City Planning: Different rules, different maps for different folks

The recent debate over the validity of the city’s online maps and whether developers and the public can rely on them isn’t a new problem…

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Top 10 Inweekly news stories of 2017

Which Side Are You On? One of William Faulkner’s most quoted lines still speaks to us today: “The past is never dead. It’s not even…

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City financial report shows Port of Pensacola struggling

In November, we reported on the financial problems at the Port of Pensacola. The unaudited financial statements that CFO Dick Barker gave the Pensacola City…

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Only one out of five Pensacola voters want hatchery at Bruce Beach

A recent telephone survey conducted over this past weekend by The Political Matrix found that only 20.4 percent of the city of Pensacola’s most likely…

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Mayor’s poll shows citizens pleased, how about town halls in 2018?

According to the latest UWF Haas Center poll conducted for Mayor Ashton Hayward, City of Pensacola residents are generally  pleased with city services. Based on…

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Mayor Hayward limits response re:Airbnb videos to a press release

Apparently PNJ reporter Jim Little wanted to ask Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward about his Airbnb commercial and his conflicting message in an interview in another…

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Mayor Hayward-Airbnb video challenged

Last week, we reported that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward appeared in video paid for Airbnb Citizen that was being used to lobby state lawmakers in…

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Mayor cared about CRA plan in 2014, but not a CRA vote for hatchery

A review of the video of Community Redevelopment Agency meeting on the March 13, 2014, revealed that Mayor Ashton Hayward and his administration understood that…

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Myers asks obvious question about hatchery items on agenda

In November, Pensacola City Council members Brian Spencer and Sherri Myers wanted to discuss the fish hatchery that Mayor Ashton Hayward wants built on Bruce…

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Podcast: Studer discusses need for technology breaks

Quint Studer talks about the value of taking technology breaks — the topic of his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal.

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Pensacola Mayor sets new record for outside legal fees

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward broke his record for outside legal fees topping $1.46 million in FY 2017. 2014  $1,451,388 2015  $1,185,192 2016  $1,428,814 2017  $1,469,685…

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Buzz: Depositions in fire chiefs lawsuit scheduled for next week

Inweekly has learned Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer (yes, that’s really his title) Ed Sisson and other officials are…

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Mayor kicks Burgess Road sidewalks to 2020

Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers learned yesterday from Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson that the sidewalks budgeted for Burgess Road have been delayed until 2020….

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Councilman Johnson believed CRA master plan should be followed…last year

Over the past few years, the Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has debated what was the best and highest use for its Hawkshaw property on South…

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City denies request for records re: federal probe into Mayor Hayward

The City of Pensacola has denied the newspaper’s request to review the case files regarding the federal grand jury investigation of Mayor Ashton Hayward. On…

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City administrator misstates facts about 2011 Bruce Beach vote

PNJ reporter Joe Baucum has written an article on the Hayward administration’s failure to market Bruce Beach to the private sector. – “City of Pensacola…

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Gaetz: Trump rally, Roy Moore and FBI [podcast]

On “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz said that President Donald Trump wants him included in the “Make America Great Again” rally at the Pensacola…

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Battle being waged over affordable housing in Escambia County

PNC Bank is attempting to takeover Morris Court housing associated with Miami developer Lloyd Boggio, who last year pleaded guilty to four counts of money…

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County and Chamber announce support for four Triumph applications

The Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion & Development Commission (PEDC) won the Escambia County Commission’s approval for two projects to be presented to Triumph Gulf Coast for…

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Factors to reimburse public official for legal defense

In her review of whether Escambia County should pay for Commissioner Doug Underhill’s legal defense, Senior Assistant AG Teresa Mussetto reviewed the applicability of the…

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