Category: Politics
Inweekly April 27 issue on the stands
A&E Happenings 4/27/23 —Nonprofits & Fundraisers— Blues Night for Gulf Coast Kid’s House Join Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox, from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, April 27,…
Breaking: Skanska funds coming to our area
I spoke with State Rep. Alex Andrade last yesterday afternoon. He has put into the budget a stipulation that the Florida Department of Transportation will…
Homework: Ed Earl Burch
Author Jim Nesbitt keeps the hard-boiled detective novel alive with his Ed Earl Burch series. Ed Earl is a former vice and homicide detective who…
Homeless count increases 62 percent
At its General Coalition meeting yesterday, Opening Doors released the Point-in-Time Count for 2023 – 1,180, up 62% from last year. Opening Doors has been…
Sheriff: Operation Brownsville a pilot program
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work…
Rules of Brian Doyle Skatepark
With the Blake Doyle Community Skatepark set to open to the public on May 2, the City of Pensacola encourages skatepark users to review the…
Real News: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
In 2015, Shannon Nickinson and the Studer Community Institute developed a map showing the Escambia County neighborhoods with the largest percentages of children living in…
Vote to name street sweepers…sorry, Kevin
The City of Pensacola has opened public voting for the street sweeper naming contest, which will ultimately determine the official names for the city’s three…
Malcolm Yonge not safe
At this weekly presser, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discussed the status of the Malcolm Yonge Community Center, which has been closed since March 21. Lighthouse…
Perdido Key access: County waiting on title abstracts
Yesterday, I asked County Attorney Alison Rogers for an update on the public beach easements on Perdido Key. She said the public beach easement for…
Real News: Monday, April 24, 2023
NAI Pensacola CEO DeeDee Davis discusses how the Inweekly Power List began and evolved over the years. Victoria D’Angelo has been selected as the Community…
Operation Brownsville has begun
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s office website, Operation Brownsville began this morning at 8 a.m. with Escambia County Code Enforcement and Animal Control. They…
Viewpoint: Beulah’s OLF8 Development – A Huge Win for EVERYONE!
By Jeff Bergosh A recent guest editorial and letter to the editor about OLF 8 contained strident opinions presented as facts and half-truths conflated with…
Belmont Hall explores port site [podcast]
Last week, we reported that Belmont Hall – food and entertainment complex – may move to a site near the Port of Pensacola and the…
D’Angelo to head Pensacola CRA
Victoria D’Angelo has been selected as the Community Redevelopment Agency Division Manager for the City of Pensacola, responsible for planning, coordinating and managing programs and…
Buzz: Belmont Hall moving to Port
Last year, the PNJ reported on Jordan Yee and Alistair McKenzie building a food hall and multi-purpose outdoor area in the parking lot across from…
April 20 issue on the stands
Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur & Author With Jamari and Jamal Sharp of BAM! Snoballs By Savannah Evanoff The brothers behind BAM! Snoballs are something…
Real News: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Commissioner Robert Bender previews the District 4 town hall set of 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at the District 4 Community Center, 8800 N….
Mobile County, Ala. vs. Escambia County, Fla.
Want to win a bet? Ask your drinking buddies which county has the bigger crime problem – Mobile County, Ala. or Escambia County, Fla.? Escambia…
Valentino fought for public beach easement in the 2000s
Former Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino told Inweekly that tried to get county staff to get a declaratory judgment concerning the 75-foot public beach easement…
