Category: Escambia County
Bergosh vs. Kohler – get in the gutter
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and Commissioner Mike Kohler got into a heated exchange filled with barbs and accusations at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on…
Bergosh: Roundabouts; Brahier: Maintenance
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discussed various issues in District 1, including the problematic roundabout on Perdido Key, which he admitted was too small and needed to…
Health and quality of life issue have not changed
While working on another project, I came across my blog post about meeting that took place in August 2006: Yesterday, United Way of Escambia County…
Daily Outtakes: Defending Our Bases
Earlier this month, Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and other leaders from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties attended the 2024 Defense Communities Summit in Washington,…
Courthouses closing
The Escambia and Santa Rosa County courthouses will close at 1 p.m. today due to the incoming severe weather. The Walton County courthouse will close…
Daily Outtakes: Severe Weather Day
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties face an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms this afternoon and into the evening. In the thunderstorms, wind gusts…
Daily Outtakes: Who drove up 401a legal bills—not the BCC
Former city council member Sherri Myers is upset about the costly litigation regarding the 401a plan. The issue could have been resolved two years ago,…
401a owed FRS, not Childers
Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers jumped the gun when she sent a letter to the county demanding payments from the commissioners enrolled in the 401a…
Daily Outtakes: Other 401a participants unlawful
County Clerk Pam Childers has sent a letter demanding the Escambia County Commissioners immediately repay the contributions she made to the county’s local retirement plan…
Daily Outtakes: Infant dies every 12 days
The Sun Sentinel has begun a series that looks at Florida’s high infant mortality rate – “Born to Die.” Over the past decade, Escambia County…
Daily Outtakes: 10-24 record (updated)
Note: After reviewing the bills again, I missed a bill that Andrade had passed by both chambers and the laid on the table was done…
Florida Gen Z leader speaking in Pensacola on March 20
Florida Gen Z leader and organizer Jayden D’Onofrio will speak at an event hosted by Emerald Coast Equality on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30 p.m….
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will…
Updated purchase agreement of OLF-8
Beulah TownCenter, LLC yesterday submitted a proposed purchase agreement for 290 acres of Outlying Landing Field 8 in the Beulah community, adjacent to Navy Federal…
Bergosh has new environmental project for Perdido Key
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. Escambia County Commissioner Jeff discussed how the Army Corps of Engineers dredges from the Intercoastal Waterway…
Sun Belt basketball chaimpionships start 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
]The 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will take place March 5-11 at the Pensacola Bay Center, with all 14…
Top Five News Stories, week ended 3/2/24
1. Pensacola Becomes US Sailing Capital Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and American Magic Skipper Terry Hutchison signed the lease, making the Port of Pensacola the…
Sun Belt basketball teams look for momentum for Pensacola games
App State can claim the outright Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball regular-season crown with a home victory Friday night, but will have to do so…
Probable cause found in ethics complaint against Underhill’s aide
On March 8, the Florida Commission on Ethics will consider the probable cause finding regarding a complaint against former County Commissioner Doug Underhill’s aide, Jonathan…
Alabama ruling impacts Pensacola women
Last month, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that couples who tried in vitro fertilization (IVF) and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a facility…
