For the Pensacola homeowner, here is how your property tax dollar is spent: City of Pensacola               $0.23 Escambia County               $0.40 Public Schools         …
Tag: Escambia Co. Politics
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 or upcoming bids. Yeah, Yeah, that’s the…
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 and volunteer firefighters responded to a structure…
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 were a few rats in the building.
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 allowing his 29 employees to move from…
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 Pensacola Police Department’s weekly Crime Stopper segment…
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 who started Prison Health Services. In fact…
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 GOP areas. The 1994 Congressional elections that…
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 motion for his employees be allowed to…
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 she is elected to the School Board…
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 killing me” is how the conversation started….
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 (D-MA) was excused of having sex with…