What’s the problem with consolidation?

The bill that passed by the Florida Legislature gives the Escambia County Consolidation Commission this charge: To study and develop a proposed consolidation plan for…

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It was pot in Nodine’s truck

The Mobile Press Register is reporting that the substance found in the county truck driven by Mobile Commissioner Stephen Nodine was in fact marijuana. Read…

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Minister protests lack of shelter

Press Release False assurance is no assurance at all. Priest to sleep outside unless adequate shelter is provided for all, not just some. January 5th,…

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Jude Law to visit P’cola baby

Celebrity alert: News of the World reports that Jude Law, co-star of “Sherlock Holmes,” has finally agreed to meet his daughter, Sophia,at the Pensacola home…

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Bishop Ricard continues to recover

The parishioners at Sacred Heart Cathedral were told today that Bishop John Ricard continues to recover from his stroke. The congregation at the 11 a.m….

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Deconstructing Arts Council statement

The Board of Directors have responded to the Clerk of Courts audit report and recent news reports on its finances. While I think the statement…

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Latest issue of the IN

Top 50 Stories of ’00s What do you think is top news story of the past decade? Here are our selections, plus an additional 75….

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Top 2009 IN cover stories

The Independent News is built on solid cover stories that either offer a behind-the-scenes look at top news stories or investigate issues that truly impact…

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Billings case: Monday, July 13 part 2

OKALOOSA GANG OF FOUR Monday, July 13 At around 2 p.m. Okaloosa Investigator Jeremy Peaden surveys Gary Sumner’s business, 5th Dimension at the 8 and…

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Billings case: Saturday, July 11 part 3

CAB AND THE MEXICAN MAFIA Saturday, July 11 On Saturday while the other investigators are searching for the Dodge van, Tom Watts and Bobby Guy…

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Billings case: Friday, July 10 – part 2

FAMILY TIES Friday, July 10 While Sheriff Morgan is holding his press conference, Investigator Lee Tyree is speaking with Kristyn Billings in one of the…

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Site visits and page views are up!

The new blog rules have not impacted the traffic to the website. The visits are up 26.7 percent over last week and the page views…

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Billings recap: Friday, July 10

IT HASN’T SUNKEN IN Friday, July 10 The Pensacola News Journal reports on its front page that “a Beulah couple who adopted 12 children and…

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New Blog look, new rules

I’ve been working on this new theme. It is simpler than my earlier versions, but it has several features that I like. The blog now…

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Blog attracts NY Times

In today’s edition of the New York Times: “The official storyline was clear. The state attorney said it was a robbery; Byrd and Melanie Billings,…

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Blog stats

We have 4,784 unique visitors a day. Each visitor checks on the blog an average of 2.8 times a day and views 4.1 pages per…

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Ricksblog article on Wikipedia

Under West Florida Argonauts on Wikipedia, you will find a link to one of my blog articles. The Blog continues to spread its influence.

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Blog is talk of BOCC meeting

The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber officials attended yesterday’s Escambia County Commission meeting. Both Commissioners Kevin White and Grover Robinson wanted to know what the chamber…

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Record web month for IN

Our website, inweekly.net, had 153,131 visitors. This blog had 215,332 page views and was consistently ranked every week in the top 3 Most Influential Political…

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Vote for Rick’s Blog

This blog has been nominated for the Best Media Blog: Blogs written by professional journalists at Florida publications for 2008 Netroots Award (Click here to…

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