Round-up, 09.21.09

A few items we wanted to highlight today:

Thad Cohen profile. We were pleased to see a favourable profile of CRA Director Thad Cohen on the front page of Sunday’s News Journal. Mr. Cohen is an incredible asset to the City.

Bense to stay on as UWF president. The Board of Trustees for the University of West Florida voted Friday to retain Judy Bense as president through March 2012.

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Local candidate YouTube roundup

Here’s a roundup of content concerning local candidates on YouTube:
Larry Scapecchi
The Democratic candidate for Escambia County Sheriff turns up the heat against opponent David Morgan:

Lumon May
A YouTube user has a clip of May at the recent Michelle Obama rally, as well as several clips of May and Republican opponent Clay Ford at a recent debate.
Jim [...]

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Endorsement: Jim Bryan

Progressive Pensacola endorses Democrat Jim Bryan for U.S. Congress for the First District of Florida.
I’ll preface this by saying that Bryan, a political newcomer, is poorly financed — the Republican incumbent, Jeff Miller, has what can only be described as a massive cash advantage. That said, elections aren’t always about money, and everything else [...]

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Joe Roberts fails to get on the ballot

Joe Roberts, the Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) in 2006, has failed to qualify and will not be on the ballot this fall.
This completes a swift fall for Roberts, who threw what can only be described as a hissy-fit and left the Democratic Party in February, was attempting to qualify for the [...]

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