Category: Pensacola

DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD (DIB) HOLDS INFORMATIONAL & INPUT PARKING MEETING WHAT: The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) will hold an informational parking meeting to discuss the…

Quint Studer sent a letter to the Pensacola City Council on Monday, May 5 in support of the proposed fish hatchery at Bruce Beach. He…

From Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward: Dear Neighbors: I know many of you have suffered because of this week’s severe weather. Many of you experienced flooding…

Some in the media are declaring that Pensacola received more rainfall in a 24-hour period than any Florida city ever, 15-24 inches. The impact has…

From Tamara Fountain, City Communications Administrator: Statement by Mayor Ashton Hayward on BLAB TV show I’m proud of the hard work that the City and…

On Monday, former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese accused Mayor Ashton Hayward of using city dollars to promote his re-election campaign via a weekly television…

Email from Melissa Temsook, Catering Manager, Old Hickory Whiskey Bar: Hi Friends, I just wanted to reach out to you all and let you know…

Commissioner May wants to discuss crime, neighborhoods and education Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May, District 3, will hold a town hall meeting on Tuesday, April…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward defends the 2010 city charter via his newsletter “Upwords:” Five years ago, I stood with citizens across our community to push…

Shannon Nickinson has written a viewpoint on the Bruce Beach lease for a fish hatchery. City officials are finalizing a lease agreement to build a…

The Airport Food Concessions and North Hill/DCC controversies had no impact on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s ability to raise funds for his 2014 re-election campaign. Hayward…

Food trucks coming in May Sherry Morris, the city of Pensacola’s Planning Services Administrator, has sent to the city council a draft document outlining the…

Judge Gary Bergosh heard arguments for nearly five hours on a temporary injunction request by Robert de Varona, the airport’s food concessionaire, to prevent the…

Note: Steve Barnes sends in articles occasionally for this blog. His focus has been sports, but he sent me this on Robert de Varona’s final…

Just got off the phone with Robert de Varona. There is no deal with the city. “There is no agreement at all,” said Varona. “This…

Mayor Ashton Hayward warned the Pensacola City Council that the city would be sued if it didn’t give the concessions contract to OHM Group. Apparently…

by Mark Taylor There is not much I despise more than a bully. We’ve all been around them, in school, at the playground, and maybe…

Mayor Ashton Hayward has notified Robert de Varona that he wants the company out of the Pensacola International Airport by midnight tonight. If he doesn’t…

Hayward hires another outside attorney The city of Pensacola has hired another attorney to fight its battles, leaving City Attorney Jim Messer on the sidelines….

The Pensacola News Journal has confirmed what Jesse Rigsby, attorney for Varona Enterprises of Florida, suspected–Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward failed to get FAA approval to…