Elizabeth Schrey was the Planning Services staffer that presented the exception request for Manna’s proposed warehouse to the Planning Board. She told Inweekly that she wasn’t aware of the Future Land Use…
Category: Politics
Belief in freedom of religion led Jolly to call for Trump to quit (podcast)
Yesterday, Florida Congressman David Jolly came on “Pensacola Speaks” (News Talk 1370 WCOA) to explain his speech on the House floor that called for Republican front-runner Donald Trump to drop out of…
David Jolly calls for Trump to quit. Jolly on Pensacola Speaks today
Congressman David Jolly, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, has called on Donald Trump to quit his presidential bid after the GOP front-runner said all Muslims should be banned from entering the U.S….
Mayor pushes council to decide about its staff
Though the Pensacola City Council eventually decided to place the mayoral add-on onto its agenda for Wednesday, some members initially raised concerns about the request to layout designs for future staffing needs….
Circumstances surrounding proposed Manna warehouse support Schrey
Yesterday, former city planner Elizabeth Schrey told Inweekly that she lost her job in a “restructuring†of City Hall after she refused to lie to the Pensacola City Council about whether a…
JebBush.com hijacked
Supporters of Donald Trump have hijacked JebBush.com
Escambia County chair warns state politics could syphon away BP settlement dollars
From Escambia County Chairman & District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson: As the federal government’s and five Gulf States’ settlements with British Petroleum become imminent, the fight to control those dollars and where…
Breaking News: Supreme Court signs off on Congressional districts
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling about the state’s congressional districts, ending at least one phase of a nearly four-year legal battle over the map. The ruling…
Wells to be reassigned
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has notified the City Council that he will retain and reassign Rusty Wells, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Wells was the city attorney from 2008-2011. Hayward let him go…
Jail infirmary is not the same under county
When you ask Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown and some of the county commissioners about the rise of suicides and other deaths in the county jail, the standard reply has been that…
Legal Opinion 2: Divine Word lease and building permits null and void
In light of his legal opinion that the radio tower violates Florida Statutes, the City of Pensacola Land Development Code and its Comprehensive Plan, Inweekly asked attorney John Asmar for a second…
WSRE seeks questions for lawmakers
Press release: WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, is now collecting questions from Northwest Florida residents for the live broadcast of “Legislative Review: Dialogue with the Delegation.†Moderated by Jeff Weeks, the…