By Jeremy Morrison The city of Pensacola is looking for an assistant city administrator, a lieutenant of sorts for City Administrator Chris Holley. More than a hundred individuals applied for the position,…
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City’s mission: ‘Highest quality of life for all citizens’
Inweekly had reporter Jeremy Morrison cover the city’s visioning workshop last week. By most accounts, it was like trying to manage a box of kittens, but the process yielded a draft mission…
COW: Chewing on Public Safety
Escambia Public Safety Suffers from Leadership, Communication Issues BY Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After digging into Escambia County’s Public Safety Department, ombudsman Janice Kilgore found an atmosphere where it appears poor leadership and…
Mother blames son’s death on EMS’s ‘lack of interest’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Escambia County awaits the conclusion of a Florida Department of Health investigation regarding its Emergency Medical Services, some residents are reflecting on their own experiences receiving assistance…
Veterans, By the Numbers
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Most people are aware that there’s a considerable military presence and corresponding veteran population in Northwest Florida, but now that population’s particulars have been broken down into digestible…
Presser: Looking forward to visioning and Amy
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson traversed a number of items Monday during his weekly press conference. In addition to filling the media in on what he’s been up to since…
Robinson reached out to Lovoy prior to resignation
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson spoke with Escambia County interim administrator Amy Lovoy regarding the prospects of coming to work at the city April 15, shortly before she turned…
Report: Offshore Drilling ‘Still Dirty and Dangerous’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Environmental organization Oceana released a report on Wednesday that the group says finds offshore oil drilling to be a precarious proposition. The report runs counter to a narrative…
City partners on Arts, Healthcare Efforts
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is working with outside organizations to partner on efforts somewhat out of the city’s wheelhouse. Mayor Grover Robinson discussed two such efforts during his…
Getting ‘Creative’ with Healthcare Funding
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is preparing to try something that both Mayor Grover Robinson and City Attorney Susan Woolf described as “creative†Monday while laying out a scheme…
Presser notes: City repaving sucked up drainage funds
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Some of Pensacola’s recent road resurfacing may have created more severe drainage issues in certain areas. Additionally, Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday, the funds the city has tied…
Homeless Summit defines focus
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The conversation is just getting started, but Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson struck an optimistic tone as the city and Escambia County began exploring how best to address the…