Guidelines

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 :








Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Wake up Call for Wednesday: Senator-elect Don Gaetz Joins us to Discuss Tuesday's Nationwide RED WAVE (Listen to the Podcast here)





We had an excellent program this morning at the WPNN Studios.  We talked about the historic, landslide victory Donald Trump had last night, we talked about the other races, and we heard from Senator-Elect Don Gaetz who won his election to be the panhandle's State Senator last night in a major landslide.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Wake Up Call for Tuesday--Election Day


This morning on our election day edition of "The Wake Up Call" on WPNN--we went through all the election statistics and talked about news from around Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, and the nation.

We also had the opportunity to interview the President and CEO of the Perdido Key Area Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Tammy Thurrow.

We talked about the latest happenings in the Perdido Area of Escambia County.

We also discussed OLF 8 and previewed the Wednesday, day after the election show where we will have special guest Don Gaetz as our morning guest.


Saturday, November 2, 2024

Monday Morning on the Wake Up Call with Jeff Bergosh: Sheriff Chip Simmons


 


We will have a barnburner show Monday morning on the Wake Up Call.

We will talk politics, local elections, national elections, the upcoming Board of County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, and we will talk crime and community engagement with Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons at 7:04.

So tune in live to WPNN AM 790 and 103.7  at 7:00 for your Monday "Wake Up Call" with Jeff Bergosh.

I'll post the podcast of the show here after the producers send it to me.

Radio Unrestrained---the area's ONLY Conservative morning drive news program.

"The Wake Up Call" with Jeff Bergosh








Listen to Friday's Wake Up Call with Alex Andrade--here



 Friday morning we had a great "Wake Up Call" on the radio with State Representative Alex Andrade as our guest.

Topics included the upcoming election Tuesday, property insurance, and the ballot amendments.

Catch the podcast here.

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."