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Pensacola city officials break commitment made to Florida Legislature
City Administrator Eric Olson and his Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson recently abolished the Personnel Board that was created to handle employees’ appeals of disciplinary actions. The creation of the Personnel…
City officials altered appeal process after Pensacola fire chief and deputy chief placed on administrative leave
An preliminary analysis of the City of Pensacola Human Resources Policy Manual on the city’s website has revealed that the Chapter F – Administrative Appeals And Discipline of the manual (starting on…
‘CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap,’ Pensacola screening on Feb. 18
PensacolaCodes.com is hosting a one-time screening and the Pensacola premiere of “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” at the Carmike Cinemas Bayou 15 theater Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6:30pm. The film explores why…
Jeb tells detractors to ‘take a chill pill’
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sat down for an interview with NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell this morning. The Republican presidential candidate discussed Rubio’s momentum, his mother, NH polling and more. Bush called…
Inweekly: Giant Killers, inside mass torts
How does a law firm take on Corporate America? What did it take to get British Petroleum to agree to a settlement for the Deepwater Horizon disaster? Or Bayer to pay for…
U.S. presidential advisor to speak at UWF
The University of West Florida announced today Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will be the keynote speaker for Black History Month. The lecture will take…
Building and repairing infrastructure a national, state, county and city issue
In my Outtakes, “Infrastructure: The Best Incentive,” I proposed that the City of Pensacola look at the infrastructure needed to spur economic development and job creation in its CRA. According to MBA…
Read memo given to Pensacola fire chief and deputy fire chief
Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren DeWeese posted on her blog yesterday the memo that Assistant City Administrator Keith Wilkins handed to Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover…
Spears helps all his Vernon High senior players get scholarships
Vernon High head football coach, Willie Spears, had a rare achievement yesterday on National Signing Day, the first day high school seniors can sign binding football scholarship offers. All of his seniors…
Exclusive: Pensacola deputy fire chief speaks out
Yesterday, Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover, a 27-year veteran of the Pensacola Fire Department, was placed on administrative leave without any explanation. Glover said that Chief Matt Schmitt called him last…
Pensacola named ‘Florida’s most affordable beach town’
SmartAsset has identified the most affordable beach towns in America, and Pensacola takes the number two spot nationally and tops the list of Florida towns. SmartAsset admits that Pensacola isn’t exactly a…
City 3-1-1 app still not catching on
Inweekly had Duwayne Escobedo look into the City of Pensacola’s 3-1-1 service, which handled a little over 400 calls a month last year–most of which were requests for city phone numbers or…
Supplier Diversity Exchange in Pensacola, Feb. 11
The Flordia Department of Management Services’ Office of Supplier Diversity is hosting free workshop for female, veteran and minority business owners on Thursday, February 11 from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at…
Podcast: Brian Spencer talks about Hawkshaw, Downtown Pensacola growth
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer discussed downtown development on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” on Monday. He explained when he believed it was the correct decision to hire Urban Design Associates…
Big Tuesday for City of Pensacola and Baptist Health Care
Yesterday, Baptist Hospital announced a new $6-million investment in the commerce park at the entrance to the Pensacola International Airport. The Baptist Medical Park-Airport will feature Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports…
City Parks and Rec looking for non-profits to handle Wahoo parking
The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department and the Community Maritime Park Associates invite non-profit organizations to participate in the third year of the Community Maritime Park Volunteer Parking Program. This…
Pensacola Speaks: History of downtown Pensacola and Seville Quarter
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” this afternoon, I will have Wilmer Mitchell, attorney for Bob Snow who created Rosie O’Grady’s and the Seville Quarter complex nearly 50 years ago. Wilmer…
Grand Hotel holding job fair this month, 134 job openings
The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort in Pt. Clear, Ala. is hosting a job fair Feb. 12 & 13. “Since opening in 1847, the Grand Hotel has been a key social and recreational…
Five questions for head of Florida Dept. of Economic Opportunity
By JIM TURNER, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Theresa “Cissy” Proctor was promoted by Gov. Rick Scott in December to lead the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, replacing one of the governor’s…