Who the Heck is the Real Andrew Tallman "McKay?"

If your name is really Andrew Tallman--why the heck do you tell everyone it is Andrew McKay?

Who the heck is Andrew McKay?

He's a local entertainment, morning radio host that loves to lionize disgraced former commissioner Doug Underhill, loves to perform for a fringe group of tin foil hat wearers on a small facebook chat site, and loves to to attack the BCC, individual members of the board, and me in particular, with smears and BS garbage.

Recently, Tallman hosted a podcast for disgraced, former D2 commissioner Doug Underhill's secretary, Jonathan Owens.  And on that show, he seemed to support and condone the unlawful theft and possession of confidential, exempt county files by Jonathan Owens. 

And he never misses an opportunity to attack me and two other members of the board.

So I was reminded of the fact that this guy, Tallman, is a real fake, a fraud. That's my opinion of him.

Apparently he moved here a few years back under a cloud of suspicion from Arizona when his show there went sideways and he "changed" his name.  And he is working under this fake name but many people just swallow the "Andrew McKay" schtick----- hook, line and sinker.  I don't.

So who is the real Andrew Tallman anyway?  Hold your nose and get ready...  from a former city council woman's blog, Maren DeWeese's Blog--comes all of this below information....

https://web.archive.org/web/20150930132658/http://townhall.com/columnists/andrewtallman/

"On Andrew McKay (Real name Andrew Tallman)

• This week I will explore a bit of Andrew McKay AKA Andrew Tallman's extreme views on the following topics
• HOW HOMOPHOBIA IS HEREDITARY
• HOW HOMOSEXUALITY IS A CHOICE AND NOT HOW SOMEONE IS BORN
• HOW HOMOSEXUALITY SHOULD GO BACK TO BEING A CRIME
• HOW THE MORE MONEY A MAN MAKES THE MORE HE HAS DONE FOR SOCIETY

"Thought of the Day

The worst threats to what is good in life do not come from obvious fakes which are easily spotted. The real danger is from the high quality counterfeits which imitate the authentic so well that they fool many people. 

Andrew Tallman

Truer words have never been spoken.  Think back in Pensacola's recent history as to all the high quality counterfeits that have come to Pensacola, reinvented their entire life and rapidly risen to the top of their fields unchallenged and really...unknown.

Who is Andrew Tallman?  

He is a High Quality Counterfeit!

We all know him as Andrew McKay of Newstalk Radio 1620.

https://www.facebook.com/AndrewTallmanShow/

Yes, the Sun of Fire is not who he portrays himself to be on the radio nor does he share his true views on the air.

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.tallman.12

July 4, 2014 ·
Haven't been on this facebook account in a while. It's so weird to see my real name on fb...and all the people who know me by my real name.

Why does someone hide from their real name.  Especially, in the news business.  The answer may reside in some of the opinions he has espoused in the past.

Over next week I will be sharing many of these opinions with you in detail.  They are shocking!

If you are interested in Andrew's views on life, faith, sex, racism, marriage and politics and just can't wait for Tuesday, just Google his real name Andrew Tallman and the subject.  He has a large body of work to read.

http://andrewtallmanshow.blogspot.com/

But beware, here is just a taste of his offerings for wives:

"So how do you keep a man from thinking about other women? Lower the incentive to cheat, and raise the cost of cheating. Fortunately, you can do both at one time by meeting his most important needs in such a generous way that you give him something monumentally worthwhile to lose by acting on any such thoughts. Make yourself the source of such bodily pleasure (food and sex) and such ego satisfaction that he never wants more from anyone else."

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

NewsRadio AM 1620's Andrew McKay (actually Tallman) on How Homophobia is Genetic

NewsRadio AM1620's morning radio host Andrew McKay (real name Andrew Tallman), you know, the one that interviews the Mayor each week in an exclusive interview wrote the following concerning homophobia.

"I believe that any sexual activity other than that between a man and his wife is illicit. This includes adultery, premarital sex and, of course, homosexuality.

But I’ve also been doing what my parents always taught me to do: listen to those who disagree with me. And I think I’ve discovered something rather shocking: opposition to homosexuality must itself be genetic.

For as long as I can remember, homosexuals have been explaining why gay people have no choice about their orientation. And it finally dawned on me that their arguments explain why being anti-gay is also not a choice but an innate predisposition beyond our power to restrain. This led me to embrace my convictions and stop trying in vain to repress who I am.

Since millions suffer from this same condition, I’m hopeful that my epiphany will help others accept themselves and their convictions, too."'

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?  😀

BCC to Write-Off $10.1 Million in Uncollectable, Bad Debt......So Who's NOT Paying?

This evening the BCC will be asked to "write-off" $10.1 Million in uncollectable bad debt from our EMS division primarily for Ambulance transportation charges unpaid.

This amount represents roughly 14% of our revenue in this division.

The conversation among the board centered on one question---"Who is it that isn't paying"

This afternoon, we received a chart illustrating the breakdown of where the writeoffs are coming from.

	PRIMARY PAYER	AMOUNT	Percent
26	GOVERNMENT ( Deductible)	$       25,025.22	0.25%
2,707	COMMERICAL ( Deductible)	$  1,751,494.49	17.23%
8	MEDICAID ( Deductible)	$         3,351.55	0.03%
2,609	MEDICARE ( Deductible)	$     610,647.72	6.01%
687	AUTO ( Deductible)	$     490,437.49	4.83%
8,167	SELF PAY ( No Insurance)	$  7,283,388.49	71.66%
14,204		$ 10,164,344.96	100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serious "Upcoding" Count in Rayme Edler's Lawsuit Against Escambia County Dismissed

A significant part of the Qui Tam lawsuit against Escambia County's EMS division by Rayme Edler was dismissed today by Federal Judge M. Casey Rogers.

From the motion:

"Plaintiff-Relator Rayme M. Edler filed a qui tam action in part pursuant to the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729(a)(1)(A), (B), (G), alleging that Defendant Escambia County submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement to the federal government.  The United States has declined to intervene.  See ECF No. 7.  Now before the Court is Escambia County’s Motion to Dismiss Count II of the Second Amended Complaint.  ECF No. 91.  Having reviewed the matter, the motion to dismiss is granted."

 Read the full document here  

I'll be on WCOA's Real News with Rick Outzen Tomorrow Morning at 7:00 AM

I've been once again invited to appear tomorrow at 7:00AM as the lead-off guest on Pensacola's #1 rated, most listened-to, most accurate, most trusted morning drive local radio news program, "Real News with Rick Outzen" on 1370 WCOA.

Rick has invited me to appear and we will likely discuss this week's upcoming BCC meeting on Thursday, along with other topics of interest which may include the upcoming D1 townhall in Perdido, the incorporation of Perdido, the status of the issues with the stolen data from the county's server, The potential serios criminal infractions that come from possessing and disseminating confidential records under  § 817.5685 and anything else Rick would like to discuss.

Listen live at 7:00---or catch the podcast here. 

So What Does Fla. Stat. § 817.5685 Say, and What Does it Mean?

In the iconic opening credits sequence
of 1977's Saturday Night Fever, John
Travolta "struts" down the New York
street, carrying a can of paint.

I'm not a lawyer but I know several of them and I can read.  

So when I read the letter sent to law enforcement by the County Attorney in the aftermath of the recent data breach/theft of county records from the IT department-----I paid close attention to it.  The letter was sent to the State Attorney's Office in June, and a certain statute referenced in there piqued my interest. § 817.5685.  

This theft of information from the county which prompted the letter-- which breach subsequently led to confidential, private, privileged information being unlawfully possessed and disseminated by former county employee Jonathan Owens, a fact that he himself has admitted on the radio and in the news paper and a fact the attorneys for Rayme Edler have also confirmed --this theft is now being investigated by law enforcement.

And I am confident the authorities will find the guilty party who stole this protected, exempt information--whoever it was.

But even if someone other than Jonathan Owens actually stole the information and records (which I do not believe), and simply provided them to Jonathan while he was an employee of the county, as he, Jonathan, has publicly stated--it does not absolve Jonathan of any wrongdoing under this statute--because  according to this statute--the operative word is "possessed". Jonathan admitted to the PNJ in this article and on the radio on Tallman McKay's show that he not only read the text file and continues to possess it--- he's also  subsequently given it to others un-redacted. 

Because  he read it--Jonathan knew or should have known it contained exempt and personal identification information that should not only never be released--it should never even be possessed by anyone not specifically authorized to have it.  Jonathan is not authorized to have it--and he knows it.  

A thorough review of this file that Jonathan Owens unlawfully possessed, read, and then released un-redacted has now been completed--- and it has been revealed that this file contains more than 100 lines of exempt information.  (social security numbers of multiple persons, bank account numbers of multiple persons, loan numbers of multiple persons,  medical conditions, diagnoses and prognoses records of at least a dozen local citizens, security codes, access codes for premises, medical records and diagnoses on dependents on the county's medical plan as well as confidential medical information on citizens unaffiliated with the county that live out of state, privileged attorney client conversations,  and other sensitive information that would NEVER be released under any public records request, ever.).  

So why would someone who has handled a literal ton of public records requests (Owens, who was disgraced former D2 commissioner Doug Underhill's personal secretary and office manager) and who purportedly knows the rules and laws on this topic--supposedly------why would he release such information unredacted in contravention to Florida law?  Who knows, but he seems awfully proud about it.  Super proud and confident.  Almost as if he's strutting about it, like John Travolta in the opening scenes of "Saturday Night Fever." 

So What Does Fla. Stat. § 817.5685 Say, and What Does it Mean, and what penalties does it describe for violation, anyway?

Here is the relevant portion of the statute, verbatim

"817.5685 Unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another person.—

(1) As used in this section, the term “personal identification information” means a person’s social security number, official state-issued or United States-issued driver license or identification number, alien registration number, government passport number, employer or taxpayer identification number, Medicaid or food assistance account number, bank account number, credit or debit card number, and medical records.

(2) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally or knowingly possess, without authorization, the personal identification information of another person in any form, including, but not limited to, mail, physical documents, identification cards, or information stored in digital form.

(3)(a) A person who violates subsection (2) and in doing so possesses the personal identification information of four or fewer persons commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(b)1. Proof that a person used or was in possession of the personal identification information of five or more individuals, unless satisfactorily explained, gives rise to an inference that the person who used or was in possession of the personal identification information did so knowingly and intentionally without authorization.

2. A person who violates subsection (2) and in doing so possesses the personal identification information of five or more persons commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084."

 

More Safety Flotation Rescue Tubes Installed at Perdido Key in District 1--Thank You Perdido Key Rotary Club!

Yesterday, volunteers and members of the Rotary Club of Perdido Key installed two more emergency rescue tubes at beach accesses number 2 and 3 in District 1's Perdido Key.

Multiple citizens participated, and the swimming areas will be much safer now that these emergency flotation devices have been deployed.

According to members of the Rotary Club with whom I have spoken yesterday---there are plans for many more of these devices to be deployed in the coming months to improve water safety for all citizens in Escambia County going forward.

My hat's off to the Perdido Key Rotary Club for their diligent efforts and work to improve public safety at our area's beaches!