Category: Pensacola
Carpenters Creek town hall tonight
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers hosts her quarterly town hall meeting tonight, 6:30 p.m. The public meeting will be head at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury United…
Council member asks Pensacola mayor for his Confederate monument plan
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that she will not bring forward to the September council meeting an item to remove the “Our Confederate…
Mayor punts Confederate monument to council
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has no plan for removal of ‘Our Confederate Dead.’ Statement issued by mayor’s office: “Since my remarks Wednesday morning about the…
Keep Confederate monument side winning petition battle
Change.org has two petitions concerning the City of Pensacola’s “Our Confederate Dead” monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he wants to remove. The petition…
St. John’s Cemetery sends email to Mayor Hayward on Confederate monument
Mr. Mayor; The board of directors of St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. which is a historic museum of Pensacola’s past, has authorized me to offer a…
St. John’s Cemetery open to taking Confederate monument
Attorney Eric Stevenson said the St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. is open to hosting the ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he…
Grover Robinson suggests moving monument to a battlefield site
Inweekly reached out to Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson about the possible removal of the “Our Confederate Dead” monument. He said that he has talked…
Confederate monument removal may be governed by this council policy
Yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said that he wanted to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument in Lee Square, but that the city attorney was…
History of ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument at Lee Square in Pensacola
According to Florida Public Archaeology Network, the Lee Square monument was erected throug the efforts of the Ladies Confederate Monument Association of Pensacola. This association…
Councilman Johnson wants to move Confederate monument
From the City Councilman Larry Johnson: “I want to join Mayor Hayward in condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and all other hate…
Will Mayor Hayward lead much-needed dialogue on Confederate imagery and their role in our history?
With Confederate monuments being removed around the South, people are beginning to talk about removing the city’s monument to the Confederate soldiers who died during…
Tale of two cities, two fire departments and two nooses
Last week, Pompano Beach Fire Chief John Jurgle fired a firefighter recruit and three others resigned after an investigation of a noose found hanging over…
Five years ago, Mayor Hayward held a town hall in the Tanyard area
There was a time when Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was not afraid to hold open meetings in neighborhoods and discuss ideas freely. This is a…
City Clerk disputes staffing cut
In March, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward hired retained Evergreen Solutions LLC of Tallahassee to conduct an operational study of the City Clerk’s office. The report…
Ten years ago, City and County debated swapping libraries for buses
In August 2007, Pensacola City Council and the Escambia Board of County Commissioners held a joint meeting to discuss the West Florida Public Library system…
Pelicans ownership key to success of G League affiliate
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is right to tout billionaire Tom Benson’s ownership of the NBA New Orleans Pelicans. The stability of ownership and the team…
Mayor Ashton Hayward applies for Bloomberg Challenge
According to the city’s social media, Mayor Ashton Hayward and his leadership team are working on an application for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2017 Mayor’s Challenge. U.S….
Sidewalks for Burgess Road garner support from school district
Councilwoman Sherri Myers wants the City of Pensacola to build sidewalks on Burgess Road to create a safe path for children to walk to the…
City District 2 Town Hall, Aug. 22
From Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers: Town Hall Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 22, 6:30 p.m., at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 5725 N. 9th…
Mayor fails to include his bid for NBA affiliate on council agenda
Mayor Ashton Hayward has placed 26 items on the Pensacola City Council’s agenda for its August  regular meeting. He has included contract awards, public hearings,…
