Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy visited the Pensacola Tanyards and Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project yesterday. The streets had been swept, but the mud and foul water remained. Murphy had already…
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Former deputy fire chief files federal lawsuit against Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward
On Dec. 22, former Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover filed a lawsuit against the City of Pensacola. Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson, Assistant City…
New survey shows District 7 has different views of City of Pensacola
Early last month, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced the results of the third annual City of Pensacola Community Survey that was conducted by the University of West Florida Haas Center. Nearly 70…
City of Pensacola changes its position on Tanyards construction
City Administrator Eric Olson has changed his position on the public safety concerns at city’s Government Street Stormwater Project, two blocks from City Hall. Two weeks ago, Olson told Councilwoman Sherri Myers…
Haas Center did not commit to cover all districts equally in Pensacola survey
WUWF asked Amy Newburn, who handled the Pensacola Community Survey for the UWF Haas Center, about our criticism that West Pensacola was under-represented in the survey. “Not all respondents are going to…
Government St. Stormwater Project new completion date: Summer 2017
The residents of Pensacola’s Tanyard neighborhood may have to endure the Government Street Stormwater construction another six months, according to the City of Pensacola website. The ‘Pardon Our Dust’ project page now…
Pensacola Dysfunction Junction: Tanyard Day Six
Sorry to report, no change at in Tanyard neighborhood near the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project, which is being construction only two blocks west of City Hall. The filtration system…
Inweekly called
Yesterday, Inweekly surveyed the voters in City of Pensacola Districts 5, 6 and 7, using the same questions that were in the UWF Haas Center poll for Mayor Ashton Hayward. The Haas…
Pensacola mayor has not responded to Tanyard violations [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy said that last week she sent Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward a list of code violations at the Government Street Stormwater Project in the Tanyard neighborhood….
Pensacola City Administrator approved Tanyard equipment working through the night
Yesterday, we had a call on “Pensacola Speaks” from a Tanyard resident near the City of Pensacola’s Government Street stormwater project. Despite complaints from residents about the equipment running on weekends and…
Commissioner May listens to Pensacola Tanyard residents, Mayor Hayward skips tour
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May toured the enormous Government Street stormwater pond and listened to local residents’ and business owners’ fears of soil contamination and complaints about round-the-clock work at the project…
Pensacola plumbers fight to be heard by mayor over ‘terrible and corrupt’ utility practices
Larry Downs Jr. claims that city-owned Pensacola Energy and its director Don Suarez are trying to put private local plumbers out of business, but he can’t get Mayor Ashton Hayward or City…