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 he has done nothing wrong. Yes, he…
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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 employee of an agency shall have 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 various parties involved in the staff recommendations…
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 million land purchase by the county, the…
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 company, Global Employment Services Inc, has done…
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 review of Touart and County Attorney Janet…
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 at one-time was an investor in this…
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 Administrator George Touart. You bet Touart and…
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 owned the Bauer Road property) and Ron…
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 for Bauer Road Land Payment Request: Payment…
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 had contracted with the county to do…
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 have told us that because the U.S….