Author: Rick Outzen
Buzz: U.S. Senator Valentino?
I spoke with people in Gov. Charlie Crist’s administration about who is on the short list to appointed U.S. senator now that Mel Martinez is…
Leadership evaluations
Why doesn’t the Pensacola City Council evaluate its two hires – City Manager Al Coby and City Attorney Rusty Wells? Why doesn’t the Escambia County…
Markhams to block release of images
Ashley Markham, the daughter of Bud and Melanie Billings, has asked the courts (Case 2009 CA 002655) to stop the public release of the images…
Turner: “Gonzalez tried to ‘hit’ me”
“Gonzalez tried to ‘hit’ me,†says Mark Turner, Gulf Breeze resident and former used car dealer. That’s how our conversation began. I had contacted Turner…
ECSO responds to TaxWatch
ECSO RELEASES RESPONSE TO TAXWATCH SPECIAL REPORT Pensacola, Fla — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has released a response to a 2009 Special Taxwatch Center…
Hall not guilty, Valentino guilty
State Attorney Bill Eddins has issued his reports on the Sunshine Law investigations of Pensacola City Councilman Sam Hall and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino….
Santa Rosa Co. tax math
We got our notice of proposed property taxes for the upcoming fiscal year for our Gulf Breeze home. The total projected tax bill is 1.8…
Grand jury indicts Beulah Seven
The grand jury has indicted Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr., Wayne Thomas Coldiron, Gary Lamont Sumner, Jr., Frederick Lee Thornton, Jr., Rakeem…
Nodine catches heat
Steve Nodine, the Mobile County commissioner who was paraded before the Escambia County Commission as an expert of economic development, is being criticized by the…
New council, same problems
Today the Pensacola City Council has a workshop on the proposed new city charter. The word is the council will do nothing. They will do…
Inside Car City: Bud, Cab
The used car business is a closed society, a private club that doesn’t like outsiders. Since the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings, I have…
OPERATION DUAL IDENTITY
Pensacola is not the only Florida city with a car smuggling problem. On March 24, the FBI and local law enforcement arrested 13 individuals in…
Drive-by
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects wanted in connection with drive-by around 10 p.m. Sunday near New Mexico Drive in the Oakcrest…
Mexican organized crime moving into Pcola?
The possible Mexican mafia connection to the Billings case has been rumored from the very beginning. Our sources that told me about the contract hit…
Tice and Mexican mafia
Sheriff David Morgan’s comment about Henry “Cab” Tice and the used car dealer’s admission that he was involved with the Mexican mafia has almost been…
Dateline NBC interviews Cab Tice
The Mobile NBC affiliate – WPMI 15- has started running promo pieces for the Monday Dateline NBC show that will focus on the Billings murders…
Tice arrest report
On 5/22/08, Tice wrote twelve checks to Worldco that were returned non-sufficient funds. Total checks is $17,342.51. They were to pay for vehicles and services…
Newsweek reports Tice investigated in Ala. too
Newsweek has an online article on the Billings case. Senior Reporter Catharine Skipp spent nearly two weeks in the area working on the story. In…
The longest day..it’s a humdinger
August 6, 2009 will go down as one of the longest days in my life as a journalist. We were dealing with two rumors all…
Tice arrested for grand theft
Press release Pensacola, Fla–The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Henry Cabell Tice, 61, on warrant. Tice faces one count of Grand Theft over $10,000…
