Press Release: The Saenger Theatre bid-out the installation of new Palafox entrance doors in order to facilitate implementation of employing metal detectors that were mandated by corporate for all SMG-managed venues worldwide…
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Since primary, Spencer has outraised Robinson 2-1 in mayoral race
Brian Spencer has been a money-raising machine in his bid to be Pensacola’s next mayor. Since the August 28 primary, the Pensacola city councilman has raised $38.229 compared to Escambia County Commissioner…
Pensacola recognizes past lynchings and begins dialogue
by Duwayne Escobedo …Yesterday in Ferdinand Plaza, locals marked lynchings of David Alexander, Leander Shaw and others held in Pensacola over the past century by filling a big jar with soil from…
Olson changed administrative appeal procedures for non-union employees
We learned this morning that former City Administrator Eric Olson inactivated the Human Resource Manual and replaced it with the Mayor’s Administrative Policies and Procedures, effective May 25. The action has left…
Olson replaced HR manual with Mayor’s Policy Manual
City Administrator Keith Wilkins called this morning to explain the inactivation of the City of Pensacola’s Human Resource Manual by his predecessor, Eric Olson. He said that Olson had become frustrated with…
Olson ‘inactivated’ HR manual while facing HR complaints
Last week, we reported that former City Administrator Eric Olson “inactivated” the the Human Resources Manual. The city PIO has failed to respond to emails requesting an explanation. The 2018 timeline of…
Poll: Robinson leads Spencer by 11 points
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 462 likely Pensacola City voters, County Commissioner Grover Robinson has a 10.6-point lead over Pensacola City Council Brian Spencer in the race to be Pensacola’s…
Blue Wahoos named organization of the year
For the third time in the franchise’s seven-year history, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos were named the Don Mincher Organization of the Year for 2018. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos had another tremendous season…
Hayward wants to give other employees 10.5 percent raise over three years
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is proposing the Pensacola City Council give the union that represents the general employees, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Florida Council 79,a 10.5-percent raise to…
City administrator ‘inactivated’ HR manual in May
According to the City of Pensacola’s website, the employees no longer have a Human Resources manual that outlines their rights, duties and obligations. “As of May 25, 2018, the City Administrator inactivated…
Marlette to speak at First Amendment Foundation event
The First Amendment Foundation is hosting an event that will feature the News Journal’s (Inweekly Rising Star 2013) Andy Marlette 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the offices of the Orlando Sentinel,…
Bayview Park Cross case may be headed to U.S. Supreme Court
Saying “our hands are tied†by legal precedent, a federal appeals court Friday upheld a ruling that requires the removal of a decades-old Latin cross from a Pensacola park. The city of…