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Escambia County is not really a very good partner
That is what Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin said yesterday when the commission was deciding whether to join in a regional transportation authority with Escambia County. The RTA is the brainchild…
McClure pays $119K to save home
Santa Rosa Tax Collector Robert “Petty Cash” McClure avoided foreclosure on his home by paying off a $119,000 mortgage on his house Thursday. The Daily News reports that a hearing set for…
Oops, Santa Rosa Sheriff releases wrong inmate
According to the Daily News, Scott Earl Menefee, 36 of Pace, is being sought by local law enforcement after he was mistakenly released from the Santa Rosa County Jail due to a…
What local voters think – some surprises
The College Democrats conducted a telephone survey between April 3-8. They polled 581 registered voters from Escambia (54%), Santa Rosa (33%) and Okaloosa (13%). Do you feel the country is headed in…
Biodiesel plant coming to Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Press Gazette reports Santa Rosa County could be producing biodiesel fuel by the end of the year. Agri-Source Fuels Inc., one of 12 companies chosen in January for a state…
Escambia – Murder Capitol of NWFL
The Uniform Crime Reports Program of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released the 2007 Annual Statewide Crime Report. Once again, Escambia County is the Murder Capitol of Northwest Florida (20…
Cancer and air quality
Both the IN and PNJ have written about cancer this week. We wrote on a Baldwin County mother’s fight to have the state study high cancer rates in her community ( Cancer…
Immigration battle comes to Santa Rosa
Yesterday, 13 workers at Panhandle Growers, a Santa Rosa County nursery, were arrested and charged with giving their employer Social Security numbers of people who are in the united states legally. Reportedly,…
SR teachers want pay raise
All is not well in the highly successful Santa Rosa County public school system. Teachers are petitioning the school board for pay raises. While Okaloosa and Escambia teachers got raises this year,…
Incorporate to get sidewalk
The daily newspaper reports that Santa Rosa County is paying for a turn lane and sidewalk for Navarre High School. Cost $65,000. (Navarre student traffic gets break) This is another example of…
Saufley is not only bad landfill
The daily newspaper reports that there will yet another delay on the Saufley Landfill clean up. However, there is another problem landfil – Coyote Landfill in Navarre which is polluting the air…