Buzz: Depositions in fire chiefs lawsuit scheduled for next week

Inweekly has learned Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer (yes, that’s really his title) Ed Sisson and other officials are…

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Mayor kicks Burgess Road sidewalks to 2020

Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers learned yesterday from Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson that the sidewalks budgeted for Burgess Road have been delayed until 2020….

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Councilman Johnson believed CRA master plan should be followed…last year

Over the past few years, the Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has debated what was the best and highest use for its Hawkshaw property on South…

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City denies request for records re: federal probe into Mayor Hayward

The City of Pensacola has denied the newspaper’s request to review the case files regarding the federal grand jury investigation of Mayor Ashton Hayward. On…

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City administrator misstates facts about 2011 Bruce Beach vote

PNJ reporter Joe Baucum has written an article on the Hayward administration’s failure to market Bruce Beach to the private sector. – “City of Pensacola…

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Gaetz: Trump rally, Roy Moore and FBI [podcast]

On “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz said that President Donald Trump wants him included in the “Make America Great Again” rally at the Pensacola…

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Battle being waged over affordable housing in Escambia County

PNC Bank is attempting to takeover Morris Court housing associated with Miami developer Lloyd Boggio, who last year pleaded guilty to four counts of money…

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County and Chamber announce support for four Triumph applications

The Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion & Development Commission (PEDC) won the Escambia County Commission’s approval for two projects to be presented to Triumph Gulf Coast for…

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Factors to reimburse public official for legal defense

In her review of whether Escambia County should pay for Commissioner Doug Underhill’s legal defense, Senior Assistant AG Teresa Mussetto reviewed the applicability of the…

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U.S. Attorney said in phone conversation Hayward cleared

From Nix Daniel of Beggs & Lane in regards to his Sept. 21 letter (BLletterHayward )  to City Attorney Lysia Bowling: “The statement in my…

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History of federal probe of Ashton Hayward

On Aug. 26, 2014, Interim City Administrator Dick Barker notified the Pensacola City Council by email that the U.S. District Attorney was investigating the city…

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Process for notifying a person he is no longer a target of a federal grand jury

From the USDOJ Criminal Resource Manual: U.S. District Attorneys are encouraged to notify people when they are no longer targets: The United States Attorney has…

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U.S. Attorney offers no comments or documents regarding investigation of Hayward

The United States Attorney’s Office has refused to comment or provide any information regarding whether its investigation of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has concluded  without a…

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Federal grand jury clears mayor, he sticks city with $44K of legal bills

On June 26, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward received a phone call from attorney Greg Miller of the Beggs & Lane law firm. The federal grand…

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City Council and CRA are not the same

The Pensacola City Council members are also members of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. However, they are two distinct legal entities under Florida law. A…

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Mayor’s attorney injects himself in CRA meetings with its attorney

Attorney Tom Cloud yesterday notified Councilwoman Sherri Myers that he had not consented to her and her fellow council members meeting alone with the CRA’s…

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Mayor’s office exerts influence on CRA re:Fish Hatchery lawsuit

Earlier this month, the Community Redevelopment Agency hired attorney Doug Sale of the Panama City-based law firm Harrison, Sale & McCloy to defend and advise…

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Tanyard Neighborhood Association wants fish hatchery elsewhere

Officers of the Tanyard Neighborhood Association sent an email to the media stating their association “is not against the hatchery… just the location.” They don’t…

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City voters who believe Pensacola is going in right direction drops 28 percent

According to a poll commissioned by Inweekly, the percentage of city voters who believe the City of Pensacola is headed in the right direction dropped…

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Four years ago, Miller appointed Port director

This week in 2013, Mayor Ashton Hayward appointed Amy Miller as the director of the Port of Pensacola, the first female to hold that position…

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