Category: Pensacola
Is panhandling the next big problem for downtown Pensacola?
In a letter sent last Friday, Downtown Improvement Board chair John Peacock has asked Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to address “a…
City set to borrow more money
At the Oct. 10 Agenda Review Conference, the head of Pensacola Energy told the Pensacola City Council that he will be bringing to the board…
Fact finding: VT MAE Briefing Book
Two weeks ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward provided the most detail explanation of the $46-million VT MAE MRO facility at the Pensacola International Airport. A briefing…
Workforce housing town hall meeting, Oct. 27
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced two weeks ago that he would be presenting a workforce housing plan to Pensacola City Council in November. Other than…
Pensacola Mayor can moonlight, maybe
One section of the 2010 Pensacola City Charter that has made some reluctant to run for mayor is Article IV, Section 4.01(a)(14), which states the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
