Author: Rick Outzen
UWF Downtown Lecture looks at security and transparency in digital age
By Shelby Smithey… Jocelyn Evans, chair of the University of West Florida Department of Government, will discuss how technological advances and terrorist attacks have affected…
And Touart may have tried to get Valentino back
In 2010, Commissioner Gene Valentino was indicted for soliciting campaign funds from his commissioner’s office. His supporters believed that his opponent in the GOP primary,…
BTW: Valentino was part of 2007 sting operation to catch Touart
Commissioner Gene Valentino blamed the media for forcing George Touart out as the county administrator. The commissioner has conveniently forgotten that he was part of…
There is still a lot of voting to be done today
In 2008, 154,864 votes were cast in Escambia County in the presidential race. John McCain got 59 percent of them; Obama 40 percent. During the…
Tell us what you see at the polls
Voting will be heavy today. In Gulf Breeze at the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center, over 150 voters were in line this morning at 7….
County Names New Fire Chief
On Friday, November 2, 2012, Acting County Administrator Larry M. Newsom appointed Patrick T. Grace to serve as the new Escambia County Fire Chief. Grace…
The facts about 2007 ouster of George Touart
History tends to be rewritten by politicians to fit their current agendas. What really happened in August and September of 2007 when George Touart stepped…
DIB to Discuss Gallery Night, MURAC
The Downtown Improvement Board may be having some meaty conversation during its meeting tomorrow morning. The agenda includes a discussion on Gallery Night logistics, as…
Third Party Mystery, or Larkin’s Leftover Leak
Last week, Rob Larkin, Esq., a Tallahassee attorney handling the contract negotiations between the city of Pensacola and local police union, said a city councilman…
Keys to voting smoothly
The Florida League of Women Voters offers these tips: First, verify your polling location. Your precinct site may have changed, so check with your local…
Romney Robo Calls for Friday, Nov 2
The phone at the house has been ringing. We’ve gotten four calls on four different issues: 1) On Obamacare and how it puts bureaucrats between…
Bense: Altier has “other opportunitiesâ€
University of West Florida President Judy Bense said this afternoon that the departure of Matt Altier, vice president of administrative services, “wasn’t unexpected.†She said…
Does Touart really know the current county staff?
I listened to WUWF’s coverage of the Escambia County Commission hiring George Touart as the interim county administrator until a full-time one is hired. In…
Breaking news: UWF VP Matt Altier is no longer employed by the school
The mastermind behind the University of West Florida’s purchase of Scenic Hill Golf Course, public-private projects that would bring hotels, housing and a football stadium…
Buzz: Valentino wants King to beat May for District 3
I’ve have heard from several sources that Commissioner Gene Valentino has been pushing Hugh King over Lumon May for the District 3. He has tried…
League asks Scott to extend early voting through Sunday
The League of Women Voters of Florida has sent the following letter to Governor Rick Scott, urging him to accommodate the needs of early voters…
Touart’s Return
George Touart is returning to county government. In a move Escambia County Vice Chairman Gene Valentino described as a way to keep the county “moving…
Touart hired by 3-2 vote
I wish that I had been wrong. Five years of progress wiped out. How soon before the purge?
Lunch at Waterfront Rescue Mission
Waterfront Rescue Mission has had a pretty eventful year. Opening a brand new, beautiful facility and then, when the flood came through leaving the building…
City Council to Look at Libraries
The Pensacola City Council has scheduled a Special Committee of the Whole meeting. The subject of the meeting is the West Florida Public Library’s budget…
