Commissioner salaries were still on the agenda: Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 20 March 2008 1. Call to order at 5:32 p.m. 2. Invocation – Commissioner Whitehead. 3. Pledge of Allegiance…
Tag: Escambia Co. Politics
Notes: Agenda Review 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Morning Agenda Review Called to order at 9:03 a.m. All County Commissioners were present except for Commissioner Marie Young. Young arrived at 9:30 a.m. Items to…
Roads Inc paid $12.3 million
As per a public request, we have found that Roads, Inc has been paid $12,352,346.36 this decade for work for Escambia County. FY 2001 $586,588.99 FY 2002 $600,261.71 FY 2003 $692,557.91 FY…
What’s wrong with Escambia County
Last night’s county commission meeting is the perfect example. A contractor – who has made hundreds of thousands from the county in the Hurricane Ivan clean-up and who employs the former county…
County code enforcement
The 2007-08 budget for code enforcement is $2,454,000. It’s funded by fines and fees ($1,654,000), General Fund ($300,000) and Solid Waste ($500,000). Two years ago the budget was $1,296,349. Hmmmmm – budget…
McNesby budget under public scrutiny
Over and over again, I hear discontent in the community with the Escambia County Sheriff’s budget – that has increased over 30 percent since Ron McNesby took office. It’s good that McNesby…
Bye, Bye Rudy
Guiliani insiders are saying that the former New York City mayor will pull out of the GOP presidential race and throw his support to Sen. John McCain. Rudy had counted on the…
Why so few County Administrator candidates?
Let’s face the Escambia County Administrator job is no plum job for anyone, especially if you have no roots in the area. Just this decade alone – we’ve had four commissioners removed…
County administrator candidate resigned last week
Randy Oliver,the City Manager for Peoria, Ill. resigned last week. Oliver is a finalist for the Escambia County job. Here is what the blog “The Peoria Chronicle” has to say: Randy Oliver…
PNJ has more on Paul
The Saturday edition of the Pensacola News Journal covers how the Escambia County school board did not mention Superintendent Jim Paul’s DUI arrest. It also has a few other interesting points: Jim…
Touart watching his nickels
Today’s PNJ has an article on the former County Administrator George Touart settling his hunting charges in Wisconsin. The story ends with a not too subtle reference to Touart needing his retirement…
County buys land for westside park
The Perdido Bay Youth Sports Association will get its ball park. Escambia County commissioners on Thursday approved, by a 4-1 vote, the purchase of 217 acres on Bauer Road for $1.41 million…