Category: Politics
Maybe Pensacola City Council should put fish hatchery on the ballot
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposal to lease Bruce Beach for a $1 a year for 50 years and allow a fish hatchery to be built in…
Questions about Hayward’s proposed fish hatchery persist
The News Journal tackles today Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s fish hatchery project—“A new home for a fish farm on Bruce Beach?†The story is a…
Task force on homeless established by Pensacola City Council
The Pensacola City Council did pass a resolution at its Feb. 13 meeting to establish an 11-person task force to “tweak” the three ordinances recommended…
Escambia County 4-H will get acreage for animal and environmental sciences
UF Dean Nick Place has sent a letter to 4-4 youth, parents and supporters on his intent to purchase acreage. Here are the key paragraphs…
Netflix has new season of ‘House of Cards’ available online
House of Cards Season 2 13 Episodes Available in HD In their ruthless rise to power, Francis and Claire battle threats past and present, and…
House of Sticks: What’s the remedy
Nine major financial firms collapsed during the 2007-09 timeframe and, according to retired Fed Chairman Bernanke, 12 out of the 13 largest financial firms were…
Buzz: Homeless advocates expected to show in numbers at Pensacola City Council meeting
I spoke with Rev. Nathan Monk yesterday afternoon after our interview on IN Your Head Radio. The minister who has been an advocate for the…
Outside counsel on airport concession opinion paid $376K by mayor over past two years
When the mayor’s administration wanted to get an outside legal opinion on whether the city council could extend Varona’s food concession lease at the airport…
INYR: How to make Pensacola more compassionate, GOP chances in governor races, Protect Our Defenders
On IN Your Head Radio, we will have Rev. Nathan Monk to talk about his recommendations to make the city of Pensacola more compassionate towards…
Many days you cannot make this stuff up: Mayor announces blanket drive
Press Release: Office of the Mayor to Sponsor Week Long Blanket Drive Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 12, the Office of the Mayor will be sponsoring a…
Hayward’s no-blanket ordinance backlash: Pensacola called Most Horrible City on the Planet
On Broward/Palm Beach New Times blog, Chris Joseph criticized today Pensacola for its no-blanket ordinance: “A Florida City Made It Illegal For Homeless People to…
Taylor files to run for City Council District 6 seat
Press Release: Small businessman Mark Taylor filed today to run for the District 6 seat on the Pensacola City Council. Taylor, 33, is the owner…
INYR Feb. 11 topics: Pirates & shipwrecks, Coastal cleanup and Lion Fish
We have another strong line-up for today’s show: 11:05 am Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook, associate professor of the Department of History at UWF. Cook’s specialization in…
City attorney gets ‘independent’ opinion on airport food concessions lease
The Pensacola City Council contemplated last month extending the current least of the city’s airport food concessions vendor, Varona’s, for the time necessary for Mayor…
Bare gathers necessary signatures to be on the ballot for Pensacola mayor
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare has received confirmation from the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office that he had gathered enough signatures to be placed…
IN Your Head Radio: Mobile mayor’s first 100 days, UF Dean on 4-H controversy, UWF football coach Pete Shinnick
On the radio show today, I have at 11:35 a.m. Rob Holbert, co-publisher of Lagniappe, the independent newspaper in Mobile, Ala. We will discuss the…
The Future of 4-H in Escambia County
The University of Florida Dean for Extension and Director of Florida Cooperative Extension Service is concerned about the vote at last week’s Escambia County Commission…
Rev. Monk met with Cosson, Fountain…not Mayor Hayward or Castille
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said last Friday in his ‘Upwords’ that he will support changes to his homeless ordinances the city council passed last year….
Dream Defender to speak on Feb. 13
The Democratic Women’s Club of Escambia County is hosting special event for Black History Month featuring Ciara Taylor, political director for the “Dream Defendersâ€. She…
Grover Robinson: Letter to the Editor on 4-H property
Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV Letter to the Editor I was at a funeral earlier this week and the speaker made a comment about this…
