Category: Escambia County

Santa Rosa Co. got $4,500 in America 250 book grants. Escambia’s WFPL got $0—as its qualification crisis raises questions why.

Same emails, two very different stories: Did Kohler secretly push a data center he later opposed — or was it always just a battery factory? You decide.

Community & Economy Half Our Neighbors Are One Car Repair Away From Crisis United Way’s ALICE Report shows nearly 50% of Escambia and Santa Rosa…

Commissioner Mike Kolher’s South Navy Blvd Project funded, but DeSantis vetoed Salzman’s $2.4M public safety items requested by Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger.

FL hits 60%+ proficiency in reading & math for the first time ever. Escambia’s middle schools are improving even faster.

Moreno left the library board’s special meeting request off this week’s calendar—pushing BOG oversight to September, after the budget’s set.

Fitch just put Escambia schools on Negative Outlook—reserves below the safe line. It’s the preview of what the property tax amendment could do countywide.

Wall demanded answers and a special meeting by July 1. Three days later, Moreno and Bell-Rivera have given him neither. The silence speaks for itself.

Judge gives Pam Childers 20 days to explain why she won’t pay 2 Pensacola charities the County already approved. $7K, one ministerial duty question.

The West Florida Public Libraries (WFPL) board hasn’t met since April. Chairman Blaine Wall says it’s costing taxpayers answers about the WFPL system’s future.

Childers offers First Tee & WEAC $50 each to settle the lawsuit over funds she refused to pay. Here’s why that number isn’t an accident.

Florida Ethics Commission dismisses all 15 complaints against Kohler over his Facebook clash with Rep. Salzman. The backstory is messier than you think.

PEDC admits its website “is not great.” Children’s Trust posts agenda late. A library board meeting got canceled hours before it could discuss live-streaming.

Reeves: federal housing bill could speed affordable housing here; Birdon lease targeted for August vote, no city tax dollars if grants hold.

First Tee Gulf Coast director Marty Stanovich is setting the record straight on the nonprofit funding fight with Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers.

King Moreno rigged the library director hiring from day one—and his staff lied to cover it. Luna is still collecting county paychecks.

Brahier says the library board agreement “is not being upheld” as vacancies mount. Bare backs her: county “control” wasn’t handled right.

PEDC board debates who pays for parking garage at Tech Park. LOST renewal and property taxes could collide this fall. FloridaWest gives update on its prospects.

August 18 isn’t a “primary” for most Escambia voters—it’s the FINAL vote. Mayor, school board, and more could all decided that day. Don’t sit this one out.

Moreno just canceled library board meetings for the summer—including today’s. Resolution and bylaws say he can’t. Here’s the proof.