Author: Rick Outzen
Crime down in Pensacola
Violent crimes in the City of Pensacola were down during the 2018 calendar year, according to the FLDE. The property crime rate was down 4.2…
Mayor promises to establish an independent personnel board
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson this morning committed to establishing an independent personnel board after listening to a presentation at the mayoral transition team meeting History…
Nearly half of Escambia County families struggle paying the bills
United Way of Escambia County yesterday announced that of 118,702 households in Escambia County, about a third struggle to pay for basic needs such as…
FYI: Some Fla. cities move Confederate monuments
The Lakeland City Commission agreed to go ahead with moving its Confederate monument after a federal lawsuit by Confederate heritage groups was dismissed. The groups…
Town hall set for Feb. 19
Sherri Myers, Pensacola City Council, District 2 is hosting a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 regarding Carpenter’s Creek. The meeting will provide…
Fundraiser: Love at First Bite
FavorHouse of Northwest Florida is hosting a fundraiser, “Love at First Bite,†4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at V Paul’s Italian Ristorante, 29 South Palafox. FavorHouse…
Buzz: Hayward declines Triumph appointment
Sources in Tallahassee have reported to Inweekly that former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has declined the appointment to the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors,…
The $575K meeting
The plan to place Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on administrative leave, hire attorney Russell Van Sickle to investigate…
Workman bans cell phone use
Over the past year, parents have talked about getting calls from their frightened children when Workman Middle School has gone under a lockdown. According to…
City Hall survivors thrive
When Ashton Hayward campaigned for Pensacola mayor in 2010, he talked a great deal about taking on the establishment and the “good old boys.†One…
Why did city officials want to destroy Deputy Chief Glover?
In 2005, then-Battalion Chief Joseph Glover and Lts. Jose Cobb, Paul Johnson and Derek Streeter filed a federal discrimination lawsuit suit against the City of…
The man behind allegations against fire chiefs
The investigation of former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief that led to their terminations, subsequent lawsuits and the city’s insurance carrier paying…
A mother defended her son
When I interviewed Joe Glover for “Fire Chiefs ‘Vindicated,’†he talked about the toll the investigation and termination took on his family. “It was extremely…
Five key points of Fire Chiefs’ settlement
Our story Fire Chiefs “Vindicated’ is online and in our news stands. Here are the key points: 1. Big money Though the settlements have no…
Here are settlement agreements
The City of Pensacola, represented by CFO Dick Barker, made former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover sign an addendum that…
Exclusive: Chief Schmitt speaks out
This morning, Inweekly broke the story that the City of Pensacola settled the discrimination lawsuits filed by former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire…
City settled Fire Chiefs’ lawsuits
Did you hear the City of Pensacola settled the discrimination lawsuits filed by former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover for…
District voters disagree with his NATO vote but remain satisfied with Gaetz
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation that expressed congressional support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The bill passed in…
BP money eyed to help with hurricane recovery
By  Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida… TALLAHASSEE — Calls are growing to use BP oil spill money to bolster Hurricane Michael recovery efforts,…
Chamber, Trade association oppose deregulation of utilities
Business leaders typically fight for deregulation but not so when it comes to the powerful privately-owned utilities. The News Service of Florida reports: Two of…
