Important meeting on downtown post office
The Downtown Pensacola branch is on the chop list. The Postal Service is giving us a one-time opportunity to discuss alternative options to closing the…
Reports reveal more on the Billings’ murders
The interviews by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office with dozens of witnesses give the picture of a horrible, grisly double homicide that defies the motive…
Patrick Gonzalez mentions contract hit, Tice and MS13
The State Attorney released over 1,000 pages related to the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings. In those documents is a report from Chief Deputy…
Blog attracts NY Times
In today’s edition of the New York Times: “The official storyline was clear. The state attorney said it was a robbery; Byrd and Melanie Billings,…
Wiggins may lose 1971 Buick
Early this week the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office had a forfeiture hearing before Judge Frank Judge concerning the 1971 Buick Gran Sport Convertible that Pamela…
Zoo closes – temporarily
Press Release: In an effort to conserve funds while awaiting final decisions from Escambia & Santa Rosa County Commissions, The ZOO Northwest Florida will temporarily…
MPDP has update for CMPA board
Maritime Park Development Partners will present a progress report to the Community Maritime Park Associates Board. The big news is that construction is set to…
Luna statue debate
On Thursday, Celebrate Pensacola and the City of Pensacola unveiled at the foot of Palafox Street a statue of Spanish explorer Don Tristan de Luna….
Buzz: U.S. Senator Valentino?
I spoke with people in Gov. Charlie Crist’s administration about who is on the short list to appointed U.S. senator now that Mel Martinez is…
Leadership evaluations
Why doesn’t the Pensacola City Council evaluate its two hires – City Manager Al Coby and City Attorney Rusty Wells? Why doesn’t the Escambia County…
Markhams to block release of images
Ashley Markham, the daughter of Bud and Melanie Billings, has asked the courts (Case 2009 CA 002655) to stop the public release of the images…
Turner: “Gonzalez tried to ‘hit’ me”
“Gonzalez tried to ‘hit’ me,†says Mark Turner, Gulf Breeze resident and former used car dealer. That’s how our conversation began. I had contacted Turner…
ECSO responds to TaxWatch
ECSO RELEASES RESPONSE TO TAXWATCH SPECIAL REPORT Pensacola, Fla — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has released a response to a 2009 Special Taxwatch Center…
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…
