Author: Rick Outzen
Brother does good
Don’t say UWF president Judy Bense doesn’t have political clout. Her brother, Allan is the former Florida House Speaker and has been appointed vice chairman…
Century has Obama wish list
NorthEscambia.com reports the Century Town Council has been working on its own wish list for the Obama Stimulus Package: $1.7 million to increase the elevated…
NY Times: Pensacola case in U.S. Supreme Court
In 1989, someone raped a 72-year-old woman in Pensacola. Joe Sullivan was 13 at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends…
Pace ministers will hold church service in church
That is essentially what happened yesterday in Pace. The local ministers agreed to plan and hold the Pace High School baccalaureate service in a church….
Arkansas is considering bill to allow guns in church
Arkansas House Bill 1237 is being debated a bill removes “any church or other place of worship” from the list of places that a person…
Sansom, Richburg factor
The Daily News is trying to evaluate in the impact of Ray Sansom resigning as Speaker of the Florida House. A grand jury, a House…
Former Century mayor fined, reprimanded
NorthEscambia.com reports that the state ethics commission has found former Mayor Evelyn Hammond misused her position, and they have recommended that she be ordered to…
Rumors hurt restaurants
During the Christmas holidays, there was a sort of “dead pool” being done as people tried to predict which restaurants would close by Dec. 31,…
Gulf Breeze UFO Hoax
The PNJ reports that the History Channel’s “UFO Hunters” will be in Gulf Breeze within the next two weeks to film an episode about the…
Pace ministers rally against lawsuit
Area ministers will a rally today at the Pace Assembly of God Church to respond to the recent lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union filed…
Who ran Jail Infirmary?
Prison Health Services, Inc. was hired to run the Escambia County Jail infirmary by then jail director Dennis Williams in 2001. They were replaced by…
Former DOJ Civil Rights violated federal law
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report on the hiring practices of the former head of its Civil Rights Division by the…
What took DOJ so long to investigate ECSO
Why did it take six years for the Department of Justice to investigate the first complaint against the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and three years…
Here are two Complaints filed with DOJ
IN has obtained copies of the two complaints filed with the Department of Justice by the ACLU and Movement for Change against the Escambia County…
McNesby Administration under investigation
The Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division is investigating the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff David Morgan received notification the week after he was sworn…
Sam Hall wanted to opt out last year
Of Florida Retirement System, that is – start at the bottom and read up ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Cheryl Jackson Date: Mon, Mar 3,…
Mack opts out, too
Council member Diane Mack has also opted out of the Florida Retirement System.
No decision on CMP master developer
By IN reporter Sean Boone To be, or not to be. That is the question for the current plan for the Community Maritime Park, which…
Council member opts out of pension
On the most surprising discovery last year when the IN was reviewing the City of Pensacola pension and retirement system was that the Pensacola City…
