Rick's Blog

UWF professor Dr. Karishma Chhabria Unrue just landed $825K to help cancer survivors rebuild their health — nutrition, fitness, stress relief, statewide.

August 18 isn’t a “primary” for most Escambia voters—it’s the FINAL vote. Mayor, school board, and more could all decided that day. Don’t sit this one out.

Library board chair fires back at Moreno: “I have been unable to identify any provision” giving you that power. Special meeting demanded.

Pensacola clears 2nd hurdle for $76M Triumph grant backing Birdon’s 2,000-job shipyard at the Port. One step closer to the city’s biggest job win ever.

Moreno just canceled library board meetings for the summer—including today’s. Resolution and bylaws say he can’t. Here’s the proof.

Zack Smith just made himself chair of PSC’s presidential search committee. He ran UWF’s search too—and it produced exactly one finalist.

Childers told BCC she just put AG & CFO “on notice.” Records show she emailed the CFO 12 days before demand letter she blamed even existed. CFO not interested.

UWF trustees approve charter authorizer role for Somerset Academy — months after Diaz told the board the proposed campus school “is not a charter school.”

Escambia officials lied to cover a library hiring scandal—we have the videos & records to prove it. Plus data centers, DOGE & bond ratings

Roger Scott Pool will open for the 4th of July with a temporary restroom fix—after a vendor setback led to an emergency state variance.

Florida DOGE is back. This time it wants every P-card swipe, every contract change order, and full city payroll data—by June 26. Read what they’re asking for.

Medicaid Fraud Andrade: DeSantis Medicaid Initiative Is Cover, Not Cure The state lawmaker who knows Medicaid better than anyone in the Florida House calls the…

Escambia County is monitoring a High Risk for severe weather today, Thursday, June 18, with additional rainfall expected to continue through Friday, June 19. Residents…

Pensacola’s poet returns for Juneteenth, a volunteer was silenced for asking questions, and the Children’s Trust broke faith with the public. Read Inweekly.

30+ residents packed the Escambia County Commission demanding a data center ban. Commissioners agreed. A vote could come as soon as August 6.

Escambia County voted 3-1 to join lawsuit against Clerk Childers over withheld nonprofit checks—and drew a line on who decides public purpose.

Triumph Gulf Coast votes on Birdon on Monday—2,000 jobs at stake. FDOT kills MLK/Davis two-way. Mayor Reeves covers it all at Wednesday presser.

Wall Street’s 3 biggest credit raters agree: Florida’s Nov. property tax amendment means less revenue, no backup plan & possible downgrades.

They said it themselves: The Library Board was NEVER advisory. The 2013 resolution and BCC’s own words prove it. Watch the meeting videos. Amazing revelation!

Your city wants your input! Public meetings Tuesday on Bayfront Parkway’s future & a controversial ECUA transfer station. Plus BCC meets Wednesday.