Children’s Trust executive director expects to be ousted today

Tammy Greer, executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, has notified her board that she will not attend today’s emergency board meeting unless asked to…

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Daily Outtakes: Kim Krupa interim?, Political Pressure Fails

Escambia Children’s Trust board will hold an emergency meeting today at 3:30 p.m. in the County Commission chamber. Please note place and time have changed…

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Daily Outtakes: Escambia Children’s Trust follows up

On Monday afternoon, Escambia Children’s Trust executive director Tammy Greer sent a double-edged follow-up email recarding proposed Children’s Resource Center. At the meeting, the City…

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Daily Outtakes: MiSu No No, Escambia Children’s Trust No Shows

Mi Su may be kicked off Palafox; Little interest in Escambia Children’s Trust strategy sessions; and FPL cuts check for National Naval Aviation Museum. Mi…

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Escambia Children’s Trust Board upset with ‘single source’ grant process

The Escambia Children’s Trust Board expressed its discomfort with how its staff is handling the “single source” grant process. The discussion came after the board…

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Responding to ECT director

Tammy Greer, the executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, responded to my and Commissioner Lumon May’s comments about the Help Me Grow program that…

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Lumon May frustrated about ECT staff pushing hotline

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May works with kids living in some of the county’s poorest neighbors and is frustrated that the Escambia Children’s Trust staff…

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Meet Tammy Greer [podcast]

This morning on WCOA 1370AM/104.9FM, I had an exclusive radio interview with the new executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, Tammy Greer. I also…

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Trust appointees a victory for Commissioner May

A month after Commissioner Lumon May held up the Escambia Children’s Trust from hiring an interim director and borrowing funds, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the…

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Trusting the trust

The Escambia Children’s Trust sputtered through its February meeting with chair Patty Hightower pushing for the partial board to move on a timetable recommended by…

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