Category: Pensacola
City Goes After Occupy Legal Fees
The city of Pensacola today filed a motion in the United States District Court, Northern District of Florida to reopen the Occupy Pensacola case so…
City Aid for 1st Time Homebuyers
First-time homebuyers may now find a financial leg-up in the city of Pensacola. The city has announced its new First Time Homebuyer Program. The program…
Apologies and Subpoenas
While there was no commitment to an investigation, the Pensacola City Council did decide to continue exploring. “It’s not about guilt or innocence, just fact-finding, 
Council to Discuss FOP Request
The Pensacola City Council will consider during today’s Committee of the Whole meeting if it should investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward after the local police union…
Hammering Out the Libraries
The West Florida Public Library system got a Band-Aid yesterday for fiscal year 2013. Now the city of Pensacola and Escambia County must figure out…
Occupy Pensacola ‘Denied’ in Suit Against City
Occupy Pensacola was handed a defeat yesterday in its lawsuit against the city of Pensacola. The United States District Court, Northern District of Florida ruled…
Pensacola airport bonds downgraded
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the City of Pensacola’s 2008 Airport Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (about $35.2 million outstanding) from to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+,’ according to…
Six lessons to take from Nov. 6 election
1. Negative campaigns still don’t work in local races. Hugh King and his handlers did everything they could to discredit Lumon May, including creating a…
Wingate beats Jerralds by 45 votes
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds didn’t believe he had to campaign for re-election. His hubris was his downfall. Gerald Wingate, with all the precincts counted,…
Jerralds has slight lead over Wingate, less than 100 votes
For Pensacola City Council, incumbent John Jeralds has a slight lead in the early voting over Gerald Wingate: John Jerralds 942 to Gerald C. Wingate…
DIB on MURAC Report
The Downtown Improvement Board is embarking on a search for a new permanent executive director. When the board began discussing the recently released report from…
Councilman Pays for Party
Gallery Night will run until midnight. At least this month. During this morning’s Downtown Improvement Board meeting, Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer ponied up $2,500…
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