A review of the campaign finance reports as of Aug. 17 shows the top 10 spenders are: Alan McMillan County Commission, District 2  $  90,187 Brian Spencer Mayor  $  81,839 Kendrick Doidge…
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See how Collier County Sheriff’s Office uses drones
Since Mayor Ashton Hayward’s announcement of the city’s partnership with IHMC to add drones at the Pensacola Police Department, Inweekly reporter Duwayne Escobedo has been investigation how other law enforcement agency’s have…
Councilman Spencer responds re:National Memorial To Missing Children
August 15, 2018 TO: Clark Thompson, Rick Outzen FROM: Brian Spencer RE: National Memorial To Missing Children Clark, Rick – As I have done so before, I am acknowledging your most recent…
National Memorial to Missing Children still ‘deplorable’
A year ago downtown business owner Clark Thompson fired off an email to Councilman Brian Spencer protesting the city’s neglect of the National Memorial to Missing Children on Bayfront Parkway. We had…
Another historic structure demolished
Whitfield Memorial Baptist Church was founded in 1905 at 1605 West Jackson Street. Hurricane Ivan tore a gapping hole in the roof and damaged much of the interior in September 2004. The…
‘Eye the Sky’ may patrol city streets soon
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help with search and rescue, disaster response, fugitive…
Pensacola Discovery Days Celebration starts tomorrow
To celebrate America’s first settlement, Visit Pensacola is hosting the inaugural Pensacola Discovery Days Celebration. Taking place at the Pensacola Visitors Information Center, August 14-15, event guests will be treated to a…
HR found ‘toxic environment’ in mayor’s office
Among the public records received by Inweekly on Friday afternoon was the report of Human Resource manager Tracy Walsh’s investigation into Constituent Service Administrator Latasha Buchanan’s hostile work environment complaint that she…
Former city administrator submitted resignation on July 23
According to public records received by Inweekly, former City Administrator Eric Olson submitted his resignation to Mayor Ashton Hayward on Monday, July 23. Read Resignation Letter. He asked that Friday, Aug. 10…
Former city administrator left mayor’s office in disarray
Public records show that former City Administrator Eric Olson left the mayor’s office “fraught with stress, suspicion, and major polarization.” Olson had two allegations of hostile work environment filed against him, an Equal…
‘Tentative’ union agreements appear to be a bunch of scribbled notes
In June, Mayor Hayward announced he had reached a tentative agreements with the bargaining units of FOP (Here). On July 26, he announced he had reached an agreement with American Federation of…
Town Hall: ‘Let’s talk about homelessness’
From Ann Hill Campaign: Ann Hill, candidate for Pensacola City Council District 6, will host a free community Town Hall: “Let’s talk about homelessness.†Panelists from the Pensacola Police Department, ACLU, Downtown…