Tag: George Touart
Touart suspension – done deal
The word we are getting is that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will vote tonight to suspend County Administrator George Touart for one week….
Touart poll gets record votes
As of 11 am, September 4, 39,477 votes have been cast on the poll concerning the future employment of County Administrator George Touart. What should…
BOCC agenda set
County Administrator George Touart’s contract and possible suspension are set to be discussed on Thursday, September 6 at 5:34 p.m. Read:Â agenda.pdf
Word of the week: Trust
With big Escambia County commission meeting on Thursday, the word of the week will be “trust.” How do the commissioners rebuild public trust in county…
Et tu, Mobytu
News Journal columnist Mark O’Brien adds himself to the list of PNJ columnists and opinion writers asking the County Administrator George Touart to retire/resign (…
PNJ Dogan asks Touart to resign
News Journal columnist Reggie Dogan wrote at open letter to County Administrator George Touart asking him to resign. Frankly, we have lost trust in you….
Letter on Roads Inc
Chairman White, Commissioners Young, Valentino, Robinson and Whitehead: I have read the supposed “agreement” that Mr. Touart promised would provide a definitive timeline for the…
Lead by example
When the head of county government has a employee leasing business and a real estate investment company, what is the example that he is setting…
Touart defends himself
In a exclusive phone interview, County Administrator George Touart defended himself against the latest disclosures made by the Pensacola News Journal. He sincerely believes that…
We’re no lawyers
But it does appear County Administrator George Touart has an ethics issue: Here is the law: (7)CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. (a)No public officer or…
Longer BOCC meetings
The Board of County Commissioners will have to add additional half hour to its meetings for County Administrator to go over all this relationships with…
Back to the Future with George
A week after County Administrator George Touart was verbally reprimanded by the Escambia County commission for side business deals with parties involved in a $1.41…
Touart hole gets deeper
The PNJ has uncovered more on County Administrator George Touart and his business dealings with people who do business with Escambia County. Touart’s employee leasing…
Not first time for ethics policy
In January 2004, then-County Commissioner Janice Gilley brought up the idea of instituting such a code of ethics for county employees and an annual performance…
Musings on Touart/Land deal
First, I believe that the Bauer Road land deal is fair and fulfills a public recreation need. [In the interest of full disclosure, Neal Nash…
Touart must come clean
Tomorrow morning the Escambia County Commission will hold a special meeting on the Bauer Road land deal and I assume on the employment of County…
PNJ nails Touart
The Pensacola News Journal has posted an article by Michael Stewart detailing a business relationship between County Administrator George Touart, developer Neal Nash (whose mother-in-law…
Latest on County/Touart land issue
The INDaily has posted the appraisals and the payment request on the $1.41 million purchase of land on Bauer Road by Escambia County. Appraisals: Appraisals…
Century terminates code enforcement?
Here is a letter from County Administrator George Touart to Century Mayor Evelyn Hammond about the possible termination of code enforcement in Century. The town…
Gaetz sponsors bill to allow panhandling on road ways
State Sen. Don Gaetz has sponsored the Iris Roberts Act (sb1946c1.html) which will allow charitable groups to solicit funds on state roads. Escambia County officials…
