Federal Judge Roger Vinson found that the cross at the City of Pensacola’s Bayview Park can no longer stand as a permanent fixture on city-owned property and must be removed within 30…
Category: Politics
The design of Government St. pond questioned
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY The Government Street/Corrine Jones Stormwater project continues to be plagued with problems. The latest issue was flooding along the east side of the large pond during a rainstorm…
Hayward deserves credit for landing dollars for The Bluffs
Gov. Rick Scott used his power of line-item veto to cut millions of dollars earmarked by state representatives for their districts. Somehow FloridaWest’s economic development site, The Bluffs, was spared the ax…
New Bay Center could be key to getting NBA affiliate
Ray Palmer, president of Pensacola Sports, traveled with Pensacola Mayor Hayward on June 7 to pitch to the New Orleans Pelicans that the city of Pensacola and Escambia County would be the…
Pensacola Blue Wahoos to host Bayfront Wahoo-loween Event
Press release: Parents will have a new place to bring their little ghosts, goblins, princes and princesses this fall for Halloween. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced today their intention to host the…
Coast Guard to relocate two cutters to Pensacola
Press release from the office of Congressman Matt Gaetz: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced that it will relocate two 210-foot medium endurance cutters to Pensacola, Fla., as their new homeport. The…
The constitutionality of the Bayview Park Cross hinges on Lemon test
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Yesterday in the Winston E. Arnow Federal Building in Pensacola, Judge Roger Vinson heard arguments from the American Humanist Association and the city of Pensacola regarding whether the…
McFaul offers insights into D.C. area shooting [podcast]
Dan McFaul, longtime chief of staff for retired Congressman Jeff Miller, appeared on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday to discuss the shooting in the D.C. area on June 14.
Breaking news: Pensacola mayor asks Florida Supreme Court to hear Pitt’s Slip case
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has approved his attorneys asking the Florida Supreme Court to hear his case concerning the Pitt’s Slip property leased to Seville Harbor. He is requesting the 1st District…
Hayward visited Tanyard site
Mayor Ashton Hayward yesterday told NewsRadio 1620 that he had visited the Government Stree/Corrine Jones Stormwater project that is behind schedule but expected to be competed in July. We reported on Tuesday…
Special Board Meeting on OLFX scheduled for Monday, June 19
A special meeting of the Escambia County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, June 19 at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the OLFX land exchange. Congressman Matt Gaetz and Deputy Assistant Secretary…
Red Snapper season extended
The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the federal Red Snapper season for 2017. The season resumes this weekend, and will allow recreational red snapper fishing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until…