Underhill protest has meager turnout

About a dozen people attended Doug Underhill’s protest to get Bruce Childers on the August primary ballot. At 9 a.m., there were more signs than…

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Childers supporters to descend on Elections office

Bruce and Pam Childers’ supporters are organizing a protest at the Supervisor of Elections office on Monday at 9 a.m. This message is appearing on…

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Daily Outtakes: Land of the unqualified, Childers responds

Escambia County has two GOP candidates that the Supervisor of Elections office initially reported as qualified to run but later were found to not correctly…

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PenAir Credit Union has counter checks

I received a phone call from a Pen Air Credit Union customer who told that the credit union still offers counter checks, and she recently…

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Daily Outtakes: Sorry, Pam

Escambia County Clerk of Courts Pam Childers has been insisting that Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender is not an incumbent. Why this matters to Childers:…

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Escambia County politics still weird

Escambia County politics have had weird turns over the years. The 2024 election cycle is no different. On Friday, June 14, a Republican filed to…

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Thornton calls Lumon May statement a lie

Lumon May’s statement is a lie. If anyone wants to know what I said please contact me. I did not call Lumon May. He called…

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Perdido Bay Boat Ramp opens

District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and Escambia County staff invite the public to join them for the Perdido Bay Boat Ramp ribbon cutting Tuesday, June…

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Johnson: Lumon May and his dirty Jew friends can go to hell

To say Republican John R. Johnson is upset that he was disqualified from running against incumbent District 3 County Commissioner Lumon May would be an…

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Meet Mike Burns

The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) Board finalized the contract to hire local attorney Mike Burns as its new Executive Director during a special Board…

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Chris Jones’ bittersweet decision

Chris Jones has decided not to seek re-election as Escambia County Property Appraiser. Jones has served the citizens of Escambia County with dedication and integrity…

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Bender explains why Johnson was disqualified

On WCOA this morning, Escambia County Supervisor of Election Robert Bender explained why GOP candidate John R. Johnson was disqualified from running for the District…

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Escambia GOP wanted Lumon May to get in line or else

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May, a Democrat, was approached last week by Charles Thornton, the vice chairman of the Escambia County Florida Republican Executive Committee….

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GOP commission candidate disqualified (Update)

On Friday, it appeared that Republican John R. Johnson had suddenly raised enough money to pay the qualifying fee to challenge District 3 County Commissioner…

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Real News: Narcotics unit ‘kicks more doors’

Sheriff Chip Simmons has made fentanyl and methamphetamine investigations a top priority. “We’ve doubled down. I’ve put more investigators in the narcotics unit with the…

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District 1 GOP Primary closed

A Write-in candidate, Tyler Aulger,  has qualified for the Escambia County Commission District 1 race, which limits the GOP primary to only registered Republican voters….

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It’s official, no testimonials from Pam Childers

In a heated email exchange between County Clerk Pam Childers and County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh, Childers wrote, “…I do not read blogs or free newspapers.”…

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Daily Outtakes: Who Qualified?

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender will be my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen,” we will discuss who has qualified to run…

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Real New: PFAS, Santa Rosa boom, Sunday talk shows

Last year, 3M agreed to pay at least $10 billion to water utilities across the United States that had sought compensation for cleanup costs of…

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Andrade on the radio

State Rep. Alex Andrade was my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. We talked about having the one-two budget punch of Sen….

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