Category: Pensacola
Hawkshaw RFP reconsideration disappears from CRA agenda
Last week, Inweekly asked Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling for an opinion on Councilman Larry Johnson’s recommendation for the Community Redevelopment Agency to reconsider its…
Recap: Allen Chapel incident
Last Sunday, a Pensacola police officer interrupted a church service to enforce a child custody order. Parishioners recorded the incident on their cell phones. One…
Few good things happen around Tom Ann Buddy’s
Late Wednesday afternoon, the Pensacola Police Department issued a press release involving an incident that resulted in two officers being placed on administrative leave and…
Who applied to be an assistant city administrator
Former County Administrator Bob McLaughlin did not apply. The man who followed him as interim and handled the BP Oil Spill did –Larry Newsom. Policy…
Body cam video conflicts with statements by Chief Alexander
In his press release, Chief David Alexander gave this description of the incident inside Allen Chapel AME Church: “Officer Darling waited outside the sanctuary and…
Public records give a fuller picture of Allen Chapel incident
Before he issued his statement on Sunday about the Allen Chapel incident, Chief David Alexander didn’t contact Pastor Freddie Tellis or Escambia County Sheriff David…
Body cam video from Allen Chapel incident
The body cam videos from the Allen Chapel incident. You can hear the pastor asking the officer to have a seat: The supervisor arrives…
Hayward: ‘We do not want to slow down the bridge process’
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told Inweekly this morning that he had no intention of slowing down the construction of the Pensacola Bay Bridge. He had…
Allen Chapel pastor speaks out
Yesterday morning, I interviewed Rev. Freddie Tellis, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church. This past Sunday, a Pensacola Police Officer, with her hand on her…
Political maneuver by Mayor Hayward could have put new bay bridge at risk
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” State Senator Don Gaetz yesterday said that attempts to redesign the Pensacola side of the new Pensacola Bay…
Move over Trump, make room for Pensacola’s Renaissance mayor
Sara Warner, publisher of California Courts Monitor, had a profile of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward published today on the Huffington Post website. Hayward is praised…
How sacred are churches in Pensacola?
A sanctuary is a sacred place, a safe haven from the troubles of the world, somewhere that allows believers to worship and commune with God….
Chief Alexander: ‘The officer properly did her job’
From PPD press release: Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander III has reviewed facts related to a video posted this afternoon on Facebook regarding a child…
Pensacola police officer interrupts Sunday church service over custody issue (video) Update
A Pensacola Police officer interrupted the church service at Allen Chapel AME Pensacola this morning. As the congregation prepared for Holy Communion, she -with her…
Buzz: Will Bob McLaughlin be a assistant city administrator?
Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese thinks so (Read post). Bob McLaughlin was Escambia County Administrator from 2007-early 2010. His contract was not renewed by…
Gas tax revenue allocation goes back to staff
Wisdom prevailed at the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting last night. Rather than negotiate the percentages of how the Local Option Gas Tax…
Big drop in city transportation expenditures over the past five years
Included with Olson’s letter is a spreadsheet that shows how the old allocation formula was calculated in 2006. The city expenditures were much higher from…
Mayor Hayward and Olson fight to keep old tax allocation
Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson sent Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown a letter requesting the county continue the current Local Option Gas Tax…
How Escambia County calculated gas tax allocation
Amy Lovoy, Assistant County Administrator, calculated the new allocation formula for Local Option Gas Tax revenue. Here are the notes she provided with her spreadsheet:…
Bad News: City could lose $1 million-plus in local option gas tax
City of Pensacola may lose $1,086,400 in local option gas tax revenue if the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passes a proposed resolution to adjust…
