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I am one member of a five person board. The opinions I express on this forum are mine only, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Escambia County Staff, Administrators, Employees, or anyone else associated with Escambia County Florida. I am interested in establishing this blog as a means of additional transparency to the public, outreach to the community, and information dissemination to all who choose to look. Feedback is welcome, but because public participation is equally encouraged, appropriate language and decorum is mandatory. Although this is not my campaign site for re-election--sometimes campaign related information will be discussed, therefore in an abundance of caution I add the following :








Monday, March 28, 2022

Weekend Expression of Outrage!

 


No, no--it wasn't about the embarrassing spectacle of a smackdown, B!&$h slap Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock in the middle of a live, worldwide broadcast to tens of millions of people.  It wasn't about this.

No, no it wasn't about the disgustingly tragic story (you don't know about it because the national media won't report it) of a grandmother targeted by four "youth" in New Orleans with a violent beating that led to her death by murder during a carjacking.  (She was pulled from her parked car, punched, kicked and beaten unconscious before these youth drove off with her dragging beside her own car until all her clothes were ripped off and her ARM was ripped out of the socket and she died of blood loss in the arms of two passers by that tried desperately to first stop the carjacking and second save this victim.)  Nope--it wasn't about that either.

And No--it wasn't about the ongoing violence against women and children in Ukraine by the Russian Military.

Nope.  Wasn't about that, either.

It was about the spectacle scene that is our old jail and our new jail.  

This citizen is outraged.  He's right to be.  But, put in context, there are lots of things to be outraged about, a lot of issues far more urgent, pressing, and sad.  

So here's the back and forth from the weekend about our jail, below.








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