Jeff Bergosh Blog

I received the below letter in the mail yesterday afternoon. The budget amount requested mirrors exactly what we expected to see based up...

The Board of County Commissioners voted Thursday morning, April 26th, unanimously , to approve this settlement with the ECSO for the budge...

Cheer squads and Pom-Pom girls and boys root for their team right or wrong, winning or losing, no matter what.  Often they don't even ...

There have been lots of discussions recently about budgets.  Budgets for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office and budgets for the Escamb...

I was a guest this morning on WPNN's  "Quinlan and Nolan" morning radio show. The discussion was centered on the latest ...

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners have filed a Motion to Enforce Mediation Settlement Agreement with the Governor’s Administrative...

I was a guest on 1370 WCOA this morning speaking about the recent budget mediation debacle and also about the latest contract to complet...

The Sheriff has unilaterally stated he will not abide by the terms of a signed mediation agreement Sheriff Morgan today on Facebook st...

This entire weekend people have been calling me and asking me "What is the status of the agreement with the ECSO" Channel th...

This morning the Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to support a mediation agreement that was negotiated last Friday with representativ...

UPDATE 3-15-2018--BCC Endorses Mediated Settlement with ECSO There was an hours-long back and forth mediation held between representative...

First correspondence from Tallahassee regarding the budget impasse has been received by the BCC Friday afternoon the BCC, via County A...

The SAO sided with the BCC today;  The Shade meeting the BCC held in October was legal and appropriate.  The Sheriff  and his lawyer--and ...

the most recent discussions on potential revenue sources for ECSO were condescendingly called "limp-wristed, disingenuous entreaties...

Working together in a spirit of cooperation is essential At this morning's Committee of the Whole, I will again bring forth some p...

ECSO demands raises, we gave raises.  ECSO wants more revenue, we offer a potential plan for more revenue and it is rejected and we are mo...

"When one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it." Joseph Goebbels 1-12-1941 It came to my attention very recently that a ...

....Because I have said over and over for eleven years running now that I will not vote to raise year over year property tax rates on Es...

I've put together a plan, just a discussion starter, for potentially addressing our current Budget issue with the Escambia County Sh...