Questioning the DROP of Rusty Wells
This email has been sent to the Pensacola City Council. DROP stands for Deferred Retirement Option Program. City employees are allowed to announce their retirement…
Pilot in Ecuador killing is Fausti
Thanks to faithful readers of the blog. More has been discovered about Brandon Fausti – ex-husband of Tabatha Gonzalez, wife of the suspected killer of…
Sordid tale of woe from T. Gonzalez’s ex
The ex-husband of Tabatha Gonzalez, wife of the Patrick Gonzalez, Jr, was convicted of trafficking cocaine in September 2004. Judge Linda Nobles sentenced him, Brandon…
ECSO takes over Jail infirmary
At midnight last night, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office took control of the Escambia County Jail infirmary from Armor Correctional Health Services. The move is…
Probability, Possibility Press Conference
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan called a press conference in response to the CNN news report that the State Attorney’s Office was investigating whether the…
Press Conference tonight
From ECSO: Press Release Pensacola, FL-In response to media reports that the Billings Murders were contract killings, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan is stating that…
UWF Named ‘A Best In The Southeast College’
Press Release: The University of West Florida has once again been named one of the best colleges and universities in the Southeast according to The…
Comm. White questions use of budgets and more
Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White has asked County Administrator Bob McLaughlin to sent a letter to all the commissioners in which he tells McLaughlin “the…
CNN reports Billings murders a contract hit
From CNN: “A source with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN the state attorney’s office believes there were two motives in the home invasion murder…
Billings – Mississippi notes
My hometown is Greenville, Mississippi. We moved from Greenville to Gulf Breeze in 1981. Bud Billings lived in Greenville from the mid-1970s until 1985, when…
Pamela Long Wiggins arrested for bigamy (Updated)
Pamela Long Wiggins – who has already been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the Billings murders – has been arrested today…
Inside Billings dealership
A former of employee of a used car dealership tied to the late Bud Billings recalls his time with Billings as a rollercoaster of shady…
SR Health Director resigns after DUI
NorthEscambia.com reports that Shannon Jacobs, the Santa Rosa County Health Director, resigned on Friday, July 24. Jacobs, 34, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic…
Missing cars
According to our sources, the business issue between Bud Billings and Henry “Cab” Tice involved “disappearing” cars from the Tice car lots. Billings’ finance company,…
Living in Pensacola online survey
715 people have completed in the past 7 days this survey by the Better Pensacola Forum and Mason-Dixon. Check it out – here.
PETA wants ZOO closed
The Daily News reports that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has sent letters to Santa Rosa and Escambia County commissioners to urge…
Mobile Visitor Bureau criticized
Earlier this month, the daily newspaper made a fuss (front page, above the fold) over a USS Lexington reunion that is being held in Mobile,…
ECSO gets $3.3M from feds
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced $1 billion in funding across the nation including $3,344,620 for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to hire 20…
SH-60B Seahawk Helicopter – Naval Museum
Press release: The National Naval Aviation Museum will acquire a new aircraft to add to its collection with the delivery of an SH-60B Seahawk, the…
Plaza de Luna Statue Dedication
Press release: In celebration of the 450th anniversary of de Luna founding the first Spanish settlement, the Fiesta of Five Flags Association and Celebrate Pensacola…
