Category: News
Pam Wiggins’ daughter: Hugh Wiggins knew everything
A reader sent me this post on the website “Justice must be served” that is by someone claiming to be Pamela Long Wiggins’ daughter. It…
Brownsville Middle School continues to deteriorate (photos)
While Mayor Hayward and the City are dealing with the old Blount school, Brownsville Middle School on West Avery Street remains abandoned. I visited the…
City Budget cuts 18 authorized positions
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s budget cuts the authorized positions from 860 last year to 842 for FY 2012. The net increase to the General Fund positions…
Hugh Wiggins’ case thrown out
The case against Hugh Wiggins, husband of Pamela Long Wiggins, has been thrown out by a Mississippi judge. The judge ruled that the immunity granted…
Councilman Wu submitted his requests July 18
I received from the City additional information on the budget requests of the Pensacola City Council. Councilman P.C. Wu sent in his budget requests on…
City Fire Union scares downtown businesses (updated)
Yesterday, the Pensacola Fire Union delivered flyers to downtown businesses telling them that the City has put their lives at risk and asking them to…
Buzz: CMPA committee refuses special audit of park expenditures
Yesterday at its committee meeting, the chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Operations & Audit Committee, Councilman Larry Johnson, made a motion for a…
Only 4 council members sent in budget requests
Through a public record requests, the IN obtained the written budget priorities submitted by the Pensacola City Council members to Mayor Ashton Hayward. Only four…
Nodine faces new charges
Mobile Press Register reports former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine now faces a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of his…
FBI seizes computer used by Gordon Goodin
Daily News reports: Santa Rosa Commissioner Jim Melvin said he was in his office Tuesday morning when the FBI showed up and asked him to…
Historic moment for Pensacola neighborhood
Today Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, joined by Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Councilmen John Jerralds and Brian Spencer, announced the demolition of the old…
Florida Tax Watch projects 150,000 more jobs
Florida Tax Watch report the state’s employment situation has looked brighter over the last twelve months (from June 2010 to June 2011) than any previous…
Additional request from Deweese: details on mayor’s office budget
Council President Maren Deweese sent an additional request to City Finance Director Dick Barker on Saturday morning, August 20: Follow up to Council’s request for…
DOJ investigating early BP spill estimates
Early in the BP oil disaster in 2010, I wrote about how my sources were telling me that the BP disaster was at a much…
Hayward: ‘Tear down this school’
Press Release: Hayward Announces Plan to Demolish Old School – Sheriff Cites ‘Positive Change’ for Community – Fulfilling a campaign promise to crack down on…
GCCF releases report on first year
Press Release: Today, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, released an executive summary looking back at its first year of operation…
Gulf Power rate hike goes before board today
The Public Service Commission will consider today approving Gulf Power Co.’s interim rate hike request of $38.5 million. The request is part of a $93.5…
Poll confirms Hayward popularity
Press release: According to a recent study conducted by Open Market Research, nearly 62% of likely voters have a favorable opinion of the manner in…
Former City official is new Destin City manager
By a unanimous vote last night, the Destin City Council selected Maryann Ustick – former City of Pensacola assistant city manager and current acting city…
Mayor Hayward attacks blight
Mayor Ashton Hayward wants to attack one of the biggest blights in Pensacola – W.A. Blount Junior High School. The building, which was in built…
