Board Votes 4-1 to seek a Civil Action against Jonathan Owens - and Others who Unlawfully Possess Stolen County Files

The Board of County Commissioners took a strong stance tonight on protecting county records.

By a 4-1 vote -- (with Commissioner Kohler voting No)-- the Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted to authorize and direct the County Attorney to seek an appropriate legal proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, against those who have unlawfully held and disseminated privileged, confidential, private and exempt records.

We discussed the issue in depth at the morning review session, starting at 1:11 of this video

Former employee Jonathan Owens has admitted publicly that he has these records, he possesses them, he has read them and he has admitted giving this information to other parties un-redacted.

He, Jonathan Owens, bragged about reading it all and keeping it once he left county employment.

At the morning session---even though it was evident I had three votes to support seeking an action in court------the County Attorney requested that the item be brought back to tonight's regular meeting for a motion, second, and vote.

So we did, and the vote was 4-1.

You can watch the discussion and ultimate vote at 2:06 of this video.

Next up, a court filing by the county against Jonathan Owens.  

Maybe he'll go to the PNJ or on Andrew Tallman's Radio Show and talk about that?  😀