Category: Politics
Council budget analyst questions Bayview Center spending
Butch Hansen, the budget analyst for the Pensacola City Council, yesterday sent an email to his bosses that pointed out his concerns and questions regarding…
Poll: Less than half of city voters support expensive Bayview Center
Yesterday, Inweekly/Political Matrix surveyed 450 likely voters of the City of Pensacola and found the city is divided on whether to spend $9.6 million on…
Hayward spending 12 percent of LOST IV project allocations on Bayview Center and Boathouse
The Local Option Sales Tax – Series IV Plan covers all of the city of Pensacola’s capital projects through Dec. 31, 2029. The project allocations…
Judge grants rehearing on Fish Hatchery lawsuit
Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles has granted Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth a rehearing on their lawsuit against the City of Pensacola, its CRA and…
Skatepark vs. Bayview Center and Boathouse
If the City of Pensacola could rein in the $9.6-million cost for the proposed Bayview Park Community Center and Boathouse and get the cost closer…
Should City of Pensacola give sanitation customers rebates
Since Oct. 1, 2017, the City of Pensacola’s Sanitation Services has collected its customers recycling every week and dumped the recyclables at the Perdido Landfill…
Cervantes claims another life
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday evening near the intersection of Cervantes Street at Pickens Avenue. Pensacola Police report the man was taken to…
Olson cuts a half million off Bayview Center cost, still 60 percent over budget
Yesterday, City Administrator Eric Olson sent the Pensacola City Council a new budget for the proposed Bayview Community Center that reduced the total budget from…
Timeline for Bayview Center very different from Sanders Beach Center
Before this year, the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center was the most expensive center built in the city of Pensacola, with a price tag…
Buzz: Is Hayward changing his mind about a third term
Members of the Pensacola police union think Ashton Hayward will announce next month that he will seek a third term. His excuses will be that…
Bayview Center costs now 70 percent over original budget
Councilwoman Sherri Myers yesterday refused Mayor Ashton Hayward’s request to place on Thursday’s council agenda the bid award for the proposed Bayview Community Center after…
Pensacola stopped recycling seven months ago
The Pensacola City Council last week learned the city had stopped recycling its trash, even though residents have been faithfully sorting their trash on putting…
Inweekly/Political Matrix poll: Putnam and Gillum lead in tight gubernatorial primary races
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 1,015 likely Republican voters across the state, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam holds a six-point edge over U.S….
Breaking news: Phillips switches to City Council District 4 race
Chris Phillips plans to switch to Pensacola City Council District 4 race tomorrow. He had pre-filed to run for Escambia County Commission District 4 but…
Triumph board approves $3 million workforce training grant for Escambia County
Today, the Triumph Gulf Coast board approved a $3-million grant for workforce development in Escambia County that was submitted by the Escambia County School District…
Groundbreaking ceremony for $8.2-million community center on May 7
City of Pensacola will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the $8.2-million Bayview Resource Center at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 7 at Bayview Park, 2000…
Admiral Harris heads to South Korea
Adm. Harry B Harris, Jr., who will be a panelist at the 2018 Naval Aviation Symposium, learned this week that he will not be an…
BCC and ECSO reach budget settlement
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners has approved a budget settlement agreement with Sheriff David Morgan. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office will received an additional…
Former Florida League of Cities president arrested
Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, 61, was arrested yesterday on charges that she lied about money she took from developers and hid more than $335,000…
‘Preserve the Character of East Hill’ petition started
Teresa Hill has put together a “Preserve the Character of East Hill†petition that has already garnered over 1,400 signatures. She points out that East…
