Category: Escambia County
Poll: Hill has support, but not so much for his issues
In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 450 likely Republican voters in State House District 1, we found that 52.4 percent would re-elect controversial State Rep….
FB BCC attacks contagious?
Ryan Nicol of Florida Politics reports that GOP Brevard Commissioner Bryan Lober last week went after  Stacey Patel, who serves as the chair of the Brevard Democratic…
Voters show no support for paying legal fees for commissioners over FB comments
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is looking for the taxpayers to pay to defend him against a lawsuit concerning comments he made on Facebook. The…
Bridge Name Game
By Danielle Brown, Inweekly Tensions ran high among Escambia and Santa Rosa County citizens in the final public meeting over renaming the Pensacola Bay Bridge….
Underhill sued over FB comments (update)
Editor’s note: County Attorney Alison Rogers emailed me this: “…the BCC recently voted to totally repeal the County Commissioner Technology policy, so it is no…
Prof. Andrade’s Guns and Money 101
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Rep. Alex Andrade knew it was going to be a tough evening. The District 2 Republican was sitting in the Brownsville…
Young appointed judge
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Pensacola attorney Charles Young to replace Escambia County Judge Joyce Williams, who announced her resignation in March. Young, 58, of…
Group calls for carving out $133 million in ‘turkeys’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida TaxWatch says $133 million should be slashed from the state’s proposed budget, though Gov….
Officials speak out on gun violence
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Following another shooting Monday in a string of shootings in recent weeks in the Pensacola area, local officials joined with victims’…
Barry pre-files for another term
Escambia County District 5 Steven Barry had pre-filed for another term. “ I am excited to seek re-election for Escambia County Commissioner, District 5,” said…
Mike Hill: ‘Do not let him fester’
Peter Schorsch, publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including Florida Politics and Sunburn, wrote a scathing viewpoint calling for GOP leaders…
Did EMS union try to ‘game’ dispatch to get more trucks?
Inweekly has a received a series of county emails that show the EMS union president was upset with how dispatch was routing ambulances because he…
COW: Chewing on Public Safety
Escambia Public Safety Suffers from Leadership, Communication Issues BY Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After digging into Escambia County’s Public Safety Department, ombudsman Janice Kilgore found an…
Breaking news: Coughlin agrees to stay as interim administrator
At today’s Committee of the Whole, Assistant County Administrator Matt Coughlin announced that would serve as interim county administrator to July, when Janice Gilley will…
Mother blames son’s death on EMS’s ‘lack of interest’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Escambia County awaits the conclusion of a Florida Department of Health investigation regarding its Emergency Medical Services, some residents are…
Union asks for BCC to weigh-in on fire chief
The Escambia Professional Firefighters union sent this letter last night: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Administrator Lavoy, We, the Escambia County Professional Firefighters, are disappointed to…
Fire Chief corrects timeline
Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail was hired in May 2018. Over the past month, he has resigned, attempted to rescind his resignation and seen…
County fire chief rescinds resignation
Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail sent this following letter rescinding his resignation: TO: Amy Lovoy, Interim County Administrator VIA: Matt Coughlin, Interim Public Safety…
Outtakes: Tear down that wall
There is no silver bullet that will fix the crisis in Escambia County’s administration. If the Board of County Commissioners believe an ordinance or hiring…
Sean Harris video
When Sean Harris was hit by an SUV on the night of May 15, 2017, the driver pulled over and began to video the scene…
