Category: Pensacola
Buzz: Bureaucratic mess leads to new couch being bought before needs of handicapped met
Barbara Albrecht, the president of the Bream Fishermen Association, is upset with the bureaucratic nightmare at Pensacola City Hall. Her group, which supports, develops, and…
City Council Workshops the Budget
The Pensacola City Council dives into the city’s 2014 budget this week. As proposed, the budget totals $192,198,700. Mayor Ashton Hayward made his proposed budget…
Bollards are coming. They really, really are this time. Promise.
We got this email message via the Downtown Improvement Board: MESSAGE FROM THE CITY OF PENSACOLA Dear Resident/Property Owner: On July 18, 2013, the City…
Buzz: Hayward prefiles for re-election
Mayor Ashton Hayward has pre-filed to run for mayor of Pensacola in 2014. Donna Clark and Maren Deweese have also pre-filed. Clark has reported $5,250…
Hayward taps former DEP head to run city hall
Mayor Ashton Hayward has sent out a memo to city employees that he has chosen Colleen Castile, the former head of the Florida Department of…
Mayor Hayward terminates Reynolds
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward Today, I made the decision to terminate Bill Reynolds from his position as City Administrator. Last week, I…
City of Pensacola failed to timely respond to public record requests
In our article “The Upside of Corruption,” I failed to mentioned the State Attorney’s findings and recommendations regarding the Hayward administration handling of public records….
Reynolds, Cosson Charged with Public Records Infractions
Two high-level city of Pensacola employees have been charged by the State Attorney’s Office with non-criminal infractions of the Florida public records law. City Administrator…
Sam Hall has fake Facebook page
Former Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall is also a woman-Rachel Terry. He has been posting to this blog and even created a fake Facebook…
What to do with abandoned school sites
By Brandy Volovecky The City of Pensacola held a community input meeting Monday evening to discuss reuse plans for the former Blount and Kirksey school…
City missed deadline to apply for tax exemption for maritime park
The string of missteps continues for the Hayward administration. Thanks to records received from the Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones, via a public record…
Hayward withdraws right of first refusal
On Jan. 31, Mayor Ashton Hayward sent out a press release announcing his letter that asked the Emerald Coast Utility Authority for the Right of…
Mayor says he needs 12 months to figure out how to get CMP to break even
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward held a town hall meeting at the Lucia M. Tryon Branch Library in District 2 on Tuesday, May 28. The meeting…
Viewpoint: 33-percent vs 14-percent is a No Brainer: Vote No!
By Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare It is no surprise to me that the local newspaper is pushing for the elimination of the two at-large…
Listen Local at Maritime Park
city press release: The City of Pensacola’s Neighborhood Services Department announced this afternoon the FREE “Listen Local†benefit concert series, featuring talented local musicians from…
Hayward Hosting District 2 Town Hall
city press release: Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will continue his popular series of “Taking City Hall to the Citizens†town hall meetings with a meeting…
Maritime Park mismanaged, not by CMPA, but by City
The daily newspaper, Mayor Ashton Hayward and City Administrator Bill Reynolds want the public to believe the financial woes of the Maritime Park are solely…
Council passes panhandling ordinance
By Brandy Volovecky The Pensacola City Council voted to approve an ordinance to the city code that would prohibit aggressive panhandling in downtown Pensacola at…
Oliver’s final report recommends mayor take control of maritime park
The Independent News has gotten a copy of consultant Randy Oliver’s final report on the Community Maritime Park–the one that the mayor didn’t share with…
Hayward announces he is running for a second term
Mayor Ashton Hayward used his press conference on Southwest Airlines to announce that he is running for a second term. According to the daily, Hayward…
