Category: Politics
Last Word: Ed Banacia
Edwin Banacia Senior Director, Media, Ideaworks USA Inweekly, 8/19/2010 What is your chief characteristic? Googleability What do you appreciate most about your friends? Friends? I…
Daily Outtakes: Tough walks, even tougher talks
Filthy School I toured Warrington Middle School yesterday with Charter Schools USA Florida superintendent Dr. Eddie Ruiz and Ana Cordal, Charter USA’s vice president of…
Last Word: Laura McKay
Laura McKay Inweekly, 12/9/2007 The 1620 AM NewsRadio afternoon news anchor has more than 20 years experience in radio and TV broadcasting. She recently worked…
Lexington Terrace Park options
Escambia County District 2 Commissioner Mike Kohler and Parks and Recreation will hold a public meeting Wednesday, June 7 at 4 p.m. at Lexington Terrace…
Real News: Let’s talk secession
If quality of place is critical to Pensacola’s future, it’s time for the city to secede from the Escambia County School District and create its…
It Happened Here: Fiesta of Five Flags
With Fiesta starting today with the Surrender of the City, I thought it would be fun to reprint this column from 12 years ago. There…
Real News: CoC and Miraflores
City Councilwoman Allison Patton has been one of the point people for the city’s efforts to deal with homelessness. Inweekly asked her what did you…
Elcano returns to Pensacola for Fiesta
The Spanish Navy training tall ship, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, will be docked at the Port of Pensacola’s Commendencia Street Slip through Saturday, June 3….
Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway
Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival…
Are the consequences unintended or intended
Outtakes (May 25, 2025) The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have consequences. Are they unintended or intended?…
City pools open Saturday
The City of Pensacola’s Cecil T. Hunter and Roger Scott pools will be open to the public starting Saturday, May 27 and will remain open…
The Friday Show
Find out what movies and shows to watch, events to attend, and the news behind the headlines, on Don Tristan de Luna’s favorite radio station,…
More $$$ for broadband
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $60 million in awards through the Broadband Opportunity Program to expand broadband Internet access in Florida’s unserved communities. These awards…
City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study
The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at…
Sales tax holiday for hurricane prep starts tomorrow
Escambia County is encouraging residents to participate in Florida’s 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, May 27 through June 9. On Thursday, May 26, Gov….
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis Tapes
In 2015, a little-known congressman from the Jacksonville area, Ron DeSantis, was running for U.S. Senate. The field was crowded – Rep. David Jolly, Lt….
Beach Trolley Returns
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will launch its free, open-air trolley service along Pensacola Beach this Memorial Day weekend, beginning Friday, May 26. The…
Eggfest team brings home BBQ trophy
The Pensacola EggFest squad teamed up with Team Moe Cason and brought home 3rd place for Pork Shoulder in the World Barbecue Cooking Contest in…
GOP Exec Committee to storm School Board meeting
The Escambia County Republican Party leaders want “a large Republican presence to show the school board that we expect that the next Superintendent will be…
DeSantis enters race, vows to ‘Get the Job Done’
Gov. Ron DeSantis made his White House bid official Wednesday, announcing a 2024 presidential run in an online discussion with Elon Musk that ended months…
