Tag: Escambia Co. Politics
IN Your Face TV – Grover Robinson
Oct. 27 Show Hot Seat – Grover Robinson IV PART 1 PART 2
Tax & Spend County wants to raise taxes for fire
The PNJ reports Escambia County was to form advisory committees that will review and ultimately support raising the fees (taxes) paid for fire protection. (…
Touart told county has problems
County Administrator George Touart met with the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce this week. The word we’ve gotten is that Touart was told that his employees…
ECUA/Dale Perkins plan is extortion scam
In the PNJ (ECUA to review funding plan), the ECUA Board still refuses to pay for the entire $115 million with its Dale Perkins five-point…
How your property tax dollars are spent?
For the Pensacola homeowner, here is how your property tax dollar is spent: City of Pensacola               $0.23 Escambia County         …
Touart has gone hunting again
This time with the county’s biggest road contractors – Anderson-Columbia & Roads, Inc. Hmmmmmmmmmm, I’m sure Touart paid his way and they didn’t talk business…
Saga of Volunteer vs. Paid Firefighters continues
October 10, 2006 Chief Kenny Perkins Escambia County Fire Rescue 6565 North W Street, Suite 230 Pensacola, FLÂ 32505 Chief Perkins: On October 7, career…
Mice infest new County complex
While Touart and Magaha battle, we getting reports the new Escambia County Office Complex on Palafox Place is infested with mice. We just thought there…
Court orders County to quit being babies
The judge ruled this morning that County Adminstrator George Touart and the County Commission were being retaliatory towards the Clerk Ernie Lee Magaha by not…
Sorry, Rex, Van Camp won more awards
Gulf Coast Crimestoppers recently won three awards from Crime Stoppers International. Two for largest increases in arrests and stolen property recovered; the third of the…
New Jail Healthcare provider…same crew, different name
The contractor for the Escambia County Jail infirmary is Armor Correctional Health Services, a company founded less than two years ago by the same man…
To the victors the spoils
In doing some research on Congressional spending, I came across this 2002 Washington Post article written by David Post of AP – Majority status enriched…
Magaha-Touart battle wages on
Friday, the two Escambia County powerhouses – County Administrator George Touart and Clerk of Courts Ernie Lee Magaha faced off in court. Magaha filed a…
Claudia Brown-Curry may drop out of race
Claudia Brown-Curry has a problem. She’s a teacher in charge for Escambia County School District Sid Nelson teen parent program – which pays well. If…
Touart calls – offers to meet with Magaha employees
County Administrator George Touart called this afternoon about the Winners & Losers (Winners & Losers– GEORGE TOUART AND ERNIE LEE MAGAHA FEUD ). “Outzen, you’re…
Martini Night: Dem Studds was as bad as Foley
Last night: one Martini Night guest argued that Rep. Studds, a Democrat, had a similar scandal in 1983. Here are the facts:In 1983 Gerry Studds…
Lt. Blackburn likes First Amendment, too
Dear IN Editors: I just loved reading your fair and unbiased account of “wanna be” sheriff candidate David Morgan’s decision to pre file for the…
Gulf1.com: What about the economy?
Good old William Cobb continues to wage his battle against the waterfront park and City Hall on Gulf1.com. Here’s his latest tome: What about the…
WEAR reports Escambia Co. has bad roads…duh
WEAR TV reporter Greg Neumann reported last night that Escambia County has bad roads and Hurricane Ivan didn’t help. According to the Neumann report: “The…
Jim Paul Game Plan
From IN Editor Duwayne Escobedo: The Escambia County School District recognized supporters of the 10-year extension of the 1/2-cent sales tax for school construction projects…
