Category: Politics
Hall not guilty, Valentino guilty
State Attorney Bill Eddins has issued his reports on the Sunshine Law investigations of Pensacola City Councilman Sam Hall and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino….
Santa Rosa Co. tax math
We got our notice of proposed property taxes for the upcoming fiscal year for our Gulf Breeze home. The total projected tax bill is 1.8…
Grand jury indicts Beulah Seven
The grand jury has indicted Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr., Wayne Thomas Coldiron, Gary Lamont Sumner, Jr., Frederick Lee Thornton, Jr., Rakeem…
Nodine catches heat
Steve Nodine, the Mobile County commissioner who was paraded before the Escambia County Commission as an expert of economic development, is being criticized by the…
New council, same problems
Today the Pensacola City Council has a workshop on the proposed new city charter. The word is the council will do nothing. They will do…
Inside Car City: Bud, Cab
The used car business is a closed society, a private club that doesn’t like outsiders. Since the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings, I have…
OPERATION DUAL IDENTITY
Pensacola is not the only Florida city with a car smuggling problem. On March 24, the FBI and local law enforcement arrested 13 individuals in…
Drive-by
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects wanted in connection with drive-by around 10 p.m. Sunday near New Mexico Drive in the Oakcrest…
Mexican organized crime moving into Pcola?
The possible Mexican mafia connection to the Billings case has been rumored from the very beginning. Our sources that told me about the contract hit…
Tice and Mexican mafia
Sheriff David Morgan’s comment about Henry “Cab” Tice and the used car dealer’s admission that he was involved with the Mexican mafia has almost been…
Dateline NBC interviews Cab Tice
The Mobile NBC affiliate – WPMI 15- has started running promo pieces for the Monday Dateline NBC show that will focus on the Billings murders…
Tice arrest report
On 5/22/08, Tice wrote twelve checks to Worldco that were returned non-sufficient funds. Total checks is $17,342.51. They were to pay for vehicles and services…