Pensacola city officials never notified employees of changes to HR manual

On Monday, Feb. 8, Inweekly requested from the City of Pensacola copies of the “notification sent to city employees regarding changes to the HR policy…

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Council president pushes paying for Fire Station 3 with fund balance

Pensacola Council President Charles Bare has an alternate method to pay for the construction of a new Fire Station #3. He plans to propose funding…

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Pensacola city administrator does not mention second investigation of fire chiefs to WUWF

WUWF interviewed Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson today – Fire Dept. Probe, Human Resources Separate issues at Pensacola City Hall. He did not mention the…

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Pensacola city officials leak a new story about its investigation of fire chiefs

During his weekly radio interview with Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, News Radio 1620 host Andrew McKay said, “We now learn that there is some additional…

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Five problems with Pensacola City Administrator’s story on fire chiefs

Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson went on radio yesterday to explain the city placing its fire chief and deputy chief on paid administrative leave while…

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Pensacola city official says investigation concerns complaints filed against him

After refusing to answer questions from the News Journal and Inweekly, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson went on a local morning show to discuss why…

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Investigation into Pensacola fire chief and deputy chief appears to have predrawn conclusion

Pensacola city officials have refused to speak with the media about the investigation of Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Chief Joe Glover. The one statement…

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Pensacola City Council told Fire Chief and Deputy Chief focus of the investigation

Assistant City Attorney Rusty Wells has been briefing the city council privately on the investigation that prompted City Administrator Eric Olson to place Fire Chief…

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Pensacola black community outraged over treatment of fire chief and deputy chief

A local civil rights leader told Inweekly in a phone interview Sunday morning that the black community is outraged over Pensacola City Hall placing Fire…

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Pensacola city officials break commitment made to Florida Legislature

City Administrator Eric Olson and his Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson recently abolished the Personnel Board that was created to handle employees’ appeals of…

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City officials altered appeal process after Pensacola fire chief and deputy chief placed on administrative leave

An preliminary analysis of the City of Pensacola Human Resources Policy Manual on the city’s website has revealed that the Chapter F – Administrative Appeals…

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Read memo given to Pensacola fire chief and deputy fire chief

Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren DeWeese posted on her blog yesterday the memo that Assistant City Administrator Keith Wilkins handed to Pensacola Fire Chief Matt…

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