‘Fully staffed’ PPD short 30 officers

On Oct. 11, 2017, the City of Pensacola posted on its official Facebook page that the Pensacola Police Department was “fully staffed.” Last week, Pensacola…

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Yikes: 92 city employees have contracts

Mayor Grover Robinson has 92 holdovers that have employement contracts that give them more than two weeks of severance, according to public records. The number…

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The rise of Dick Barker

Richard Barker did very well in the Hayward Administration, seeing his annual pay increase about $19K over the eight years. When Hayward was campaigning for…

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More Transition Team meetings

4:30- 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 Topic: Environment, Raking/Traffic/Walkability, Neighborhoods at Theophalis May Community Resource Center, 1301 W. Gregory St. Hosts: Drew Buchanan, Christian Wagley,…

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Mayor brings back town halls

Mayor Grover Robinson will hold his first town hall meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Woodland Heights Resource Center, 111 Berkley Dr. “I’m…

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Presser Notes: Monuments, settlements and more

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While much of the city still seemed sleepy and snug in the fog of the holidays, the weekly press conference at…

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Transition Team Schedule

The City of Pensacola Mayoral Transition Team meeting on Thursday, Jan. 3, beginning at 10 a.m. until noon in the Hagler Mason Conference Room, Second…

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Transition team looks at ‘holes’ in public safety

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola citizens had the opportunity Saturday, Dec. 29 to let the city’s administration know their thoughts concerning the community’s public safety….

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80 City staff have severance packages

The standard severance pay for employees is two-weeks salary but apparently not so at Pensacola City Hall since 2010. During the Q&A period of his…

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City Attorney transition process

Inweekly asked Mayor Grover Robinson to explain the process for the transition of city attorney position from Lysia Bowling to Susan Woolf. He said that…

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Mayor optimistic about Project Titan

Mayor Grover Robinson remains optimistic about Project Titan, the code name given to the building of three more hangars to create a MRO (maintenance, repair…

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Walkability attendee hit by car

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –A Pensacola woman was hit by a car Wednesday night as she walked home from a community forum addressing the city’s…

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Jail construction update

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly So far, the most expensive public building project in Escambia County history remains on target for completion by May 28, 2020….

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Cyclists offer recommendations to City

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the need to make Pensacola, particularly  areas near the urban core,…

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Escambia County to Conduct Employee Survey

by Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Escambia County plans to join major corporations and small businesses by conducting annual employee engagement surveys to gage its performance. Quint…

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Buzz: Triumph appointee

Who will be the next appointee to the Triumph Gulf Coast Board? Several names are being batted around: Frank White: former state representative who had…

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Woolf selected city attorney

Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has selected an experienced attorney to be his nominee for city attorney, Susan Woolf.  Woolf served as assistant city attorney from…

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Ingram on DeSantis transition team

Former State Rep. Clay Ingram has been named to Governor-elect Ron DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Government Operations. The committee, chaired by  Lee County Tax…

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A Port Niche and Other Items

by Jeremy Morrison Mayor Grover Robinson had a good bit to say about a number of things during his weekly press conference Monday. He spoke…

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Williamson gets top assignments

State Rep. Jayer Williamson (R-Santa Rosa County) has been named the chair of the House Government Operations & Tourism Committee, which is under the Appropriations…

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