At a press conference this afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said that his investigators believe that the triple homicide that was discovered last Friday could be tied to witchcraft. Morgan said…
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Actually there was memo on how the CMP sublease process should work
Two years ago, City Attorney Jim Messer wrote a memo to the Pensacola City Council on the legal relationship between the city of Pensacola and Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. and on…
Pensacola Mud Run returns
Getting dirty for a good cause: Competition will help addicts get clean Registration open for third annual Pensacola Mud Run, benefiting Pathways for Change The event, now in its third year, will…
Sheriffs cautious about expanding juvenile citations
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The use of civil citations to divert juvenile offenders from the justice system has spread to nearly all Florida counties. A new law goes…
Another messy triangle: Mayor-CBRE-CMPA
Who has the rights to market the parcels at the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park? Hayward’s Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain has told the media that CBRE doesn’t have a contract…
Mayor announces Florida House campaign
Press Release: In the open State House District 4 seat being vacated by Rep. Matt Gaetz, Mel Ponder, a small businessman and the Mayor of Destin, announced his campaign for the Republican…
Evers files new bill for guns on campus
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Two Republican lawmakers Monday filed proposals that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on college and university campuses, setting the stage…
Two dropped from Council Executive search, new name added
On July 21, the City released the names of the four finalists for the city council executive position: Daryl Betancur of Palm Springs, Ca; Dennis Kelly of Holiday Island, Ark; Octavien Spanner…
Ronnie Mac is back, files for sheriff
Former Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has pre-filed to run for the job he last held in 2008. This is going to get interesting.
Paper trail on Food Truck debate
Most issues at city hall are tied to communications problems. The recommendation that City Council approved, per video from the meeting, on March 26 was: “The City Council refer the issue of…
Food truck triangle: Council-Planning Board-7th Floor
The daily newspaper reported this weekend on the difficulties the city of Pensacola has had getting an ordinance drafted regulating food trucks – Food trucks could face delay. Two years ago, Inweekly…
UWF and Escambia County School District prepare students for national cybersecurity competition
Press Release: The University of West Florida Department of Computer Science and Center for Cybersecurity will host an Air Force Association CyberCamp from Aug. 4 through 8, 2015. Two student teams from…
Ethical issues surround City Planning Board
A fundamental tenet of Florida Ethics Law is that public officials, including volunteers who serve on advisory boards, must recuse themselves from votes on issues that benefit themselves, family members or business…
Did the mayor tell CBRE it is no longer the realtor for maritime park?
COO Tamara Fountain said the CBRE no longer has the contract to market the parcels at the Community Maritime Park. The contract expired in February. Why is this sign still at the…
Northwest Florida hosts first-ever XTERRA Triathlon
Press release: XTERRA, the global sport of off-road triathlon that has been contested world-wide for over 20 years, comes to Northwest Florida this weekend. On Sunday, August 2 a sold out field…
Forbes: Florida has six of top 10 metro areas for job growth
Gov. Rick Scott is proud of the state’s showing in Forbes list of “Best Cities for Job Growth.” Naples tops the list at number one with Cape Coral, Orlando, Ocala, Port St….
Top five City of Pensacola salaries
Through a public record request, Inweekly got the salaries of city employees that are listed on the city’s website: Lysia Bowling, City Attorney: $154,980 Eric Olson, City Administrator: $133,016 Richard Barker, CFO:…
Miller and Ingram to speak at Florida Chamber Foundation summit on military
Florida Chamber Foundation to host Military, Defense & Veterans Opportunities Summit The 2015 Florida Chamber Foundation’s Military, Defense & Veterans Opportunities Summit will gather leaders from Florida’s military and defense industry, economic…
Podcasts: Roundabouts, Opening up Government Street, Planning Board and Food trucks…hmmmm
The Greater Pensacola Chamber’s public policy executive director, Todd Thomson, gives his update on local government meetings. Is there a roundabout in the future for Government Street? What is the role of…
Lopez-Cantera and Rick Wilson today on Pensacola Speaks
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera will be my guest on Pensacola Speaks. He will talk about the recent announcement by Rep. Jeff Miller to forgo the U.S. Senate race We will also have…