Month: August 2018

Commissioner Doug Underhill won re-election by beating Alan McMillan by 212 votes. Two precincts – #3 Myrtle Grove United Methodist  and #67 Holy Spirit Catholic…

Once again, Inweekly has partnered with The Hangout to give one lucky reader and a guest the ultimate fall getaway during their annual Oyster Cook-off…

Pensacola, Fla. – Visit Pensacola is pleased to announce its 2018-19 grant recipients. Twice a year, Visit Pensacola allocates funds from its annual budget to…

  The most efficient winning candidate was Judge Joyce Williams – who spent  88 cents per vote – followed by School Board member Kevin Adams…

CTIA, the wireless industry association, presented Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward with its 5G Wireless Champion Award. The award honored Mayor Hayward’s leadership in encouraging 5G…

Commissioner Grover Robinson won the east side of Pensacola –Districts 1,2,3 and 4– with 41 percent of the vote. He was followed by Brian Spencer…

The Escambia County Corrections Office Building, located at 2251 Palafox St., was evacuated about 11:30 a.m. after a strong smell thought to be sewer gas…

Both the County Commission primaries attracted more voters that the previous two primaries. The three School Board races drew 31, 596 votes—8,274 more votes than…

The biggest surprises were: Mike Hill edging out Rebekah Bydlak in the GOP primary for House District 1. Incumbent Doug Underhill surging in August to…

In governor’s race, the Inweekly/Political Matrix poll predicted the margin of victory for Congressman Ron DeSantis over Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam – 20 percent. The…

Mike Hill held off Rebekah Bydlak, 9,003-8,460, with Lisa Doss serving as spoiler, 1,257.  Vikki Garrett beat Franscine Mathis, 6,178-3.984.

Judge Joyce Williams beat challenger Paul Hamlin, 30,014-29,414.

Mary Bourgeois and James Smith Jr. will face off in runoff for Century Town Council Seat 4, 160-146. We suggest a spelling bee to save…

Commissioner Doug Underhill held off Alan McMillan, 3,264-3,053.

Grover Robinson and Brian Spencer will face each other for mayor in November. Robinson 34% Spencer 21% David Mayo 17% Drew Buchanan 13% Lawrence Powell…

Jared Moore will face Chris Phillips in City Council District 4 race.

Dale Perkins beat Charles Bare for ECUA District 4 seat, 5,277-4,264.

Robert Bender will next commissioner for District 4 with 2,613 votes—26.73%.

In 2016 General Election, most of the local elections had been decided by the time the election day came -61.6 percent cast.  People discounted the…