Independent NewsPosts Tagged ‘bill reynolds’
Homeless Ordinance, Round Two
Last time Mayor Ashton Hayward lobbed such a proposed ordinance onto the table, citizens referred to the effort as “sick,” “bonkers” and “immoral and very, very sad.” Pensacola City Council members called it “too broad,” “unconstitutional” and “absolutely, quite frankly, [...]
Reynolds: ‘I Am Unaware of Any Issues’
County officials expressed concern this morning that there were problems with current deals involving the city of Pensacola. Specifically, commissioners and county staff raised issues about negotiations with City Administrator Bill Reynolds over operations and funding of the Escambia County Area [...]
County-City Friction
After Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry raised concerns during this morning's agenda review session about ongoing dialogue with the city of Pensacola—over ECAT and, more specifically, library operations—Interim County Administrator George Touart laid out the landscape for the [...]
Reynolds’ Clarification, Cosson’s Reprimandation
City of Pensacola Administrator Bill Reynolds has made a statement pertaining to City Spokesman Derek Cosson’s anonymous commenting on local blogs, or rather the chain of command at city hall. The administrator previously stated that Cosson acted on the instruction of a superior who no longer [...]
‘No Further Comment’
It remains unclear who exactly instructed the city of Pensacola’s spokesman to launch an anonymous blog-commenting campaign in which he endorsed various aspects of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s agenda while criticizing entities viewed by the administration as political adversaries—including the [...]
Wait, there’s more on The Zimmerman Agency. A second binder?
Another email: Rick, Bill Reynolds asked me to relay to you that we are currently in the process of compiling all Zimmerman records into a central location – this will include emails, invoices, reports, creative, etc – and that we will be happy to provide it to you when we provide it to [...]
City on ECAT: ‘No Decisions Have Been Made’
Pensacola City Council members this week spoke out against Mayor Ashton Hayward’s apparent intention—relayed via a public statement from Escambia County Commission Chairman Gene Valentino—to use a recently passed gas tax to further economic development efforts instead of contributing to mass [...]
What does TZA ‘binder’ really tells us?
Yesterday, Mayor Ashton Hayward and his City Administrator Bill Reynolds released the 'binder' that Reynolds says documents the city's troubles with the ad agency that Hayward had hired to handle all of the city's marketing - including Port of Pensacola, Pensacola International Airport and [...]
So much for city transparency. Special meeting not televised
Unless there is some super-secret code to the City of Pensacola website, I can't find the online stream to today's Special Council Meeting on the city's RESTORE Advisory representative. What the heck is going on? This isn't that hard, but maybe it's there and I just can't find the right link.
Messer: ‘Reevaluate the Role’
City Attorney Jim Messer sent an email to various Pensacola officials this morning concerning the parameters of his role. The email seems to have been triggered by the recent questions which arose during the city’s process of selecting a representative to sit on Escambia County’s RESTORE [...]
Coming Home to Roost (but no Roosters)
Backyard-chicken advocates encountered what Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall termed “a friendly council” Monday. The board unanimously decided to instruct city staff to explore loosening ordinances pertaining to raising chickens in city neighborhoods. The council was presented last [...]
A New Day?
Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall opened up Thursday night’s council meeting by requesting that things stay “upbeat.” “I want Kumbayah tonight,” he said. The president knew the weight of the room’s contentious subtext. Councilwoman Sheri Myers’ recent threat to sue Mayor [...]