Category: Escambia County
Proposed county budget online
Escambia County’s proposed  budget for 2021-22 is now online.  The total combined budget is $568,262,165, down $19.7 million from the current year budget of $587,933,284….
County still needs census data to redraw districts
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford told the Board of County Commissioners that his office has yet to receive the 2020 census data. At…
Local cities receive block grants
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced grant awards totaling more than $3.5 million in Northwest Florida. Grant funding will be used to improve…
Clerk having trouble collecting bed tax
Escambia County Clerk of Courts Pam Childers tried to deliver to the Board of County Commissioners her monthly report on Tourist Development (also known as…
Bicentennial Saturday, July 17
The 200th Anniversary Commission would like to invite the public to Florida’s Territorial Bicentennial and Escambia County’s 200th Anniversary on Saturday, July 17 at the Historic Village, Museum…
Buzz: Gilley’s hatchet gone
Jana Still is no longer Escambia County’s Human Resources director. Still was one of former County Administrator Janice Gilley’s stranger hires. She had never worked…
Have you seen this Ford Fusion? Call CrimeStoppers
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the black 2014 Ford Fusion  used in the homicide of Ladarius Clardy that took place at the intersection…
County job vacancies may be a management problem
The daily newspaper posted early this morning an article comparing the job vacancies in Escambia County government to other counties: Escambia 18.5%, Santa Rosa 9%,…
Best of Coast voting has begun
Just like we have every summer for the last 21 years, we’re asking you all to play favorites and vote in our Best of the…
Bizarre Childers sighting
ATU 1395 Union president Mike Lowery shared Escambia County Clerk of Courts Pam Childers’ bizarre appearance at the ECAT ATU 1395 collective bargaining session on Friday, June…
Bus union prez wins another arbitration
ATU Union 1395 president Mike Lowery has moved one step closer to winning back his job for the county’s Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT). Last…
Move for advisory committee on county redistricting
With the 2020 census completed, Escambia County and City of Pensacola need to review the boundaries of their districts and adjust them before the end…
Buzz: Musical chairs
Here are the latest rumors floating around Tallahassee, Pensacola City Hall and Escambia County Administrative Complex: Kevin Brown, legislative assistant to State Sen. Doug Broxson,…
County answers Underhill demand re: his legal fees
Escambia County has filed a response to Commissioner Doug Underhill’s demand that the taxpayers pay for his legal fees incurred to defend a defamation lawsuit…
Childers softens position on 401(a) rates
These are notes taken as the discussion took place. I will review transcripts for an updated version for the newspaper. Escambia County Comptroller Pam Childers said…
BCC public forum
The Gary Sansing Public Forum is an opportunity for the public to address their elected officials, raise issues that aren’t on the agenda and make…
Jail conditions hidden from BCC, public
From an employee at the Escambia County Jail: There is a SAFETY issue in the jail. We are under staffed and under paid. The number…
ECAT facilities ‘unacceptable’
Commissioner Lumon May this afternoon toured the Rosa L. Parks Transit Complex to see firsthand the work conditions at the facility. Inweekly accompanied the commissioner…
Former HR director points finger at county budget department
The never-ending HR saga about the 401(a) plan has another twist. Maybe this more of a M. Night Shyamalan script than the Coen Brothers. After…
Anonymity may require paper bags
County Administrator Janice Gilley has made a big deal about protecting the identity of persons who make public record requests if want to be anonymous….
