City Attorney Jim Messer has sent the Pensacola City Council a memo on a legal perspective on the proposed disparity study. Messer is clear that any race-based program is “presumptively unconstitutional in…
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Hayward focuses on neighborhoods
Press Release: Pensacola residents will enjoy a cleaner city and more inviting neighborhoods thanks to a series of initiatives being announced today by Mayor Ashton Hayward. The initiatives are part of Hayward’s…
City of Pensacola: Small and Minority contractor stats
In April 2008, the City contracted with MGT to conduct the review of its Procurement and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program. It wasn’t a disparity study on the magnitude of what Mayor…
Corbett Davis to return to DIB
The owner of Jewelers Trade Shop, Corbett Davis, Jr., has been nominated by Mayor Ashton Hayward, along with Vinyl co-owner Evan Levin, to the Downtown Improvement Board. The Downtown Improvement Board is…
History of Race in Pensacola
In 2008, we published a cover story by Scott Satterwhite on the history of race in Pensacola ( Pensacola’s 450 Years of Race History). There was a time Pensacola was one of…
Hayward proposes Legion Field center
Press release: Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is proposing an innovative and cost-effective new approach to the City’s parks, recreation, library, and community center programs with a new “Community Resource Center†he is…
Why a disparity study?
During the Bulls$%# Decade (2000-2009), the City spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on studies and plans on the inequities of services, facilities and economic opportunity for the African-American community. The Pensacola…
Hayward wants disparity study
Press Release: Under a proposal announced today, Mayor Ashton Hayward is calling for a full-scale study of the City’s purchasing and contracting practices relating to minority-owned businesses in the area. Mayor Ashton…
Maritime Park Aerials
The park is moving along. Blue Wahoos will be playing next spring.
Hayward appoints pension advisory board
Press Release: As part of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s 20 Solutions for 2011 campaign platform to address lingering pension problems with the City’s various employee pension funds, today the Mayor announced a seven-member…
Mayor holds second town hall meeting
Mayor Ashton Hayward takes city hall to the west side where he is holding his second town-hall meeting with citizens living in the neighborhoods surrounding the Fricker Community Center. The Mayor and…
Mayor wants to lease third floor of City Hall
Mayor Hayward has issued the Request for Proposal to lease out the third floor of City Hall –which has long been vacant. According to the RFP, the third floor of City Hall…