Category: Politics
Weekend Buzz: One Energy Place for Sale
Florida Power & Light has put its Northwest Florida headquarters, One Energy Place, on the market. The 250,000 sq. ft. building is subject to offer,…
Then It Got Weird: Boots for Matt Berry Claims Permit, Raising $$$
Last week, Boots for Matt Berry received a permit distributing food at Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza on Friday evenings. Mayor D.C. Reeves told us…
Community Forces Council to Pull Baptist Redevelopment Contract
The Pensacola City Council meeting stretched past two and a half hours Thursday night as dozens of residents packed chambers to oppose hiring Bayou District…
Escambia County Fights Hunger One Jar at Time
Local donors contributed 4,214 jars of peanut butter to this year’s statewide Peanut Butter Challenge—more than any other Florida county—helping stock food pantries before the…
Shipbuilder Asks For One-Year Exclusivity Agreement
Mayor D.C. Reeves has asked the Pensacola City Council to approve a one-year exclusivity agreement for Project Maeve at the Port of Pensacola. Details: As…
City Releases MLK Plaza Permit…It’s Not for FNB
The City of Pensacola has released a redacted copy of the permit, which it says will allow Food Not Bombs to hold its protests and…
Community Activists Ask Mayor to Listen on Baptist Project
—Concerns Mount Over Out-of-State Firm’s Role in Project— Community activist Hale Morrissette is sounding the alarm about the redevelopment of Pensacola’s Baptist Hospital Legacy Campus,…
Hangout 2026 Cancelled, Gulf Shores Insisted on Country Music
Gulf Shores’ marquee music festival—Hangout Fest that was rebranded last year as Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival— will skip 2026. City officials and…
UWF Resistance & Manny Diaz & Missing Zack Smith
Today, the Harry Roy Membership Committee, officially known as the University of West Florida Presidential Search Committee, will host an open public forum with presidential…
City Unveils First Step of New Palafox Project Communication Plan
The City of Pensacola’s Strategic Initiatives Officer, Adrianne Walker, has sent an update on the communication plan for The New Palafox project to downtown business and…
Food Not Bombs Has Valid Permit, But We Can’t See It
At his press conference this morning, I asked Mayor D.C. Reeves about the status of the Food Not Bombs’ event permit and the status of…
CRA Approves Bayou District Consulting for Baptist Project
The Pensacola City Council, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), discussed the selection of Bayou District Consulting, LLC, for the development advisory services on…
Red Alert: Has Childers Killed Tourism?
Earlier this year, we broke the news that County Clerk Pam Childers was withholding reimbursement for invoices totaling over $1 million for Visit Pensacola and…
Florida Faces $1 Billion SNAP Crisis
Florida taxpayers are about to feel the financial squeeze from sweeping federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A new Florida TaxWatch report…
Baptist Legacy Campus: Six months of Public Input and Planning Ahead
The Pensacola City Council will consider hiring Bayou District Consulting, LLC, to provide development advisory services for the redevelopment of the Baptist Hospital Legacy Campus….
Top Reads: Week Ended Dec. 6, 2025
A Thanksgiving weekend arrest has set the stage for a First Amendment battle between Food Not Bombs and the City of Pensacola over weekly meal…
Weekend Buzz: Downtown Post Office
POST OFFICE: Work has begun on the new downtown Pensacola post office. It’s at the site of the old Sluggo’s and Napoleon Bakery on South…
Food Not Bombs Rejects City Permit, Calls Weekly Meal a First Amendment Right
—Group says sharing food requires no permit, questions who obtained authorization on their behalf— Just hours after Mayor D.C. Reeves announced a “harmonious resolution” to…
Breaking: City Gives Permit to Food Not Bombs
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has announced on social media that someone has obtained a permit for Food Not Bombs to continue its Friday food giveways…
Running for Office in Escambia County: A Guide for Candidates with Supervisor Robert Bender
—Pre-Filing vs. Qualifying: Understanding the Difference— Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender held a workshop this week for prospective candidates considering runs for local…
