Radio Soft-Toss With Andrew McKay and Doug Underhill.......

The portion of the interview I heard early this morning on AM 1620 between Andrew McKay and Doug Underhill was more like soft-toss practice than anything substantive....

Early this morning I had the misfortune of flipping channels in time to catch a part of an interview on the radio with Commissioner Doug Underhill.

It was on AM1620 with Andrew McKay.

Every time I have had the occasion to be invited on Andrew's show--which is infrequnetly---he never has an issue with asking direct, pressing questions of me--which I appreciate.  I'm sure the listeners do as well.  And I answer them all--and it typically takes up the entirety of the interview....

But this morning's interview was a straight-up joke.  A radio version of softball soft toss practice....two minutes of the 11:00+ minute interview with two softball questions on the ethics probe--thrown out  as if it is "nothing to see here..."  No pressing follow ups.  No questions about the meat of the complaints.  Nope.

I'm not sure if it was recorded and re-played--or if it was actually live.  I'm not sure if I missed the cogent, timely questions on the front end of the interview--but I doubt I missed anything but fluff.    But if it was, in fact, a live and non-recorded interview--where were the rest of the  pressing questions beyond the two softballs up front that took less than two minutes of the 11 minute interview??

Like, how about these? (the questions the host should have asked but didn't...)

    1.  Doug, as of late last week the ethics commission has found probable cause on multiple counts that you misused your position and violated state ethics law(s)--who are these three individuals and why do you think they put these complaints in against you?

    2.  Doug, your Federal Lawsuit for violation of civil rights--what is the status of that?

    3.  Doug--on citizens' watch chat site, you insinuate a local pastor was unethical by requesting funds

On AM 1620 This Morning

I'll be on the the Pensacola Morning News this morning discussing the canvassing board.

The segment will air at 6:37 and topics of discussion will include:

--what the role of the canvassing board is

--what canvassing board members may or may not do politically

--why I have chosen NOT to resign from this board--but rather I will abstain from participating temporarily pending the disposition of a claim made that I should not participate on this board

--why I believe the claim made against me on this matter is specious and will be dismissed in short order

--why it is perfectly acceptable for me to make a campaign contribution (which I have done for a candidate this cycle that is intelligent, steady, reliable, measured, positive, respectful to students and who has a tremendous resume as a long-serving Federal Government Employee) and why this contribution I have made does not preclude my service on the canvassing board.

--what actively supporting a campaign is under the law

--how "fake" news and inaccurate depictions of events can create these "fake" controversies

--how supporting ballot initiatives/issues ( I support the appointed superintendent of schools issue that will be on the ballot) does NOT preclude my participation on the canvassing board

Listen to the complete interview Here

On the Andrew McKay AM 1620 Morning Show Today---

I'll be talking about the strange way yesterday morning's committee of the whole ended, the true back story of how that happened, and the true issues surrounding the agenda item that was not heard yesterday about opening up beach access for the people of Escambia County, how we are going to #OpenOurBeach !  (Michael Carro will be guest-hosting the show today)

Listen to the brief interview here to get the true scoop on what the real back-story was from yesterday's strange ending to the Committee of the Whole meeting.

On AM 1620 This Morning at 6:35

Topics will include the field house, arena proposal, Beach Roundabouts, Alcohol Ordinance and the beach boardwalk, and anything else Andrew wants to discuss..

Always a good interview on AM1620

Check back to get the podcast here.....

An AM 1620 this Morning Discussing the Beulah Beltway Meeting and Pensacola Beach Fee-Simple Legislation

Andrew McKay, host of AM 1620's Pensacola Morning News, had me on his show this morning.

The thrust of the discussion centered on last night's very successful public meeting on the Beulah Beltway project. (The entire meeting was live-streamed by our office and can be found by going to our facebook page  )

We talked about the reasons why the meeting went well, some specifics on the project, and we even segued into the very complex long-running matter of the fee-simple federal legislation that affects beach property owners.

I appreciated the opportunity to speak on the radio, and the brief podcast can be heard here

On The Radio This Morning

It was a double-header this morning, I was on Pensacola Speaks with Jim Sanborn and Don Parker in the 6:30 slot discussing town-hall meetings, the Beulah Interchange, the budget, and the soon-to-be revised process for spending money from the BCC's Law Enforcement Trust Fund.

You can listen to the full interview here (part 1) and here (part 2).

In the 8:30 slot, I was the guest on AM1620's Pensacola Morning News with Andrew McKay.

Topics discussed included the budget, the LET fund process, Town Hall meetings, the Beulah Interchange, and Economic Development.

You can listen to the complete interview here.

On AM1620 Discussing IFCAA

I was invited on to the AM1620 morning show with Andrew McKay yesterday to discuss IFCAA.  

I was contacted by the station to discuss this proposal after they read the Viewpoint I submitted that appeared in this Sunday's PNJ.

The reception to my proposal was warm, and the discussion went very well.  The podcast of my discussion is here.