In the Sunday, Oct. 31 edition of the News Journal. columnist Mark O’Brien accused mayoral candidate Ashton Hayward of schilling for the Levin firm: “Hayward’s too eager to please his pals. He…
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Wiggins perfect mayor, but for a different era
Mike Wiggins is a nice guy. Nearly everyone, including the supporters of Ashton Hayward, will tell you that. He is the perfect mayor…for the old form of city government—the city manager form…
More from Hayward interview
Here are the portions from the Oct. 21 interview with Ashton Hayward that we didn’t have space to include in the issue: IN: Do you see at least part of the mayor’s…
More from Wiggins interview
The interviews with mayoral candidates Mike Wiggins and Ashton Hayward went on for over two hours. We didn’t have the space to include all of each interview in the newspaper. Here is…
Rejected forum questions
Yesterday I had two questions submitted from the public. Both were pointed and only for one candidate. One question was to be directed to Wiggins, the other towards Hayward. In both instances,…
Chamber forum observations
Last night was the final political forum for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. It was on the mayor’s race. WUWF-TV televised it, 1620AM broadcasted it. I was the moderator. Being…
Is Bare helping or hurting Wiggins
Mike Wiggins has the vocal support of Charles Bare and Diane Mack. The two were very different candidates for mayor before the August primary; they had very different platforms. Mack led the…
Mack believes Hall, DeWeese may try to raise property taxes
Yesterday, Councilwoman Diane Mack posted on her blog her review of the recent 12-point pledge by Mayor Mike Wiggins, who Mack is supporting for re-election. In her comments on Wiggins’ pledge not…
Wiggins expands platform with pledge
Mayor Mike Wiggins has released a pledge to the citizens of Pensacola: “I will not raise property taxes.” Is Wiggins talking about the millage rate or the actual property tax bill? During…
Now City worried about moonlighting
For over a decade, then assistant City Attorney Rusty Wells worked full-time for the City and part-time for sheriffs Jim Lowman and Ronnie McNesby. His administrative assistant helped him, according to a…
Hayward must regain momentum
The Ashton Hayward campaign deliberately slowed down in September, spending more time at neighborhood meetings, attending youth sports events and walking door-to-door. Meanwhile his opponent, incumbent Mike Wiggins, has achieved a series…
Mack backs Wiggins for mayor
On Friday, October 8, outgoing City Councilwoman Diane Mack, who placed a distant third in the mayoral primary, unleashed a new blog, Pensacola for the People. The first post on the blog…