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Tag: Escambia politics
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…
Code enforcement has problems
This week Sheriff Ron McNesby took away the badges and arrest powers of the Code Enforcement officers. Why? Because of the liability. The Bubbas have overstepped their authority and have two civil…
Unified Fire Service delayed two more years
The delays and stall tactics continue. This time its at the county level with fire protection. Last June, a citizen task force advised the county consolidate its volunteer and paid fire departments…
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…
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…
PNJ reports Touart wants better pension
Three days have you read it here on the blog, Pensacola News Journal reports Touart fighting for his pension. The county commissioners didn’t take the bait and did nothing about Patterson’s letter….
Possible Touart game plan
I’ve been trying to figure out what is the Touart game plan with this last minute move to get on the 12/13 BOCC agenda: 1. The new BOCC chairman is vocal Touart…
How about being proactive?
The thought struck me this morning – Why didn’t Escambia County government have a plan to help out local cultural groups while the Saenger Theater is being renovated? Shouldn’t there have been…
Republican HQ for a day
Press Release Escambia County Republican Party Chairman Clay Ingram released the following statement today regarding the Republican Party of Florida holding its Headquarters for a Day in Pensacola: “We welcome the Republican…
King press conference not for us
Rev. Hugh King’s press conference really wasn’t for the white community or the press. It was to defend himself in front of his congregation and the African-American community. There is a strong…