DO STATEWIDE MASK ORDERS WORK?
By Andrew McKay 08/27/20 OVERVIEW: Like many conservatives, I find myself very conflicted about mask orders or mandates. On the one hand, I believe in...
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WILL THE REAL TEST POSITIVE RATE PLEASE STAND UP?
By Andrew McKay 07/20/20 Preface 1: If you take only one lesson away from this article, I want it to be that the test positivity...
UNDERSTANDING THE COVID-19 RISKS: MORTALITY RATES BY AGE IN FLORIDA
Andrew McKay 07/15/20 From the beginning of this pandemic, one of the most unusual features of this virus is the way it discriminates so vividly...
UNDERSTANDING THE RECENT REPORTS OF INACCURATE FDOH COVID-19 TEST RESULT DATA
Andrew McKay 07/15/20 Several days ago, a Twitter user put out the allegation that the FDOH test numbers are wrong because many of the labs...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BLUE ANGEL #8 LCDR ADAM KERRICK
By Andrew McKay US Navy Blue Angel #8 (Events Coordinator) Lieutenant Commander Adam Kerrick tells NewsRadio: BEACH SHOW: The Pensacola Beach Show was cancelled out...
EXCLUSIVE: INTERIOR SECRETARY OPEN TO SAVING FORT PICKENS ROAD; DISCUSSES OFFSHORE DRILLING
By Andrew McKay 06/17/20 Visiting Pensacola for the first time today, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tells NewsRadio he is here to see what sort of...
PROTEST ORGANIZER SAYS THEY ARE STAYING AT CURRENT LOCATION; IT’S OKAY TO PAINT OVER SOME OF THE BRIDGE NOW; THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE BOATERS; THEY DO WANT MONUMENT REMOVED
By Andrew McKay 06/10/20 Caleb Houston, one of the two primary organizers of the Graffiti Bridge protests, tells NewsRadio that despite Mayor Grover Robinson’s urging...
PENSACOLA POLICE CHIEF: EGG FEST WILL FEED GRAFFITI BRIDGE PROTESTERS; CONDEMNS “MURDER” OF GEORGE FLOYD; IS TRAINING OFFICERS TO INTERVENE; WANTS ROUTINE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR OFFICERS
By Andrew McKay 06/04/20 Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter tells NewsRadio that Pensacola EggFest (and others) approached him to ask if they could feed the...
FLORIDA RELEASES FIRST BATCH OF ANTIBODY TEST RESULTS; VERY FEW PEOPLE IN STATE LIKELY IMMUNE
By Andrew McKay 05/31/20 The Florida Department of Health has finally released the first batch of antibody test results, and it’s mostly bad news. In...
MALCOLM THOMAS CALLS CDC SCHOOL GUIDELINES “RIDICULOUS;” PLEDGES GRADUATION CEREMONIES WILL HAPPEN
Andrew McKay 05/22/20 Escambia Superintendent Malcolm Thomas does not think the CDC guidelines issued this week for reopening schools are anywhere close to functional. The...
MALCOLM THOMAS: NOT RETURNING TO PHYSICAL SCHOOLS IN THE FALL WOULD BE “TRAUMATIC”
Andrew McKay 04/29/20 Podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-772158496/escambia-superintendent-malcolm-thomas-on-covid-19-school-implications GEORGE STONE At one of last week’s Florida Task Force meetings, Education Secretary Richard Corcoran raised the issue that...
SANTA ROSA SUPERINTENDENT OPEN TO USING VIRTUAL LEARNING PERMANENTLY FOR SOME STUDENTS
Andrew McKay 04/16/20 During a conversation about the current functionality and future viability of remote instruction for Santa Rosa County students, Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick expressed...
COVID-19 ANALYSIS: WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING
Andrew McKay 03/19/20 If it seems like the response to this virus has dramatically changed in the last few days, you are not wrong. The...
CRACKDOWN COMING ON ESCAMBIA HOMESTEAD VIOLATORS
Andrew McKay 02/28/20 Escambia Property Appraiser Chris Jones is working with Tax Collector Scott Lunsford and local governments to implement an aggressive new plan to...
MATT GAETZ TAKES NO-PAC PLEDGE AT CPAC; CHALLENGES FELLOW REPUBLICANS TO DO SAME
Andrew McKay 02/27/20 Taking the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Congressman Matt Gaetz launched into a tirade against special interest political donors and...
ESCAMBIA CONSIDERING SCOOTERS ON PENSACOLA BEACH
Andrew McKay 02/19/20 UPDATE/CORRECTION: The public hearing on e-scooters had been scheduled for March 5th. Today’s vote will reschedule the public hearing for June 4th....
SUN BELT CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT LIKELY COMING TO PENSACOLA; NEW SCOREBOARD AND WIFI FOR BAY CENTER PART OF THE DEAL
Andrew McKay 02/07/20 Last night, the Escambia County Commission unanimously approved the deal put together by several local organizations to bring the Sun Belt Conference’s...
GULF BREEZE FAMILY DONATES $5,000 FOR NEW SHADE STRUCTURE AT SPLASH PAD
Andrew McKay 02/05/20 At Monday night’s Gulf Breeze City Council meeting, the Council voted to accept $5,000 from Bill and Jill Lee for the construction...
PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE VISITS DOWN 82% IN JANUARY; PROPOSED “ENCLAVE” ACCESS PLAN COULD MAKE THEM “A NON-PUBLIC INSTITUTION”
Andrew McKay 01/30/20 Yesterday, we reported that visits to the National Naval Aviation Museum are off about 50% due to the Base access restrictions put...
NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM VISITOR VOLUME DOWN 50%; DIRECTOR HOPEFUL FOR CIVILIAN ACCESS BEFORE BLUE ANGELS RETURN LATE MARCH
Andrew McKay 01/29/20 In the wake of the terrorist attack on board NAS Pensacola, civilian access has been severely restricted due to security concerns for...
ROTTING HERITAGE OAK AT ALCANIZ / CERVANTES HAS BEEN PERMITTED FOR REMOVAL
Andrew McKay 01/27/20 Located in the back of the parking lot of the old Pot Roast and Pinot building on the southwest corner of...
SANTA ROSA COMMISSION APPROVES TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION NOISE STARTING AT 2 AM ON NEW NAVARRE SCHOOL
Andrew McKay 01/24/202 At yesterday’s Santa Rosa County Commission meeting, one item on the consent agenda (things so uncontroversial that they don’t even get discussed...
FDOT PROPOSES WIDENING I-10 FROM ALABAMA TO US 29 AND REDESIGNING PINE FOREST AND 9 MILE AS “DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGES”
Andrew McKay 01/23/20 FDOT will have a meeting on February 4 at Pine Fores UMC to discuss the possibility of widening I-10 to six lanes...
ENTRANCE ROAD TO WHITING AIR PARK TO BE NAMED “DON SALTER BOULEVARD”
Andrew McKay 01/22/20 At yesterday’s Santa Rosa County Commission meeting, there was a lengthy congratulatory presentation regarding last week’s announcement that Leonardo Helicopters would be...
COUNCIL PAUSES BAPTIST HOSPITAL NEW SITE ROAD VACATION REQUESTS
Andrew McKay 01/16/20 At tonight’s Pensacola City Council meeting, the Council entertained the request by Baptist Hospital to vacate Rawson Lane south of Brent Lane,...