Category: Politics
Daily Outtakes: Salzman, McDaniel, Lutimothy shuffle
State Rep. Michelle Salzman has scuttled her bill, HJR 19, to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would set term limits. On…
Real News: Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023
Seville Rotary Club is preparing for the annual “Steak Cook-Off” set for 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at Seville Quarter. President Wes Hudgens shares…
What’s next for OLF-8?
D.R. Horton has pulled its offer to buy 297 acres of OLF-8 in the Beulah area. County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh offers his take on the…
Real News: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023
Sheriff Chip Simmons discusses the Real Time Crime Center and how it will improve law enforcement. Pensacola City Councilwoman Jennifer Brahier discusses the $1 million…
BCC-Childers lawsuit cleared to go to trial
County Clerk Pam Childers’ attorney submitted a voluntary dismissal of her appeal regarding a judge’s earlier ruling and notified the court that her discovery phase…
Real News: Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves covers the problems with the Bay Bluffs walkway, the co-responder policing model and raising the pay for city employees. UWF President…
Breaking: Georgia Blackmon passes
Pensacola civil rights leader and icon, Georgia Blackmon has passed away. In 1989, Georgia opened The Gathering Awareness and Book Center to offer African-American literature…
Takeaways from Mayor’s presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held his weekly press conference today. Here are some of my takeaways: Bay Bluffs The Bay Bluffs walkway will be demolished,…
Real News: Monday, Sept. 18, 2023
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh previews tonight’s town hall – 6 p.m. at Perdido Bay United Methodist Church. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has held up military nominations…
Daily Outtakes: Guns, Facebook and Baseball – American favorites
Last Saturday night, four people were taken to hospitals late Saturday night after gunshots were fired in Denver. A fifth victim was discovered Sunday morning….
Real News: Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
Donna Dickey discusses Bands on the Bayou. WHAT: Presented by East Hill Neighborhood Association, the second Bands on the Bayou concert of 2023 features local…
Real News: Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay has announced its 15 finalists. President Kristen Longley has the details. Larry Johnson has sold the Azalea Lounge. He discusses its…
Real News: Wednesday, Sept. 13
Commissioner Lumon May shares his frustrations with Baptist officials and the Escambia Children’s Trust. A remarkable interview with ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman….
Gaetz considering Florida Senate run
Don Gaetz will decide whether to run for the Florida Senate District 1 seat after meeting with his family in the next few days. Gaetz…
Underhill sued for defamation on social media
Pro Watercross and its managing member Anthony Handler have filed a lawsuit against former Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill for defamation over allegedly false and…
Daily Outtakes: Romney bowing out
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has told the Washington Post and The New York Times that he will not seek a second Senate term. In a…
Real News: Tuesday, Sept. 12
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discusses the lessons he learned helping Lafayette County deal with Hurricane Idalia. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his…
Daily Outtakes: Mental Health Confusion
State Rep. Michelle Salzman is reconvening the Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida this afternoon. Why? “…specifically for brainstorming, designing and planning for a…
Baptist: Health care is ‘on us.’
The third element of Baptist’s redevelopment vision for the redevelopment of its E Street campus was: “Baptist ensuring there is a solution for health care…
Who paid for Mental Health Strategic Plan? (Update)
For more than six months, Inweekly has tried to find out how much did Ernst Young’s Mental Health Strategic Plan and Roadmap cost and who…
