Category: News
Yikes: 92 city employees have contracts
Mayor Grover Robinson has 92 holdovers that have employement contracts that give them more than two weeks of severance, according to public records. The number…
The rise of Dick Barker
Richard Barker did very well in the Hayward Administration, seeing his annual pay increase about $19K over the eight years. When Hayward was campaigning for…
Buzz: The company formerly known as Gulf Power
Send someone an email at Gulf Power, and you will notice that their email address as change. Thank you for your email. As of Jan…
More Transition Team meetings
4:30- 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 Topic: Environment, Raking/Traffic/Walkability, Neighborhoods at Theophalis May Community Resource Center, 1301 W. Gregory St. Hosts: Drew Buchanan, Christian Wagley,…
Mayor brings back town halls
Mayor Grover Robinson will hold his first town hall meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Woodland Heights Resource Center, 111 Berkley Dr. “I’m…
Presser Notes: Monuments, settlements and more
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While much of the city still seemed sleepy and snug in the fog of the holidays, the weekly press conference at…
Transition Team Schedule
The City of Pensacola Mayoral Transition Team meeting on Thursday, Jan. 3, beginning at 10 a.m. until noon in the Hagler Mason Conference Room, Second…
Transition team looks at ‘holes’ in public safety
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola citizens had the opportunity Saturday, Dec. 29 to let the city’s administration know their thoughts concerning the community’s public safety….
80 City staff have severance packages
The standard severance pay for employees is two-weeks salary but apparently not so at Pensacola City Hall since 2010. During the Q&A period of his…
City Attorney transition process
Inweekly asked Mayor Grover Robinson to explain the process for the transition of city attorney position from Lysia Bowling to Susan Woolf. He said that…
Mayor optimistic about Project Titan
Mayor Grover Robinson remains optimistic about Project Titan, the code name given to the building of three more hangars to create a MRO (maintenance, repair…
UWF helps displaced Va. College students
The University of West Florida Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Complete Florida will host a Drop-In Transfer Day on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, providing personalized…
Bondholders sue to raise toll for Garcon Point Bridge
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A bank representing bondholders filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the state Department of…
Walkability attendee hit by car
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –A Pensacola woman was hit by a car Wednesday night as she walked home from a community forum addressing the city’s…
Jail construction update
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly So far, the most expensive public building project in Escambia County history remains on target for completion by May 28, 2020….
Cyclists offer recommendations to City
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the need to make Pensacola, particularly areas near the urban core,…
Escambia County to Conduct Employee Survey
by Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Escambia County plans to join major corporations and small businesses by conducting annual employee engagement surveys to gage its performance. Quint…
Buzz: Triumph appointee
Who will be the next appointee to the Triumph Gulf Coast Board? Several names are being batted around: Frank White: former state representative who had…
Woolf selected city attorney
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has selected an experienced attorney to be his nominee for city attorney, Susan Woolf. Woolf served as assistant city attorney from…
Public weighs in on Gulf Power coal ash permits
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The public will have a chance Wednesday to weigh in on a federal permit pertaining to a Gulf Power coal ash…
