Tag: 2008-09 county budget

By IN Reporter Michael Rutschky A motion to reduce the Sheriff Office’s budget by $2.5 million was rejected on Thursday at the Board of County…

This is a huge step in the right direction. Escambia County Commission reduces the county’s 2007-08 property tax millage rate from 8.017 mils to 6.9755…

Mike Whitehead continued his tour de force on budget cuts – which we still believe are really from former County Administrator George Touart. Face it….

Okay, it’s time we quit ignoring the pink elephant in the room. The biggest sinkhole in the Escambia County budget is the Escambia County Sheriff’s…

According to News Herald, Sheriff Frank McKeithen wants to run Bay County’s jail. The Bay County Commission will meet June 17 and is expected to…

“Rick, you know how vindictive Whitehead is. You just don’t know what he might do if he is removed from the chairmanship.” These are the…

Escambia County Commissioners will hold a series of budget meetings in each district during the month of May to allow residents a chance to review…

Here’s the report from Chrissy Littledale on this morning’s joint meeting between our two counties. Joint Meeting of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners…

The PNJ story on county reorganization missed a key point. The restructuring creates an “Ombudsman” position. The Ombudsman will hear taxpayers’ complaints or suggestions about…

According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would…

In July 2007, we published our Ballsy Plan IV – Government Budgeting for Dummies I reviewed the article this morning and found we weren’t too…

Sarasota County hopes to be an economic engine for the ailing local economy by fast-tracking more than four dozen projects, which it estimates will spur…