Mike Hill: ‘Do not let him fester’

Peter Schorsch, publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including Florida Politics and Sunburn, wrote a scathing viewpoint calling for GOP leaders…

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‘Milkshaking’ of Gaetz at town hall (video)

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), knew to expect the protesters as he walked out of his town hall event in Pensacola…

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Mayor finally speaks out against attack on LGBTQ community

It took three tries and criticism from Inweekly and the Pensacola News Journal, but Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson did condemn the statements made at recent…

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Pensacola mayor speaks out against hate speech, sorta

Eight days after a group meeting in Pensacola City Hall that joked about passing legislation that would make homosexuality a crime punishable by death, Mayor…

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City plans sitting on a shelf

In this week’s Outtakes – Maybe This Time, I write about my hope that the SCAPE waterfront plan will be treated better than post city…

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Mayor explains city hall use policy

In response to our post – City Council gives group special status From Mayor Grover Robinson: All City of Pensacola buildings, community centers and parks…

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Hill: Gay is a choice (audio)

Here is the audio from State Rep. Mike Hill’s speech before the Women for Responsible Legislation where he denounces legislation that would protect the LGBTQ…

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City Council gives group special status

Last week, State Rep. Mike Hill was the featured speaker of Women for Responsible Legislation, which meets monthly in Pensacola City Hall. Hill, who failed…

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New fire code puts food trucks in jeopardy

Yesterday Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson called to explain that the state has adopted a new fire code that food trucks and mobile or temporary cooking…

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Presser notes: Another Hire, Too Many Overlays and the Y-Deal

By Jeremy Morrison In addition to announcing the hiring of the city’s new assistant administrator, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson also spoke about a forthcoming land-and-services…

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Scott talks hurricane preparedness

By Danielle Brown As hurricane season begins, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and city and county officials urge residents to be prepared in a press conference…

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Fiddler chosen for city post

The City of Pensacola has selected Kerrith Fiddler as the new Assistant City Administrator, responsible for the oversight of the City’s community development departments including Public…

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Eight vie to be asst. city administrator

By Jeremy Morrison The city of Pensacola is looking for an assistant city administrator, a lieutenant of sorts for City Administrator Chris Holley. More than…

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Presser Notes: Oysters, Overlay & ‘Parochial Poison’

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During this week’s press conference, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson dove into the politics of aquaculture, forecasts some DIB picks and also…

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City voters care more for needs of city than individual districts

According to a recent Inweekly/Political Matrix poll, city voters aren’t as concerned about their districts as they are about their city council representatives doing what’s…

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City’s mission: ‘Highest quality of life for all citizens’

Inweekly had reporter Jeremy Morrison cover the city’s visioning workshop last week. By most accounts, it was like trying to manage a box of kittens,…

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Poll: City voters favor cutting bottle club hours

In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola, we found that 40.1 percent supported closing the bottle clubs in…

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Presser: Looking forward to visioning and Amy

By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson traversed a number of items Monday during his weekly press conference. In addition to filling the media in…

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Poll: Residents satisfied with Mayor Robinson

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola found that 73 percent of those polled were satisfied with the…

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Outtakes: Tear down that wall

There is no silver bullet that will fix the crisis in Escambia County’s administration. If the Board of County Commissioners believe an ordinance or hiring…

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