‘Escambia County’ Archives
Buzz: Pace High will have two graduations
There is a group in Pace that is quietly organizing a separate high school graduation for the Class of 2010 from Pace High School. It is labeled "The First Amendment Graduation" - which I assume [...]
Buzz: Escambia County Safety Bureau Chief resigns
We have heard that Frank Edwards, the chief of the Public Safety Bureau, has submitted his letter of resignation. The troubles in the county's fire services area continue to brew. Two weeks ago, Fire [...]
Memos on Fire Marshall resignation, transfer
We have, through our public records request, the March 29 memo from interim County Administrator Larry Newsom to Frank Edwards, public safety bureau chief. Newsom asks for Fire Marshal Rinaldi's [...]
County Fire Marshall transferred (updated)
Escambia County remains "Bubba-ville USA." WEAR TV 3 reports that last week Interim County Administrator Larry Newsom asked for the voluntary resignation of Stephen Rinaldi, county fire marshal. [...]
Arts Council of Northwest Florida charged
State Attorney Bill Eddins has announced that his office has determined that criminal charges are appropriate regarding the Arts Council of Northwest Florida. The non-profit is being charged with two [...]
Ibuprofen suspension rescinded
Last month we reported on Washington High School valedictorian Christa Childers being suspended for five days because Ibuprofen was found in her backpack ( No Tolerance Policy). Childers is ranked at [...]
Buzz: Early polls on county commission races
Over the weekend, I heard about two polls that have been conducted on the Escambia County Commission races. The rumor is former county administrator George Touart is ahead of incumbent Gene Valentino [...]
SAO reports to be issued soon
Spoke with assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille yesterday on his investigations into the Arts Council of Northwest Florida and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino. Marcille said the Arts [...]
McNesby overcharged FEMA for Ivan (DHS letter)
While doing research on another project, I came across this April 30, 2009 letter from the regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on its audit of disaster costs associated with [...]
Lister allegedly stole over $1.43 million (updated)
Former Escambia County Sheriff's Office employee Cathy Lister has stolen $1.43 million in her role in the ECSO finance department from the period of June 2000 to Jan. 2010, according an ECSO press [...]
ECUA continues to attack EWG
While the community is seeking more unfiltered information on its drinking water, ECUA officials continue to attack the Environmental Working Group, which published last December a study that ranked [...]
ECUA upset with IN…and me
At yesterday's Leadership Pensacola session, ECUA officials made it clear they aren't happy with the IN. The fact is ECUA is the least open of all our local government agencies. You can't find the [...]
Grover replies to PB master plan viewpoint
Mr. Rotenberry, Thank you for your email and concerns. Many of your points are valid but some are the same political stereotyping that gets us nowhere. I write to you as a reasonable person and [...]
Beach Traffic study doesn’t match master plan
As part of the Beach Master Plan process Tindale-Oliver was hired to do a traffic study, which was completed Oct. 14, 2009. Recommendations: Bob Sikes Bridge Toll Booths: Short-term: Maintain [...]
Viewpoint on Pensacola Beach Master Plan
My Fellow Pensacola Citizens, As a lifelong resident of Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, I have always been a proponent of improving the quality of life in our beautiful city. We have sat by [...]
Buzz: Moratorium tied to ECUA
The Pensacola City Council will consider today a ban of industrial land uses inside the CRA. What I'm hearing is that this has to do with ECUA's possible uses for the Main Street Treatment plant site [...]
Viewpoint on Beach Master Plan
WITH HURRICANE ROUNDABOUT ON THE HORIZON, NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE A Viewpoint of the Pensacola Beach Master Plan By John F. Asmar As a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast, we all know that [...]
Thomas to close three schools
WEAR TV 3 reports that Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas wants to close three alternative schools: Sidney Nelson, AV Clubbs and E-Seal. I couldn't find anything about the [...]
Beach Master Plan catching heat
The SRIA has been working on a new master plan for the commercial core of Pensacola Beach. The buzz is that the SRIA has gotten such a bad response from the general public at the last two meetings, [...]
Here is the what
The daily marketing solution (see) asks this question in its Sunday editorial- If not consolidation, then what? The Escambia County Commission and the constitutional officers met on Thursday, Feb [...]
