Category: Pensacola
Notes re: missing 2015 reprimands of Fire Chief-designate David Allen found
Since June 1, former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese has been trying to get the City of Pensacola to release all letters of reprimand issued…
Future of Sunday House in hands of judge
From City of Pensacola: On June 6, 2016, the City of Pensacola was served with a Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief filed by…
HOME program coming to area
The HOME program is coming to Escambia County. The five-year loan program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The…
Other Florida cities have dozens apply for city administrator jobs
Before he was hired as the Pensacola City Manager in 1998, Tom Bonfield served as the city manager of Temple Terrace, Fla. for 13 years….
Special meeting to consider appointment of new Pensacola fire chief
Pensacola City Council president Charle Bare has called a special meeting for Monday, June 13 to consider Mayor Ashton Hayward’s appointment of fire marshal David…
Pensacola not selected for Housing and Urban Development designation as a Promise Zone
The City of Pensacola and its local partners (UWF, PSC, Escambia County School District and Escambia County) were not selected for Housing and Urban Development…
Attorney clarifies conclusion regarding demise of Independent Personnel Board
Attorney Russell Van Sickle clarified that the conclusion that that Mayor Hayward was not bound to create the Independent Personnel Board, which we published in…
Commission looks for plan before approving clean up of Mosquito Control facility plume
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to table a supplemental budget amendment for $316,646 to clean up a contaminated groundwater plume that has…
Judge asked to require issuance of demolition permit for John Sunday House
The Liberis Law Firm has filed an emergency motion for preliminary injunction to preempt the City of Pensacola’s Zoning Adjustments Board hearing, scheduled for June…
No application or resume in personnel folder of Chief Human Resources Officer; Inweekly background check reveals…
Through a public record request, Inweekly received the personnel folder of Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson. The folder contained 51 pages – changes of…
No Escambia or Santa Rosa municipality makes list of 50 safest Florida cities
Background checks.org ranked the 50 safest cities in Florida based on FBI violent crime stats and proprietary BackgroundChecks.org research data. Rates are normalized per 100,000…
Disciplinary appeal by former Pensacola fire chief denied
Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover appealed the mayor’s decision to terminate his 27-year career with the Pensacola Fire Department. He received notification last Thursday…
Pensacola fire chiefs investigation cost over $65K
The Pensacola City Council requested at its May 26 special meeting the Beggs & Lane invoices for the investigation of Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and…
Chief Human Resources Officer boasts he ‘successfully removed’ city employees, gets $12K raise
In February 2015, when the City of Pensacola HR administrator, Ed Sisson, wanted to have his job title changed to “Chief Human Resources Officer” and get…
Pensacola mayor defends his firing of chiefs in a memo
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward challenged in a memo to the City Council, dated Saturday, May 28, statements made about his investigation and termination of Fire…
Penascola Speaks: UWF SGA president, Studer office building
On “Pensacola Speaks,” I will open the show with Jacob Hebert, UWF student body president, who was recently elected chair of the Florida Students Association….
City Hall changes job description of Pensacola Fire Chief before investigation completed
Inweekly has discovered the job description for the Pensacola Fire Chief was changed on March 14, six weeks before Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van…
Bare says May 26 Special Meeting is still on
Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare says the May 26 Special Council Meeting will take place as planned, despite pressure from Mayor Ashton Hayward and…
City of Pensacola CFO warns Council about special meeting on fire chiefs
Dick Barker, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Pensacola, yesterday sent a memo to City Administrator Eric Olson warning that any public discussion of…
City of Pensacola drops ball on job evaluations
The city of Pensacola has not done a written job performance evaluation of its administrative staff in four years, according to records obtained by Inweekly….
