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So while I am waiting on public records (AGAIN), I am also preoccupied by the imminent birth of my first grandchild. She is going to be here any day. I have a granddaughter by marriage that I love so much. She’s going to be 7 on Thursday and may be sharing a birthday with her
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Just to update everyone on the latest in the Chip Simmons scandal. I requested documents last week that obviously shook the ECSO. In the 3 public records requests, there are 2 that really should not shake things up too bad. I requested Eric Haines personnel actions forms for 2020-present (I just want to see what
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Previously I have blogged about the inappropriate relationship of Sheriff Chip Simmons and Whitney Lucas. This is no secret affair. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS. I have been contacted many times over the years by people in the agency who are disgusted at the flagrant nature of this relationship. People find it offensive because Whitney’s husband,
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Former Sheriff Morgan paid $75k on 2 bronze statutes to put in front of the ECSO. He used money that should have been used on resources internally like upgrading equipment, investigations and training. I don’t know how many times over the years I have said this jackass routinely misuses funds he is in charge of.
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Editorial: I said there was going to be a followup blog on Jon Beard and his excessive force hi jinks, however, Beard’s personnel records have been delayed and then, well, the nation went into mass chaos with calls for “defunding the police”. I didn’t want to add any fuel to that fire. So I apologize
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For a small community, Escambia County has more than its share of sex issues. Recently, 2 EMT’s (Doug & Leah Manning) were charged with sexual assault and child abuse for offering their teenage daughters to sleep with Escambia County Sheriff Deputies. Two men were videotaped with the 16 year old twin girls who were the
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Mr. Ball’s incarceration marks the point of no return in the crusade to de-throne corruption in Escambia County. Mr. Ball, being an author, a man of prestige & a globally renown lecturer in the understanding of the cyber threat as it relates to National Security, has become the latest name to the list of victims
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Veterans come back from deployment overseas with numerous problems. Just living like a civilian is a huge challenge. Marriages of combat vets are more likely to end in divorce; Afghan & Iraq vets is over-represented in homeless communities and prisons. The collision course between vets and the justice system has been so prominent that Veterans

