Tag: Grover Robinson
Another view of Monday’s meeting
We asked one of our college interns/free lancers to attend the Monday meeting on consolidation to offer up what she saw and heard. Some of…
Page has phone records
Jamie Page has a solid investigative piece in Sunday’s daily paper. Through public records requests, Page got the cell phone records and message logs from…
Buzz: Other races
. Some locals have been hoping that another Republican would jump into the State Senate race that now has Greg Evers, Dave Murzin and Mike…
Videos on Maplewood bid
Here are the comments from the different commissioners on the motion to reverse the re-bid of the Maplewood drainage project: KEVIN WHITE: GROVER ROBINSON: GENE…
Valentino/Roads remix (updated)
So here is what we have with the Maplewoods drainage project: 1. Bids are open Nov. 18. Gulf Equipment is the low bidder at $1,768,621….
Bid integrity
There are four hot topics being discussed around town: Malcolm Thomas and the Brownsville Middle School fiasco Consolidation – what will happen next? Victor Steen…
Commissioners vote to cut own pay
Not in Escambia or Santa Rosa counties. It is in Pinellas County where the commissioners voted 4-3 during a budget workshop to cut their salaries…
Commissioner upset about Saenger
Commissioner Grover Robinson isn’t happy about a Michigan paint contractor getting the work over a local business that was apparently the low bidder. Robinson thought…
IN Your Head Radio 6.13
We will talk to Dahlia Hashad, Domestic Human Rights Program Director for Amnesty International. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that the prisoners being held at Guantánamo…
The world turns…
On May 22, I wrote in Outtakes (Tall Tales) that Mike Whitehead should resign as the chairman of the Escambia County Commission. Last night –…
Notes: BCC 6.05.08
Board of County Commissioners Meeting June 5, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. Governmental Complex – First Floor The meeting was called to order at 5:33 p.m….
Grover on beach alcohol
Grover Robinson has written a letter to the Santa Rosa Island Authority. He is asking them to study an alcohol policy in public areas on…
Commissioner elves
You need to check out this. Feel free to email to friends – just give us credit. ELF YOURSELF And just in case you are…
Video: BOCC argue over Whitehead stmts
At the October 11 Committee of the Whole, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners discussed the PNJ article and Mike Whitehead’s statements about three commissioners…
Grover speaks out on hotel-condo idea
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson (version 4.0) has issued a position paper on the hotel-condo issue. He is recommending the maximum stay be cut from…
IN YOUR FACE – Best Year Ever
What were the three top events of 2006? Click here for Talking Points video
