Pensacola News Journal by Jim Little October 23, 2017 Despite a letter from Sheriff David Morgan questioning the legality of a board of county commission “shade meeting” to discuss his budget appeal, commissioners voted 4-0 to hold the closed-door meeting. Shortly after the shade meeting got underway, Commission Chairman Doug Underhill excused himself from the meeting because […]
Escambia and Santa Rosa lawmakers react to Sunshine Scorecard
Pensacola News Journal by Jim Little June 24, 2017 Lawmakers from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties averaged a C- on the Sunshine Scorecard from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida First Amendment Foundation. The scorecard assigned points for a list of critical government openness bills, and then assigned a letter grade based off the […]
Escambia County works to save records lost in flooding
County officials are optimistic they’ll be able to salvage the thousands of records damaged last month when water flooded the room where they were stored. by The Pensacola News Journal’s Will Isern December 20, 2016 On Nov. 29, as Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller Pam Childers was preparing to leave the M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building […]
