Category: Politics
Are You Ready to Rumble? Stand Your Ground: El Baby Gaetz vs. The Unchained (see poster)
SaintPetersBlog.com is having fun with the proposed debate on Stand Your Ground between Rep. Matt Gaetz and executive director of the Dream Defenders, Phillip Agnew….
Buzz: Bureaucratic mess leads to new couch being bought before needs of handicapped met
Barbara Albrecht, the president of the Bream Fishermen Association, is upset with the bureaucratic nightmare at Pensacola City Hall. Her group, which supports, develops, and…
Jail transfer postponed to day before BCC meeting
The deadline to transfer the jail from sheriff’s office’s control to the Board of County Commissioners is 56 days away. Escambia County Jail Transfer Workshop,…
Florida House Democratic Caucus calls for special session on Stand Your Ground
The Honorable Ken Detzner Florida Secretary of State Florida Department of State R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250 Dear Secretary Detzner:…
Escambia County will be open jail transfer meetings
Press release: Escambia County and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office will hold a joint workshop session Monday, August 5, at 10 a.m. to continue negotiations…
Viewpoint: Jail transfer negotiations should be open to public
We are hearing that today’s meeting between Interim County Administrator George Touart and Chief Deputy Eric Haines and their staffs didn’t go well. We have…
Search, Sound also covered at BCC meeting
By Brandy Volovecky The search for a new Escambia County Administrator has begun anew. The Escambia County Board of Commissioners passed a motion reopening the…
Sheriff Morgan willing to delay jail transfer until Oct. 1, 2014
Sheriff David Morgan has to offered to delay transferring the county jail to the Board of County Commissioners for an year—until Oct. 1, 2014. Clearly…
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…
