Category: Pensacola

The difference in how Mayor Ashton Hayward has managed his personnel costs between his first and second terms is stark. In his first full budget…

Yesterday, I reported on how Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen has allowed overtime in his department to far exceed the department’s original budget. A review of…

Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer said on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” that he was not impressed by the design renderings for the new…

In the 1990’s, the City of Pensacola wanted to increase taxes. Joe Scarborough, only three years out of law school, helped collect 3,000 signatures to…

When he took office in January 2011, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had a very different approach to budgeting. Of course, he had a much more…

Pensacola City Council selected Carol Leone of Milton as its attorney. Leone beat out by two points Mike Godwin, who retired from the City of…

Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen has promoted Greg Redding as his Assistant Fire Chief. This is a new position that appears to replace the deputy…

Last year, Mayor Ashton Hayward proposed, and the Pensacola City Council approved, a budget for this fiscal year that had $298,900 for overtime for the…

The City of Tallahassee is taking an approach to its budget that is different from Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and his leadership team. On last…

The Pensacola City Council passed, 6-1, an ordinance that increased the members’ annual salaries to $21,500. Council President Charles Bare was the lone dissenting vote….

The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved…

Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese has been combing through Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposed FY 2017. She has discovered the mayor has proposed raising the…