Category: Politics
Tim Kaine’s wife in downtown Pensacola on Monday
Ann Holton, wife of Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine will meet with the Escambia County Democratic Women’s Club to discuss Hillary Clinton-Tim Kaine ticket’s plan…
Hayward ready to launch Inweekly Ballsy Plan 2
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is discussing improving downtown parking and the need for workforce housing. Both ideas were part of Inweekly’s Ballsy Plan II, which…
Papantonio launches national TV show: ‘America’s Lawyer’
Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio will launch a primetime weekly show called ‘America’s Lawyer’ on RT America beginning in November 2016. The show will examine and…
Escambia BCC considers downtown trolley pilot program
The Studers have asked for the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to consider a downtown trolley service that will run as a pilot program from…
Over 7,000 votes already cast in Escambia County [podcast]
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports that 7,471 mail-in ballots have been received by his office as of Oct. 12. The split is REP…
Pensacola City Council to consider rent deferral for financially troubled tenant
The Pensacola City Council will vote to tonight on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s request to provide Offshore Inland Marine (OIM) a partial deferral of rent on…
Maritime Park wins state award
The Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park won the Award of Excellence in the Open Spaces category from the North Florida chapter of the…
Escambia County looking at to add 504 affordable housing units
The Escambia County Neighborhood & Human Services Department is hosting a community discussion on the potential development of four affordable housing properties under the Florida…
AIA Florida: Vote ‘No’ on Amendment 1
The Board of Directors of the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida) announced today its unanimous opposition to Florida Constitutional Amendment…
FOP does very well in City of Pensacola negotiations
The Fraternal Order of Police did very well in its negotiations with City of Pensacola and Mayor Hayward’s Administration. According to the agreements up for…
League of Women Voters seeks registration extension to Oct. 18
From The News Service of Florida: With a federal judge poised to hear arguments in a related case, the League of Women Voters of Florida…
Escambia County ready for 2030?
By Duwayne Escobedo That was the question put forward by Tony Carvajal for the Florida Chamber Foundation Florida 2030 Project on Tuesday morning. The organization…
Frankel: Trump ‘unfit’ to lead [podcast]
Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-D) discussed yesterday the second presidential debate on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” “I feel like Hillary Clinton tried to go…
Trump in Panama City Beach today
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a rally today at Aaron Bessant Park on Panama City Beach.The gates open Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. and…
Is Sunshine Center overloaded with requests? Not hardly
According to our estimates, the City of Pensacola Sunshine Center has handled approximately 150 public record requests during each of the three quarters of this…
Inweekly and City of Pensacola Sunshine Center
Most government agencies cooperate with information requests from the media. The average turnaround on a request with Escambia County, the Sheriff’s Office and any other…
Mayor Hayward hires Haas Center for another community survey
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward took to Facebook on Friday to announce the third annual Pensacola Community Survey by the UWF Haas Center. “One of the…
City of Pensacola Sunshine Center continues to unravel
The City of Pensacola Sunshine Center appears to have overcharged Inweekly for several record requests. Here is just one example: In August, the newspaper requested…
Sheriff honors animal control sergeant
Sheriff David Morgan awarded Escambia County Animal Control Sergeant Stephanie Nowlin with the ECSO’s Medal of Commendation Thursday morning at the Central Office Complex. Nowlin…
Trump advisor: VP debate pivots race back to policies [podcast]
Sam Clovis, co-chairman and senior policy advisor to the Donald Trump presidential campaign was my guest on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday. He was very pleased with…
