jobs were…
Touch Screen Voting – paper trail needed
We wrote about it on August 31 (Red, White & Screwed). Others in blogosphere have been concerned for months over the touch screen voting machines…
