Earlier this month, the daily newspaper made a fuss (front page, above the fold) over a USS Lexington reunion that is being held in Mobile, instead of Pensacola. The organizer claimed that…
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ECSO gets $3.3M from feds
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced $1 billion in funding across the nation including $3,344,620 for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to hire 20 deputies. Under the COPS Hiring Recovery Program,…
SH-60B Seahawk Helicopter – Naval Museum
Press release: The National Naval Aviation Museum will acquire a new aircraft to add to its collection with the delivery of an SH-60B Seahawk, the third example of this helicopter transferred to…
Plaza de Luna Statue Dedication
Press release: In celebration of the 450th anniversary of de Luna founding the first Spanish settlement, the Fiesta of Five Flags Association and Celebrate Pensacola are hosting the unveiling and dedication of…
Ex hexes Tice
Henry “Cab” Tice has been mentioned as a person of interest in the murder investigation of the murders of Byrd “Bud” and Melanie Billings. Sources have told us that the authorities are…
Scathing letter on Code Enforcement
The Escambia County Commission and the County Attorney received this email last week from Joe Maddox: People, As usual, I expect this to fall on deaf ears, but someone better step up…
Goodin gets opponent-Jim Melvin
From Jim Melvin: Jim Melvin has pre-filed for District 4 County Commissioner’s seat in Santa Rosa County. Jim is a native of Santa Rosa County, and is the second child of the…
The Daily Beast picks up ninja outbreak reports
My reports on the ninja bank robbers have been picked up by The Daily Beast: Over the past two years, there have been at least two ninja-related bank robberies around Pensacola, a…
North Hill utility battle
Letter from Scott Davis: 7/20/09 Dear Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Council Members, and City Attorney: When appearing before you on June 22, 2009, I made the case that AT&T was a less than…
Ethics Commission receives promised disclosure
From IN reporter Franklin Hayes: Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin has filed a gift disclosure to the state’s ethics board four years after a free trip to a friend’s private island…
Consolidation Sub-Committee To Meet
Press release Pensacola, Fla.-The Roads, Recreation, Utilities, Special Districts, and Authorities Sub-Committee of the Escambia County Consolidated Government Study Commission will meet Thursday, July 30 at 5:30 p.m. at Actigraph, LLC, 15…
Strife in Escambia GOP
I got this press release on Saturday. Does anybody know what this is about? Saturday, July 25, 2008 Today, the Grievance Committee of the Republican Party of Florida was convened in Kissimmee,…
TaxWatch issues report
Press release The Florida TaxWatch Center for Local Government Studies has released the results of a second analysis of Escambia County government. The study, which was requested and funded by the Escambia…
UCC document for Tice Inventory
We found the State of Florida Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement between Hispanic-American Auto Sales/Henry Tice and Worldco Financial Services. It is for all the vehicle inventory, parts and accessories, etc at…
Ninja epidemic in Gulf Breeze
There was another bank robbery involving someone dress in Ninja grab. In November 2007, the SunTrust Bank on Hoffman Drive in Gulf Breeze was robbed. Description of robber: White male, approximately 5…
Who are my sources?
The Buzz in and out of the county courthouse and around dinner tables and bars is– who are my sources on the Billings case? I’m not telling…but let me say this. I…
“Face” of a suspected killer
IN reporter Sean Boone interviewed the “friends” on the Facebook page of suspected killer of Byrd and Melanie Billings, Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. Read “The Face of a Suspected Killer.”
Who does this sound like?
Last November, a man walked into Pen Air/Members First Credit Union in the Live Oak Village Shopping Center, Gulf Breeze. He is described as a white male in a black hood sweatshirt…
Blog article at hit
My article on The Daily Beast is the second most popular one on that site. Thank you, CBS News, CNN and Fox News.
CBS reports couple not killed by contract
CBS News is reporting that “Florida police have now unequivicably stated they are not investigating the murder of Byrd and Melinda Billings as a contract hit.” Further in the report: Sheriff’s spokesman…