Category: Pensacola
Remembering Mayor Vince Whibbs
Mayor Emeritus Vince Whibbs, Sr. passed away on May 30, 2006, shortly after being named to the Community Maritime Park Associates board. He replaced Adm….
Papa Gaetz has a challenger
Don Gaetz will face a challenger in the race to fill State Sen. Doug Broxson’s seat this fall. Lisa Newell, the owner and publisher of…
May 28 presser takeaways: safety, recycling 2.0 and CRA
Mayor Reeves managed up the city’s police and firefighters for making Pensacola the nation’s fourth safest city, according to U.S. News World Report. “We’re well…
Heather Lindsay’s resignation letter
Last week, the City of Pensacola announced that Assistant City Attorney Heather Lindsay had submitted her resignation. Lindsay is also Milton’s mayor and was censured…
Presser takeaways
Mayor D.C. Reeves said the focus on reducing noise violations in downtown Pensacola reaped several citations and arrests over the first weekend of the off-duty…
Searching for JUST solutions on housing
By Tom St. Myer Nurse Kathy Chaplin’s son and daughter-in-law live with her out of necessity. The couple’s lone income is his salary from Publix….
DIB cracks down on noise problem
To curb the ill effects of loud noise pollution in the downtown district, the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board is deploying additional police officers to crack…
CivicCon tackles low-barrier shelters tonight
CivicCon will host Jon DeCarmine, founder of GRACE Marketplace, at the Wesley Abbey building of First United Methodist Church (2 E Wright) on Monday, May…
Venue change for Galvez events
The City of Pensacola is celebrating the legacy of General Bernardo de Gálvez in a series of events this week. Please see the following schedule…
CourtTV examines trials of the King brothers, Ricky Chavis
On Sunday, May 12, the Court TV true-crime series “Accomplice to Murder with Vinnie Politan” will examine Ricky Chavis’s role in the 2001 murder of…
City cans can talk to you
The City of Pensacola’s Sanitation Services will continue to place QR codes on resident trash cans throughout the month of May, in an effort to…
Press conference notes
At his weekly press conference on May 7, Mayor D. C. Reeves announced that Adam Sanitation and Waste Pro had submitted proposals for curbside recycling….
