PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien continued his passive aggressive attacks on Pensacola Pelican owner and Studer Group CEO Quint Studer. O’Brien insinuates that Studer and his wife made a sizeable donation to Snoezelen/…
Tag: Mark O’Brien
Moby attacks blog
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien used his column today to go after this blog: “At https://ricksblog.biz, you will find some good scoops on government. But Rick Outzen often prints unconfirmed items and writes…
GB editor takes on Moby
Gulf Breeze New editor Joe Culpepper isn’t happy with PNJ columnist Mark “Moby” O’Brien’s latest comments about Gulf Breeze. Moby wrote: “Gulf Breeze Proper is an oh-so-bully way to emphasize one’s place…
Stalking Sam Hall
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien tells today the story of how Pate Cold Storage owner Mike Pate sent his son, Jeremy, and his girlfriend..described by Pate as “a real good-looking woman.” To go…
Moby misses point on airport hotel lease
PNJ columnist Mark Obrien missed what I think is the real point about the airport hotel lease approved by the Pensacola City Council. The issue is not a “Clash of the Hotel…
Please be consistent, Mark
In his column today, Mark O’Brien praises the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant. Call me crazy, but I feel optimistic about Greater Pensacola’s economy. The official ground-breaking takes place…
Moby cries for government workers
PNJ columnist Mark (Moby) O’Brien cries out for the government workers in his column today: It’s painful and awkward, worrying if your job will vanish or change dramatically before the new fiscal…
Moby fails to see how growth works
Mark O’Brien doesn’t understand how growth works. It’s this statement in his Sunday column that has got me thinking: The pooh-bahs of Pensacola can promote downtown all they want, but Nine Mile…
Moby misses the mark
PNJ columnist Mark “Moby” O’Brien in his column today (Fire fee fallout: Property tax cut would hurt waterfront plans) misses the mark. I’m not sure why O’Brien has taken the position that…
Florida’s Most Influential Blogs
Ricksblog.biz is ranked Florida’s Most Influential Blog by Blognetnews.com – moving up from #12 last week. The Pensacola area now has three blogs in the top 20: Mark O’Brien’s (#17) and Pensacola…
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. Mark O’Brien opened with comments about the…
MOBy likes Mike
Of course, while most of Pensacola thinks Commissioner Mike Whitehead is Escambia County’s own Yosemite Sam, the daily newspaper’s columnist writes that he likes Mike ( Mark O’Brien: Frustration taxes Mike Whitehead’s…
MOBy has opine for black community
“ Leaders of Pensacola’s black community are struggling, and the only solutions will be new blood or innocent findings.” My suggestion is the MOBy read our March 1, 2007 cover story –Leaders…
MOBy advises high school grads
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien has advice for area high grads…which I find a little funny since I doubt more than a handful high school students read his column…but maybe their grandparents will…
Better Osceola idea
Mark O’brien makes a strong argument against the Osceola Golf Course – General Fund has paid $260K over last three years to operate it. For Jan-Mar rounds played are down – which…
MOBy misses the point
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien (MOBy) misses the point on the county commission’s debate over hotels vs. condos on Pensacola Beach in his column today (Less government,’ some say, until meddling suits their…
MOB idea – sell parks for housing
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien writes today: The city has more than 90 parks and recreation sites, which offer lots of open space but are costly to maintain. The smart thing: Sell a…
Disagree with MOB
I have to disagree with daily columnist and court room diarist, Mark O’Brien, on his last column: Economics 101: Florida offers some of the cheapest tuition in the nation, so it makes…
O’Brien kidnapped
That’s only possible conclusion after reading today’s MOB column in the daily.The third grader that’s subbing for him is trying very hard though…
Markie O’Brien column review
Hadn’t done one of these in a while. Opens with MOB describing how many bad drivers he saw on his drive from Picadelly Cafeteria at Town & Country Plaza to Baskin &…