Category: Politics
Sheriff Morgan names Haines Chief Deputy, promotes Yuhasz to commander
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has announced the promotion of Senior Commander Eric Haines to Chief Deputy effective July 20. Haines has been employed at…
Jail transfer is anything but smooth (video)
At the Committee of Whole meeting on July 18, Interim County Administrator George Touart gave his first written weekly report on the jail transition–nearly month…
City Council Workshops the Budget
The Pensacola City Council dives into the city’s 2014 budget this week. As proposed, the budget totals $192,198,700. Mayor Ashton Hayward made his proposed budget…
Mr. Outzen video, just when you thought it could not get crazier
At the Escambia County Commission’s Committee of the Whole meeting on July 18, Chairman Gene Valentino demanded that I show myself in commission chambers. He…
Buzz: Papantonio says Progressives aren’t warming up to Crist
In a telephone interview today, Pensacola attorney and political pundit Mike Papantonio said Charlie Crist doesn’t appear to be gaining much traction among Progressives around…
Mr. Outzen, come and defend yourself…another bizarre chapter in Escambia County folklore
Just when we thought county government couldn’t get any more bizarre, Escambia County Commissioner Chairman Gene Valentino called me out yesterday afternoon during the board’s…
Oh, and about the county privatizing jail medical services
Sheriff David Morgan shared this email exchange regarding the rumor that George Touart was working a backroom deal to bring back Armour to handle medical…
Mythology of George Touart. He was not that great
Today the Board of County Commissioners will decide if George Touart will be given a contract to become the full-time county administrator. Touart didn’t finished…
Stand Down, Mr. LeRoy or how Valentino broke his gavel
I’ve heard repeatedly about Commissioner Gene Valentino breaking his gavel last week when he got upset with a citizen addressing the board. Admiral Leroy knows…
George’s version of the truth
For $50, I got five DVDs of the Escambia County BCC Budget workshops. The videos show some troubling inconsistencies regarding the County’s takeover of the…
Bollards are coming. They really, really are this time. Promise.
We got this email message via the Downtown Improvement Board: MESSAGE FROM THE CITY OF PENSACOLA Dear Resident/Property Owner: On July 18, 2013, the City…
Jail death this morning, no foul play expected
The Medical Examiner’s Office is currently investigating a death in the Escambia County Jail Central Booking Division. Richard Craig Adams Jr., age 47, had been…
Buzz: Hayward prefiles for re-election
Mayor Ashton Hayward has pre-filed to run for mayor of Pensacola in 2014. Donna Clark and Maren Deweese have also pre-filed. Clark has reported $5,250…
More video on George Touart’s application for county administrator
Interim County Administrator George Touart used his position to campaign publicly before all the commissioners to sell why he should be given the job full-time….
Sheriff’s Office responds on its internal service fund
Gerald Champagne, the attorney for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, has sent County Attorney Alison Perdue a letter concerning Interim County Administrator George Touart’s recommendation…
Grover and Wilson took off the gloves (video)
You have to see this YouTube video on last night’s meetings. Commissioners Wilson Robertson and Gene Valentino are getting more upset when it anyone challenges…
We found why Valentino and Touart have attacked Sheriff and DOJ so vigorously
Escambia County Commission Chairman Gene Valentino and Interim County Administrator have it in for Sheriff David Morgan. In open meetings they have repeatedly cast doubts…
County replies. ‘Test’ email was not a plot to circumvent the law
Assistant County Administrator Larry Newsom has responded to Douglas Underhill’s email that was published on this blog yesterday. Newsom explains that the emails, highlighted by…
Hayward taps former DEP head to run city hall
Mayor Ashton Hayward has sent out a memo to city employees that he has chosen Colleen Castile, the former head of the Florida Department of…
Raises still possible for county employees
By Brandy Volovecky The Escambia County Commission completed the first day in its two-day Committee of the Whole Budget Workshop on Tuesday July 9. Interim…
