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New City Government Takes Control
BEHIND THE SCENES OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT VOTE by RICK OUTZEN The Pensacola City Council chambers were packed Jan. 10 for the swearing in of the city’s first strong mayor and the new council. [...]
The Buzz 1/6/11
HOUSING BY THE NUMBERS The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the 2005-2009 American Community Survey, which showed that 15 percent of the Escambia County’s 138,000 housing units were vacant. Of [...]
Restorative Justice Pilot Program Halted
SCHOOL DISTRICT REJECTS ALTERNATIVE TO ZERO TOLERANCE GRANT by Dustin Toney Restorative Justice offered his daughter salvation from the harsh punishments handed out under the Escambia County [...]
Legal High on the Way Out
DEA, Armed Forces Ban Spice By Brett Hutchins Spice, K2, Blaze and Red X Dawn are hot commodities. These synthetic cannabis products—fake marijuana—are sold legally in local tobacco and [...]
The Buzz 12.16
MPDP BETRAYAL The one person who has been consistently mentioned in both the Request for Qualification (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) is Cynthia Griffin of Saxet Realty. Her role per the RFQ [...]
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MILLER LOSES ELECTION CHALLENGE New York Times: An Alaska Superior Court judge ruled against Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller, rejecting the claim that the name of his write-in opponent, [...]
Make It Right Restores Lower Ninth Ward
Brad Pitt and Others Rebuild New Orleans Neighborhood by Dustin Toney Melba Leggett, 54, was just one of the many displaced from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The home she grew up in was [...]
The Buzz 12.9
PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES The IN reported last year on the rise of prescription drug abuse and how, because these drugs are prescribed by doctors, the danger involved is often dismissed [...]
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NO ONE GETS TO WORK FOR SCOTT The Buzz, St. Petersburg Times: Florida's new governor has yet to name a single person to his administrative team, four weeks after the election. Ohio's newly-elected [...]
Congress Blamed For Poor Response To BP Oil Disaster
Funds authorized for oil spill R&D never appropriated by Rick Outzen A report issued days before Thanksgiving without much fanfare points a damning finger at Congress for not learning from [...]
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