Category: Escambia County
Pelicans clinch playoffs
Pelicans Clinch Playoff Spot With 8-3 Win Over the Captains The Pensacola Pelicans are the 2009 Second Half South Division Champions. With an 8-3 victory…
And the crime scene photos
The reporters today also viewed 2076 crime scene photos that were not only of the murder scene, but also of the home of Leonard “Lenny 
What I saw…
The videos from the surveillance cameras from the Billings’ residence are haunting. The 16 cameras captured both the inside and outside of the home while…
Valentino fined
This morning Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino pleaded no contest this morning to a noncriminal violation of the state’s public records law. Actually it was…
Favorite Rex Blackburn moment
Over the years, Lt. Rex Blackburn has done his best to intimidate and harass the IN. My favorite moment was when he delivered a gift…
48 minutes with 48 Hours
I spoke with a producer from 48 Hours yesterday about the Billings case. We talked about the dozens of twists and weird angles in this…
Toned down PNJ article in USA Today
The table talk around town yesterday was the daily newspaper’s Sunday cover story on the Billings’ case in which the paper called those arrested a…
Billings’ camera system
On Thursday, the media will be allowed to view the video from the surveillance system at the Billings’ residence. The State Attorney released more documents…
Will City Council act on Museum funding?
The CMPA board passed the recommendation to use New Market Tax Credits as a funding mechanism for the Maritime Museum. Today the Pensacola City Council…
Save the Post Office
Press Release: Dear Supporters Of The Downtown Post Office: As you know, the downtown Pensacola post office is on the chopping block. Despite a meeting…
Geraldo at Large
I’ll be on the Fox News show tonight at approximately 9:40 p.m. I guess I’m the “Large.”
Daily News reports on FWB connection
The Daily News picked up on the same Fort Walton Beach connection with earlier home invasions in Okaloosa County (Read article) that I reported earlier….
Time covers Billings case
Duwayne Escobedo helped with the reporting on this article – Pensacola murders. The blog gets plug at the end.
Oops, naysayers are wrong…again
For the past three months, we have seen letters to the editor and viewpoints from C. C. Elebash and his boys telling us that City…
Are you kidding me?
We are hearing the Escambia County Commission will turn down the $3M+ COPS Hiring Recover Program grant that will fund 20 additional deputies over three…
FWB suspects don’t fit – updated
The involvement of four Fort Walton Beach black men with the home invasion and murder of Bud and Melanie Billings doesn’t fit with what I…
Charter Commission adds back At-Large seats
The Pensacola Charter Review Commission bowed to the unspoken demands of certain city council members and voted to amend their charter proposal to include two…
More on Funding Maritime Museum
Here is the agenda for the Friday meeting of the CMPA Board: Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda 8-21-09 More on the tax credits: CTA CDE…
Buzz: Construction could begin on Maritime Museum
Source are telling me that the CMPA board will be presented with a funding opportunity on Friday that could fully fund the Maritime Museum and…



