According to records released yesterday by the City of Pensacola, former Mayor Ashton Hayward modified City Attorney Lysia Bowling’s employment agreement just three months before he left office. The document, entitled “City…
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Bowling paid $91K to trade jobs
The buyouts of the holdovers from the Hayward administration has begun. Former City Attorney Lysia Bowling, who has worked for the city since April 2015, was paid $91,588.33 to give up her…
Presser Notes: ST, soccer and safer streets
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –After patching together must-have funding commitments for Project Triumph last week, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the city’s hopes for the jobs-and-infrastructure project now rests with the state…
Poll: Pensacola wants to know facts about investigation of fire chiefs
A InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 444 likely Pensacola City voters conducted over the weekend found residents overwhelmingly want Mayor Grover Robinson to investigate why former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire…
County pitches in on Titan
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson secured an additional $5 million from Escambia County Thursday night for a jobs and infrastructure project at the airport. The commitment was needed as…
Council narrowly approves more Titan Money
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –The Pensacola City Council narrowly approved committing another $5 million to the so-called Project Titan — a jobs and infrastructure project at the airport — after lengthy debates…
Crime down in Pensacola
Violent crimes in the City of Pensacola were down during the 2018 calendar year, according to the FLDE. The property crime rate was down 4.2 percent, and the clearance rate of crimes…
Mayor promises to establish an independent personnel board
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson this morning committed to establishing an independent personnel board after listening to a presentation at the mayoral transition team meeting History Two years after he took office, Mayor…
FYI: Some Fla. cities move Confederate monuments
The Lakeland City Commission agreed to go ahead with moving its Confederate monument after a federal lawsuit by Confederate heritage groups was dismissed. The groups banded together to file the lawsuit after…
Town hall set for Feb. 19
Sherri Myers, Pensacola City Council, District 2 is hosting a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 regarding Carpenter’s Creek. The meeting will provide an oral history project, an update on…
Presser: Titan, Annexation & the DIB
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Much of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s time as of late has been devoted to securing funds for the jobs-related infrastructure project at the airport dubbed “Project Titan.” “I…
Buzz: Hayward declines Triumph appointment
Sources in Tallahassee have reported to Inweekly that former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has declined the appointment to the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors, citing the heavy workload at his new…