Category: Pensacola
Stormwater workshop set for Jan. 22
The City of Pensacola and Escambia County will hold a joint public workshop to discuss stormwater management within the Pensacola Bay Basin, and information regarding…
Food and beer now available at Pensacola International Airport
It has taken nearly a year, but Mayor Ashton Hayward’s vision of having national brand food service at the Pensacola International Airport has become a…
Psst, someone needs to tell Pensacola City Council a hard freeze is coming
Late this afternoon, the Pensacola City Council will release its agenda for its Jan. 15 regular meeting. Will the council discuss the recommendations made by…
Interesting Job Description for City Attorney leads to charter questions (update)
The job description for the Pensacola City Attorney has been posted on The Florida Bar website: The City Attorney shall serve as the chief legal…
Weekend Buzz: Valentino tape edited,Facebook gets another employee fired
Sheriff David Morgan sent the Florida Ethics Commission his formal response to ex-County Commissioner Gene Valentino’s complaint against him. Of the four complaints made by…
City attorney shake up: Messer out, search begun for in-house lawyer
Mayor Ashton Hayward has made the decision not to renew the Messer Law Firm as the city attorney. Jim Messer’s contract expired on Dec. 14,…
Mayor Hayward places hold on EDATE applications
Last week, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward withdrew the EDATE (Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions) application for an assisted living facility on the site of…
Pensacola City Council debates Fire Boat House tonight
A stir has been created by a request from the mayor’s office to use sidewalk funds to build a boathouse at the Port of Pensacola…
How Pensacola City Council voted on its officers
We’ve had the ballots for the Pensacola City Council’s election of president and vice president for some time, but the ATF report on the county…
Institute for Women in Politics issues its report on 2014 local elections
Women make few gains in 2014 elections in Escambia and Santa Rosa There are five new women in the halls of government and the judiciary…
Mayor Ashton Hayward: ‘We’re going to continue to do amazing things’
Mayor Ashton Hayward, Council members Larry Johnson, Sherri Myers and Brian Spencer were all sworn into office yesterday. After several rounds of voting, Andy Terhaar…
Who will be next council president and vp
Tomorrow after the swearing-on of Mayor Ashton Hayward and the city council, the council will elect its president and vice-president that will serve for the…
City Council considers Airport Stormwater Pond expansion
The Pensacola City Council meets next week. On the agenda is a recommendation to award Panhandle Grading & Paving a $2.8 million contract to renovate…
Votes cast in Pensacola City Council District 6 race
Incumbent Brian Spencer and Mark Taylor are facing off in the Pensacola City Council District 6 race. In 2010, 2,388 votes were cast (day of,…
Viewpoint: Hayward Campaign Mailers-A Warm Pile of Words
By Christopher J. Lewis Mayor Ashton Hayward enjoyed a massive financial advantage in the campaign raking in $153,471 in money and in-kind contributions. Hayward invested…
City reaches tentative agreement with firefighters union
City of Pensacola Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain informed the city council yesterday that city staff and leaders of the International Association of Fire Fighters…
Pensacola residents voice concerns: Economic health, Public Works and Communications
Pensacola residents are concerned about the economic health of their city and want more focus on Public Works, Housing Options, Communications and Public Safety, according…
Taylor issues public apology over stolen campaign signs
A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO MS. BARBERI & COUNCILMAN SPENCER City Council Candidate Mark Taylor Disagree’s With Actions From Two of His Campaign Volunteers I am…
Pensacola city politics takes another bad turn. Two arrested over sign theft
From Pensacola Police Department: Two Pensacola women were arrested this morning after an investigation determined they removed campaign signs from a yard. Ann Regan, 66,…
Mayor works on lasting solutions to April flooding
In his latest “Upwords,” Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward writes that the city has taken action on 62 different flood recovery projects, completing 37 of them….
