Former Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has pre-filed to run for the job he last held in 2008. This is going to get interesting.
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Buzz: Steve Stephens favored for administrator (updated)
Steve Stevens, former CFO for Sheriff Ron McNesby, owner of Cabana Lounge and who failed to get approval of the Florida Senate to sit on the Public Service Commission, appears to have…
McNesby overcharged FEMA for Ivan (DHS letter)
While doing research on another project, I came across this April 30, 2009 letter from the regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on its audit of disaster costs associated with…
WWRMcD
What would Ronnie McNesby do? The PNJ’s online editorial says that Ronnie McNesby would have done a better job of handling the K9 attack on Vickie White than Sheriff Morgan. Really? Really?…
Maybe why ECSO K-9 unit suspended
2005 was a very bad year for the K-9 unit…particularly two deputies that cost the ECSO at least two lawsuits. February 2005 Gulf Breeze teen, Addison Salter, is bitten by K-9 after…
ECSO dogs shutdown
WEAR TV 3 reported last night that K-9 unit at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has been temporarily shutdown by the Department of Justice. According to WEAR, the Department of Justice –…
Here are two Complaints filed with DOJ
IN has obtained copies of the two complaints filed with the Department of Justice by the ACLU and Movement for Change against the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office while Ron McNesby was the…
Buzz: Barrows gets 10pm slot
We’ve heard through the media grapevine that Mollye Barrows is the new 10pm co-anchor for WEAR TV3. She will continue with her 4pm also. Barrows had been banished from prime time after…
Buzz: New copiers at ECSO
The word I’m getting is that outgoing Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has decided the jail and his entire office needs new copiers – $350,000 worth. The goal appears to be empty…
ECSO sheriff settles with Jeff Van Camp
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has settled with former deputy Jeff Van Camp – or more accurately McNesby’s insurance carrier did. Van Camp has been reinstated as the head of Crimestoppers at…
Holley retires, comes back in Jan.
Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley retired this month. There wasn’t any big announcement, no appointment by Gov. Charlie Crist to replace her. She didn’t tell anyone earlier in the year of…
Okaloosa County has training facility
There is tremendous pressure by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Pensacola Junior College for Escambia County to give—-yes, give—$11 million to Pensacola Junior College to buy 684 acres north of Molino and…
McNesby donates campaign surplus
After paying all his campaign bills, out-going Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby donated his remaining $69,539.78 to charity: Emerald Coast Honor Flight $10,000 The Village at Olive Baptist Church $40,000 Sheriffs Youth…
Morgan wins
Ronnie McNesby is out. Congratulations to David Morgan. For nearly four years he has tenaciously campaigned for the Republican nomination for Escambia County Sheriff. For months, we had been hearing that McNesby’s…
McNesby fighting video at debate
Tomorrow night there is a debate between Ron McNesby and his Republican challenger, David Morgan, for the Republican Club of Greater Pensacola. McNesby is demanding that the debate not be televised or…
Local double dippers
The St. Pete Times has reported that a growing number of elected officials are quietly taking advantage of a loophole carved into the state retirement law a few years ago that allows…
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…
Deputies getting signatures at polling places
We are receiving reports that Escambia County Sheriff Office administrator Mike Holloway and out of uniform deputies are at that Escambia Co. Extension Office, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment gathering petition signatures for…
McNesby settles Boggon lawsuit
We have received notice that Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has reached an settlement with the estate of Robert Boggon. Boggon died in the jail infirmary in August 2005. The terms of…
Brownsville, Blackburn and gangs
Brownsville resident says in this David Morgan campaign ad that Brownsville is back to where it was before the ECSO ‘s Operation Brownsville. Homeowner Jerry Jones describes a late night drive through…