Category: Politics
CPAC Digs Into Mental Health
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly About an hour deep into this week’s meeting of Pensacola’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee, Chairman Joseph Marshall paused to stress the…
‘Hot Dog Licenses’ for bars may continue until year-end
“It’s simply a way for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the governor to look like they’re doing something, which seems to be…
Space Command: A good fit for Pensacola
The competition to be home for the U.S. Space Command moved to a new level this week as communities seeking the headquarters submitted their proposals….
Once again, county administrator fails good government test
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners meets today. Once again, County Administrator Janice Gilley has failed to provide the materials on an item coming up for…
Breaking news: City can remove Confederate monument – updated
The City of Pensacola can remove the Confederate monument in Lee Square after Federal Judge M. Casey Rodgers ruled yesterday that the Ladies Memorial Association…
County clarifies eligibility requirements of housing grants, adds more locations
The emphasis comes from the county about CARES Act assistance for homeowners and renters: Please provide the public the eligibility requirements as required by the…
More CARES help for families coming in mid-September
Families and small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to wait until Sept. 15 before they can apply for additional Escambia County’s CARES…
Escambia: The race to help homeowners, renters
“There’s a pandemic. We were going to be required to do more, and staff’s going to be required to do more as well as citizens. 
Presser Notes: When’s It Safe to Take Off the Masks?
Plus: Affordable Housing, Re-openings and Restrooms (Both Pricey and Cheap) by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly On the other side of the Labor Day holiday, decisions will…
More on COVID testing in the jail
In July, Inweekly received a letter signed by 53 female inmates in Escambia County’s work release building pleading to be tested. Last week, the inmates…
Commissioners frustrated with lack of COVID testing at jail
On Thursday, Aug. 27, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners learned only six inmates at the Escambia County Jail had been tested for COVID-19 a…
Pensacola Affordable Housing Task Force wraps up work
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola lacks adequate affordable housing, but it may soon have a plan for how best to address the…
How did county government become so callous?
Last week, the Escambia County Commission approved $1.25 million of CARES Act be spent on rapid testing and that County Administrator Janice Gilley initiative a…
Escambia CARES Act posted, sort of
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has finally posted her CARES Act plan on the county website–actually its PowerPoint presentation with several blanks and few specifics,…
Rally for Childhood Cancer Researc
Across the world, September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Rally Pensacola—an extension of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research—is partnering with presenting sponsor,…
Escambia County Jail: ‘COVID-Land’
Inweekly interviewed Jessica Gomez, who was released from the county jail recently. She said that conditions in the main jail were unsafe and “unable to…
Presser Notes: Two Storms and COVID make three
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday he’d been keeping an eye on the storms in the gulf — tropical storms Marco…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act grants
Twelve counties with less than 500,000 residents received over $10 million in the first installment of the CARES Act, including Escambia County, $14.32 million. On…
Charges dropped re: bridge protestor
Attorneys for Jason Uphaus, the Black Lives Matter protester who was nearly run over by an angry driver at the foot of the Chappie James…
