Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan is upset over a PNJ editorial cartoon. He has instructed his public relations unit to no longer give direct comment to the daily newspaper, according to an…
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Outtakes—Raising ‘Little Monsters’
My column for the March 29 edition of Inweekly: Raising ‘Little Monsters’ Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill disapproved of the March for Our Lives rallies last weekend. In a series of posts…
Chip Simmons prefiles for Escambia County Sheriff
Escambia County Chief Deputy Chip Simmons has prefiled to run for Escambia County Sheriff in 2020. Simmons stepped down as Pensacola Police Chief in August 2015, after a 29-year career with the…
Buy ‘Little Monster’ T-shirt and support domestic violence shelter
Are you a “Little Monster?” Inweekly has come up with the perfect attire for the next Escambia County Commission meeting. Click on your favorite design to order. Net proceeds from the sales will…
Personal attacks on Parkland students increase after rallies
The New York Times reports that personal attacks on the outspoken students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have increased since the March of Our Lives rallies. See Parkland Students Find Themselves…
Panhandle commissioner blames Parkland, Fla. for creating ‘little monsters’
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill broadened his attacks on the students who participated in the March for Our Lives rallies to include the city of Parkland, Fla. He described the accused murderer,…
Underhill calls March for Our Lives teens ‘pathetic’
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill took to Facebook on Saturday morning to announce his disapproval of the March for Our Lives teens. He wrote, “Good morning to all you marchers. You are…
ECSO modifications of interlocal agreement
ECSO Chief Public Information Officer Amber Southard has told us that the mediation is a two-phase process that the ECSO considers the mediation agreement an “agreement in principal” and “then the Interlocal…
Mediation and Interlocal agreements side-by-side
Inweekly has placed the Mediation agreement and the Interlocal agreement drafted by the county side-by-side: Mediation Agreement Interlocal Agreement 1. Board of County Commissioners shall agree to do the following in furtherance of…
Is the BCC-ECSO mediation agreement binding?
Yesterday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) issued a press release stating that Sheriff David Morgan would not accept the mediation agreement approved the Escambia Board of County Commissioners (BCC). The agreement…
Sheriff releases official statement on budget impasse
From the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office: “The attempt to resolve the budget appeal through mediation appears to have been unsuccessful. “Based on communication after the mediation, the BOCC staff wants to include…
Sheriff rejects mediation agreement
Sheriff David Morgan has rejected the mediation agreement that would have given his agency $9.1 million over the next four years for pay raises for his deputies. The mediation agreement was negotiated…