Town Hall meeting on Carpenter Creek on Nov. 1

While Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has not held a town hall meeting in nearly three years, other city officials have continued to meet with city…

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City of Pensacola has $24 million in bank for VT MAE hangar

Last week, the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s staff gave the Pensacola City Council and Escambia Board of County Commissioners an accounting on the funds for VT…

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Dysfunction Junction: Pensacola Port of Problems

Last Thursday, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation concerning Offshore Inland failed to gain approval after the motion died for the lack of a second, even though…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Dimmer switch used on City of Pensacola Sunshine Center

Inweekly isn’t the only one having trouble with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Sunshine Center, the city department responsible for fulfilling public record requests. Former Pensacola City…

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City dodges answers to questions on $95K payout

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want to explain his September 2015 decision to settle the lawsuit brought against the City of Pensacola by former City…

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Pensacola Fire Department reins in OT

The City of Pensacola uploaded its August 2016 monthly line-item report on Tuesday. Finally the Pensacola Fire Department has reined in its overtime, only spending…

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Okaloosa to ship recyclables to ECUA Perdido Landfill facility

Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin reports that Okaloosa County will soon begin shipping its recyclables to ECUA’s new $10-million facility located at the Escambia County’s…

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GDP in 15 Florida Metro Areas grew faster than nation, not Pensacola

Most Florida metro areas outpaced the nation in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2015. Fifteen of Florida’s 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) increased…

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Community Maritime Park up for award

The Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, has selected the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park as one of three finalists for…

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