Press Release: Members of the Sheriff’s Gang Unit arrested two local gang members yesterday after a reported drive-by shooting. On Tuesday, November 30, at around 3:00 pm deputies responded to a reported…
Another EBO complaint
Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. the CMPA’s EBO Committee will hear a report from the EBO Compliance Officer Lou Ray on a complaint by GB Green Construction regarding subcontract Heaton Brothers Construction. When…
Second body identified
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the second body found in a wooded area off of Nine Mile Road near the University of West Florida campus – Debra Ann Jones. A…
MPDP battles EBO complaint
Promises: kept or broken? — Part 2 The man who drafted the Equal Business Opportunity agreement between Community Maritime Park Associates and Maritime Park Development Partners says that Scott Davison has never…
Feinberg to pay all emergency claims by Dec. 15
Mobile Press Register reports Oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg says that he made several changes to his final claims process to answer concerns that a Justice Department official raised last week….
Ray Sansom lands job
Former Florida Speaker of the House Ray Sansom is now the dean of Okaloosa Academy Charter School, according to the Daily News. Read Sansom lands job, seeks trial delay
Buzz: Serial killer on the loose
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has found the bodies of two women, one a convicted prostitute, in a wooded area just south of Nine Mile Road, off of Jernigan Road. Both bodies…
Bell to retire from PPD
Press Release: When Pensacola Police Sgt. When Pensacola Police Sgt. Robert Bell retires Wednesday (Dec. 1), the local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge will lose its longest serving president. Bell, 54, is…
Post Black Friday, Post Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday
Sacred Heart & IN are supporting Florida Backpacks for Kids Program at the Bay Area Food Bank. For $110, you can provide enough food to fill a backpack and feed an Escambia…
Davison pay unclear
I spent an hour this morning reviewing the invoices that have been submitted to the CMPA for the maritime park. According to the MPDP invoices, Scott Davison was paid $85,004 from August…
Buzz: County shake-up?
The Escambia County Complex is buzzing rumors that one of the commissioners is considering resignation. Who? & Why? —are the questions. Insiders are tight–lipped, but confirm this is more than a rumor….
Bush praises Obama on Facebook
George W. Bush appeared in a webcast interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Monday night. He praised President Obama during the hour-long discussion on Facebook Live, saying that he approves of his…
New Outrage in the Gulf
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on a new report that shows Congress bears substantial blame for the weak response to largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Funds authorized since…
Offshore drilling bill coming back
While we are still digging up oil patties on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key, the Florida Legislature is quietly discussing a new bill on offshore drilling. The oil industry spin machine, led…
Land Capital/Davison has $7M+ judgment against them
The default judgment for the garnishment has been apparently set aside, according to my sources (Davison Default Judgment Disposition, but there is an even bigger default judgment in Arizona against Scott Davison…
2010 Pelican Drop Schedule
2010 EVENT SCHEDULE CAT Country/International Paper Stage (Intendencia St) 5pm to 8pm- Children’s Pelican Celebration • At the stroke of 8 pm the Pelican will rise and light • up along with…
MPDP has $300K+ default judgment
It’s Case No. 2010-CA-1657 – a default final judgment by Wells Fargo Bank vs. LCG Mesa, LLC and Scott Davison. Maritime Park Development Partners is being hit with the default judgment for…
Buzz: Former St. Pete mayor advising Hayward
Former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker has been advising Pensacola Mayor-elect Ashton Hayward. In a telephone interview, Hayward said that he has had several conversations with Baker, who was elected St. Petersburg…
Best story from WikiLeaks dump
Contained in the WikiLeaks latest dump of “secret” documents is the story of Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahed, a 75-year-old American, who escaped Iran via horseback. Vahed visited Iran in May 2008; he flew…
Lawmakers block healthcare law
The Sun-Sentinel reports that Florida legislative leaders want to block spending and rules necessary to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which Congress passed earlier this year. Florida has 3.8…
