Category: Escambia County
Baptist Ministers Union to meet with Sheriff Morgan on Middleton Shooting
On Saturday night, the leadership of the Baptist Ministers Union held a press conference at Greater True Vine Baptist Church to show their support for…
Impasse broken, Touart writes he does not want any of Sheriff’s budget
The daily newspaper’s headline on jail transfer workshop held yesterday is “Escambia County Jail talks hit impasse.” We wrote that Interim County Administrator George Touart…
Touart Transfer Plan Calls For Sheriff To Give Up 40 Percent Of His Administrative Staff…or does it? (update)
By Jesse Farthing Most difficult tasks have checklists. That’s the way all parties can make sure deadlines are met in an orderly fashion. That’s not…
Jail transfer postponed to day before BCC meeting
The deadline to transfer the jail from sheriff’s office’s control to the Board of County Commissioners is 56 days away. Escambia County Jail Transfer Workshop,…
Viewpoint: Jail transfer negotiations should be open to public
We are hearing that today’s meeting between Interim County Administrator George Touart and Chief Deputy Eric Haines and their staffs didn’t go well. We have…
Search, Sound also covered at BCC meeting
By Brandy Volovecky The search for a new Escambia County Administrator has begun anew. The Escambia County Board of Commissioners passed a motion reopening the…
Sheriff Morgan willing to delay jail transfer until Oct. 1, 2014
Sheriff David Morgan has to offered to delay transferring the county jail to the Board of County Commissioners for an year—until Oct. 1, 2014. Clearly…
Sheriff Morgan names Haines Chief Deputy, promotes Yuhasz to commander
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has announced the promotion of Senior Commander Eric Haines to Chief Deputy effective July 20. Haines has been employed at…
Jail transfer is anything but smooth (video)
At the Committee of Whole meeting on July 18, Interim County Administrator George Touart gave his first written weekly report on the jail transition–nearly month…
Mr. Outzen video, just when you thought it could not get crazier
At the Escambia County Commission’s Committee of the Whole meeting on July 18, Chairman Gene Valentino demanded that I show myself in commission chambers. He…
Mr. Outzen, come and defend yourself…another bizarre chapter in Escambia County folklore
Just when we thought county government couldn’t get any more bizarre, Escambia County Commissioner Chairman Gene Valentino called me out yesterday afternoon during the board’s…
Oh, and about the county privatizing jail medical services
Sheriff David Morgan shared this email exchange regarding the rumor that George Touart was working a backroom deal to bring back Armour to handle medical…
Mythology of George Touart. He was not that great
Today the Board of County Commissioners will decide if George Touart will be given a contract to become the full-time county administrator. Touart didn’t finished…
Stand Down, Mr. LeRoy or how Valentino broke his gavel
I’ve heard repeatedly about Commissioner Gene Valentino breaking his gavel last week when he got upset with a citizen addressing the board. Admiral Leroy knows…
George’s version of the truth
For $50, I got five DVDs of the Escambia County BCC Budget workshops. The videos show some troubling inconsistencies regarding the County’s takeover of the…
Jail death this morning, no foul play expected
The Medical Examiner’s Office is currently investigating a death in the Escambia County Jail Central Booking Division. Richard Craig Adams Jr., age 47, had been…
More video on George Touart’s application for county administrator
Interim County Administrator George Touart used his position to campaign publicly before all the commissioners to sell why he should be given the job full-time….
Sheriff’s Office responds on its internal service fund
Gerald Champagne, the attorney for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, has sent County Attorney Alison Perdue a letter concerning Interim County Administrator George Touart’s recommendation…
Grover and Wilson took off the gloves (video)
You have to see this YouTube video on last night’s meetings. Commissioners Wilson Robertson and Gene Valentino are getting more upset when it anyone challenges…
We found why Valentino and Touart have attacked Sheriff and DOJ so vigorously
Escambia County Commission Chairman Gene Valentino and Interim County Administrator have it in for Sheriff David Morgan. In open meetings they have repeatedly cast doubts…
