Progressive Pensacola extends apologies to former Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead for our failure to recognise his 54th birthday on December 9. We thought of you, honest!
Whitehead was an absolutely rotten Commissioner, the very poster child for good old boy, the embodiment of everything wrong with local government; however, we will miss him as a source [...]
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There are a lot of happy candidates tonight; but the real winners of the evening are the citizens of Escambia County. In one glorious night we have rid ourselves of our County’s two most corrupt, incompetent, and embarrassing public figures: Sheriff Ron McNesby and Commissioner Mike Whitehead.
Voters voiced their discontent loudly: McNesby lost by 13 [...]
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When you go to the polls this month and in November, think about how long some of our elected officials have been around, and think about whether or not they’ve really done things to make your life better:
Jeff Miller, our representative in U.S. Congress for the past 7 years. What has he really done [...]
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As I’m sure anyone reading this already knows, last night Mike Whitehead resigned the chairmanship of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners. While he offered a politician’s classic BS reasons (want to spend more time with my family, etc.), I think it should be made clear that the only reason he resigned was because [...]
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Check out Rick Outzen’s post about Mike Whitehead, acting like a clown at a charity golf tournament. The thing I appreciate about Mike Whitehead is that he makes fun of himself – saves everyone else the work.
Also a nice viewpoint from Sam Hall concerning the Pensacola mayoralty race, and the lack of female leaders [...]
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I try to give credit where it is due, so I’ll applaud the Pensacola News Journal for taking a minute to report on a story of substance for the first time in a while. Jamie Page has filed a story about Escambia County Commission Chairman Mike Whitehead’s unseemly (to say the least) relationship with [...]
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