Category: Pensacola
Hall elected Pensacola City Council prez
Sam Hall is the new Pensacola City Council president. Ronald Townsend is the vice-president. Official statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward, “I want to congratulate City…
Governance by Assumption
The Pensacola City Council and its Community Redevelopment Agency are legislative bodies. They act based on their votes. Chairpersons aren’t given executive powers. Those only…
Runaway CRA spending
The chairman of Community Redevelopment Agency for the City of Pensacola has run up legal bills with the help of the former CRA administrator without…
Haters
The FBI released its list of last year’s hate crimes. While the City of Pensacola did not report any hate crimes, Escambia County reported three….
Take Me to Your Leader
Before settling into the Thanksgiving holidays, the Pensacola City Council will select a new leadership to take it through the next year. Council members choose…
The Angry Parade
It’s becoming a regular thing, the protest parades down Palafox. A few weeks ago, the organic outcries were somewhat warm and fuzzy with a snare…
Officials Occupy Meeting, Briefly
Occupy Pensacola’s sit-down with city officials was a breezy affair. A chilly exchange lasting but a few moments. “What just happened here?†said Nicholas Alford,…
Pensacola downtown gets kudos from NY Times
The article is titled “Cola Buzz:” Pensacola is the first stop on what some disparagingly call “the Redneck Riviera.†But a few miles inland from…
Col. Bill responds
Mayor’s Office press release: Statement from Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds: “At a meeting this afternoon as part of the permitting process for Occupy Pensacola…
Occupy responds to permit requirement
Occupy Pensacola Press Release: Occupy Pensacola Set Up for Political Posturing Pensacola, Florida November 16, 2011 – Representatives from Occupy Pensacola entered the meeting today…
Occupy to Fall at City Hall?
As cities across the country crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movement, local officials will meet today with Occupiers encamped on the lawn at…
BP Sticks Around (Sort of)
The man at BP’s claim’s facility Tuesday night couldn’t speculate about the decision to keep the doors open. He could only provide a freshly printed…
Occupy Pensacola complains of meeting ambush
OP Press Release, November 15, 2011 – Representatives from Occupy Pensacola will be meeting with city officials to discuss the status of Occupy Pensacola’s future…
Lunch with Malcolm
Tying community-involvement with students to their success in school—and life— Escambia County School District Superintendent Malcolm Thomas challenged people to become actively involved with youth….
Nomination Breakdown
Nominations are in for Pensacola City Council’s next leadership. Council members have thrown each other’s names into a hat and will choose a new president…
The Man’s Big Brother
Kids that stay out too late may soon have to answer to their parents and Big Brother. Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds seemed nearly giddy…
Buzz: Little political support for curfew
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds has been pushing for a teen curfew since last spring. After nearly six months of preaching its virtues, Jerralds has…
Limbo for Occupy
Occupy Pensacola now sits in an undefined limbo. But it seems limbo’s time may be limber. After camping on the lawn at Pensacola City Hall…
ESP to Host CNG Workshop
Pensacola officials will join other natural-gas players for a workshop in Miramar Beach in December. The event will focus on transitioning commercial fleets to run…
Party at Rubio’s
Marco Rubio’s having a party in Pensacola on Thursday, but the U.S. senator probably won’t show. “He most likely won’t be there, but he will…
