The Escambia County School District has nine A schools – with Molino Park Elementary, West Florida High and the Pensacola Beach Elementary charter school scoring the highest, closely followed by Suter Elementary,…
Category: Politics
Escambia County School District gets B, ranked 48 out of 67 districts
The Florida Department of Education released today its grades for the 2021-22 school year. Escambia County got a “B” – the same as the last pre-pandemic year, 2019. The school district was…
Underhill’s ‘plea bargain’ to avoid removal from office in ethics case
Yesterday, I broke the news that Commissioner Doug Underhill’s attorney Mark Herron recommended that the commissioner should “be subject to a public censure and reprimand” for state ethics violations. On “Real News…
Rafferty ‘very happy’ with rulings in Childers lawsuit [podcast]
Attorney Troy Rafferty represents that Escambia County Commissioners in their battle to get County Clerk Pam Childers to honor their 401(a) contract and cut checks to their retirement accounts. This morning, he…
Apologies
Many of you found the blog down yesterday when you went to check it out. Our hosting service, Bluehost, had issues when it migrated this site to a new server. Ricksblog.biz has…
Wednesday July 6 podcasts
Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers suffered two legal defeats in her fight over the county commissioners’ 401(a) retirement plan. United Way of West Florida recently awarded $480,000 in grants to 25 local…
Analysis: Highland Park suspect was screaming for help on social media
Social Media is once again in the spotlight after another mass shooting: The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which monitors and analyzes extremist content online, has put together a briefing on suspected shooter…
Giant Snails invade Florida
Parts of Pasco County in Florida are under quarantine due to the discovery of a fast-growing population of invasive giant African land snails. Jim Ryan has the details.
Underhill’s attorney asks that his client be censured and reprimanded in ethics case
In May, Administrative Law Judge G.W. Chisenhall heard the State Commission on Ethics case against Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill. The attorney for Underhill and the state yesterday submitted their recommended orders…
Childers suffers two legal defeats in retirement case
After spending the past year trying to convince the public that the county commissioners’ 401(a) retirement plan was illegal, Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers suffered two legal defeats yesterday. Okaloosa Circuit Court…
Real News podcasts: Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses some alarming facts from last week’s meeting of the Mental Health Task Force. Wilmer Mitchell shares his memories of Bob Snow and Seville Quarter. Parts of…
Trolleys help deal with traffic during Pensacola Beach Air Show [podcast]
To help alleviate traffic congestion for the Pensacola Beach Air Show, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is extending public transportation hours along the island on Friday, July 8, and is adding…