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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 :








Thursday, October 31, 2024

Tomorrow on the Wake Up Call: State Representative Alex Andrade



Tomorrow on the wake up call we will have special guest Alex Andrade on the call.  He will appear right at 7:05.

Andrade agreed to appear two days ago ahead of the appearance today of Kim Kline, an NPA candidate for the District 2 Office.

It will be a great interview, tune in live.

Today's podcast is available here.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Tomorrow on "The Wake Up Call" Discussing the Dismissal of Pam's Complaint Plus Interview with Kim Kline



Join us tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM for "The Wake Up Call" on WPNN FM 103.7--Pensacola's Information Station!


We will have a great show tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM on WPNN.  

I will discuss the garbage bag complaint filed against me by the clerk and how it go rejected in two seconds once an attorney with the ethics commission looked at my response to the baseless claim.

We will also unscramble and decipher liberal headlines and discuss the state of the election in just 5 short days.

Then we will have a conversation with Kim Kline, an NPA candidate for State Representative, District 2.

(On Friday morning at 7:00-- I will have an interview with Kline's opponent, Republican State Representative Alex Andrade, the incumbent)

Tune in for some lively conversation and Radio Unrestrained!

Another Baseless Allegation Against me Gets Rebuked......Attorney Recommends Dismissal

Cerk of the Court Pam Childers' vaccuous, meritless, baseless ethics complaint against me summarily recommeded for dismissal......


It's like Deja Vu all over.

First, insiders in the county IT department stole confidential  files and disseminated them to others in contravention to law in an effort to destroy me.  No consequences to any of them for what they did-- even though what they did was a crime and possession of the PII in the stolen files is a Felony.  Ho hum.  No consequences.  Multiple people have this data, the state officials charged with enforcing laws prohibiting this know who has it, and nobody has been charged.

Nope--In lieu of prosecuting those that did wrong in stealing and passing around copies of Social Security Numbers, Tax Forms, Medical Records, Banking Information, and other sensitive data---the powers that be instead decided to cook up some BS garbage that I violated the sunshine law.  They even sent stolen text messages from my personal phone to the grand jury hoping I had done something wrong.  The grand jury, after going through three-years worth of my text messages with a fine toothed comb, quickly determined I had done nothing wrong, committed no crime, and they returned no true bill.  Case closed.

Fast forward to mid July of this year, right before the election, and I get notified that Clerk of the Court Pam Childers has filed a baseless, vaccuous, vindictive and meritless "Ethics Complaint" against me.

Now, the way these things work is they are confidential until there is a finding of a violation or when there is a recommendation of no violation by the LAWYERs who work at the ethics commission.

So, I got the complaint, spoke to the investgator, and sent in my response to the FDOE.

The prosecuting investigator pushed forward, and I pushed back---knowing I followed every law to the T.

Just because people don't like what I say, or don't like the things I said in private text messages that were stolen and disseminated unlawfully-----does not mean I have done anything wrong.

To the contrary--I follow rules, I follow the law, have never violated any law during my 18 year tenure on either the school board or the board of county commissioners.   That's why, when my head hits the pillow at night I am out like a light, and I sleep like a rock.  

So, it comes as no surprise that even after the prosecuting investigator pushed this garbage bag case forward with this garbage report---my answer quelched and squashed any notion that anything unlawful had occurred.  Blew it up like a bomb.  Blew it to smithereens.

The minute an actual expert in the law, a LAWYER with FDOE looked at the prosecuting investigator's report and my response side by side---it was almost an instantaneous recommendation by the Lawyer for dismissal.  From the FDOE LAWYER's order:

"There is insufficient evidence to reflect that Respondent brought the matter to the County Commission in a manner that was inconsistent with the proper performance of his public duties.  While County Attorney Rogers initially opined that Selover's request to pay the fine and fees should be rejected, she then offered an alternative option that the County Commission voted to accept as a means to pay the fines and fees.  Therefore, based on the evidence before the commission, I recommend that the commission find no probablecause to believe that Respondent violated Section 112.313(6), Florida statutes."

The Wake Up Call Day Three: Sam Parker, Local News, National News, and the Real Cannonball Run




We had a great morning on WPNN with our new morning drive radio program, "The Wake Up Call" with Jeff Bergosh.

We had special guest Sam Parker today, discussing his time on the Santa Rosa County Commission and challenges he faced with growth in his district.

We talked alot about the election upcoming, with selected clips from Kamal Harris' big speech yesterday, along with President Biden's comments about Trump supporters. 

We unscrambled so disinformation on left-leaning websites, and we talked about the real cannonball run race that recently was completed and the record set for this cross country race.

Good Times!  Check out the podcast here! 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

The Wake Up Call--Episode's 1 and 2 are Live!




We had great guests and great topics on Day 1 and Day 2 of our new radio show, The Wake Up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN AM 790 FM 103.7.

Check us out weekday mornings live from 7:00 to 8:00.

We will shoot it straight, we will tell you where we stand, and we will never sugar-coat the pill.

Radio Unrestrained!

Episode 1--- Monday, October 28th.  School Board Member Kevin Adams on current issues on the board....

Episode 2---Tuesday, October 29th.  State Representative Michelle Salzman on current elections, ballot amendments, and hurricane recovery and resiliency.

Tomorrow----listen live for my interview with Santa Rosa District 1 County Commissioner Sam Parker.

Thursday--MAJOR news will break on the show.  Clerk of the Court Pam Childers has filed an ethics complaint against me that is garbage.  Learn what it was, when it was filed, why it was filed, how I answered it, and how it was instantaneously rebuked by the advocate at FDOE.  It has already been recommended for dismissal.....because it was garbage.  Learn all about it-----   ONLY on "The Wake Up Call"  on WPNN tomorrow and Thursday.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

On WPNN Weekdays 7 -8 AM Starting Tomorrow

Tune in weekdays at 7:00 AM  to 790AM  FM 103.7 WPNN for "The Wake Up Call"

I've been asked to launch a new morning drive radio program weekdays 7AM to 8AM in Pensacola.

I'm excited to announce we will be starting this show tomorrow morning.

I am looking forward to this new challenge and adventure.

Tune in live at 7AM Tomorrow morning.........