Category: Politics
County curbs COVID coverage
While others see Escambia County residents as having very high risk for exposure to COVID-19, their county government wants to cutback on its updates on…
Fort Barrancas area recognized as Underground Railroad site
GULF BREEZE, Fla.—Fort Barrancas Area was accepted into the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom on April 23, 2021. Located on Naval…
Fishing with ‘Inspired’ bait at Maritime
by Jeremy Morrison Two prime parcels of real estate at Maritime Park in downtown Pensacola are back up for grabs following the Pensacola City Council’s…
Local lawmakers’ bills dying in Senate
State Rep. Michelle Salzman texted that her Walkability bill (HB 229) – which involved school safety – has died because the Florida Senate never moved…
No Potty Talk
Pensacola Goes Quiet on Temporary Toilets Due to Lawsuit by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly City of Pensacola officials have decided to suspend any discussions regarding the…
Andrade transgender bill stalls in Senate
A proposal co-introduced by Pensacola’s State Rep. Alex Andrade that would make it more difficult for transgender female athletes to compete on girls’ and women’s…
Lawsuit wants to flush toilet plan
Lawsuit Filed to Nix Admiral Mason Toilets by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The plan to locate temporary toilets at Admiral Mason Park is turning into a…
Buzz: County may spy on employee computers
Sources have shared Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has asked the county’s IT department to look into installing ActivTrak, a cloud-based monitoring tool that would let…
Presser Notes: Three Chiefs & the Double-edged Sword
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola has narrowed its search for a police chief down to three candidates. Let the questions about the…
Pensacola dropped from House cruise ship bill
A legislative effort to overturn a 2020 vote by Key West residents to limit cruise-ship operations continues to be narrowed to the Monroe County tourism…
Oops!…Gilley did it again
At their Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 15, Escambia County commissioners learned that the administration had told Pensacola Bay Center’s management company not…
Pensacola police chief finalists
The selection committee for the next Chief of Police for the Pensacola Police Department has recommended three finalists to move forward in the selection process…
The move to make county government white-only
In March 1977, a class action was filed on behalf of Escambia County’s Black voters that challenged the at-large system for electing county commissioners (McMillan…
Wind, Rain and Walkability
Public Gets a Look at Hashtag, Phase I by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Weathering the wind and rain, overlooking the chop in Pensacola Bay as it…
Gaetz’s spokesman and his potty month
In today’s New York Times,  Harlan Hill, president of  The Logan Circle Group, is identified as embattled Congressman Matt Gaetz’s spokesman.  Who is Harlan Hill?…
Presser Notes: Homeless Plan, the Exodus Club & Dottie
by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson was a few minutes late Monday morning to his weekly press conference, but it was for a pretty…
Gaetz speech at Women for America First event
In his first public speaking engagement since the New York Times broke the story that the federal government was investigating him for sex trafficking, Congressman…
Robinson not the only burned out mayor
The New York Times reports that mayors around the country are announcing plans to retire from politics. Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson – who is mentioned…
District GOP voters sticking with Gaetz
Florida Politics reports a recent poll of GOP Florida panhandle voters found 63% believe Congressman Matt Gaetz believe he isn’t guilty of sex-trafficking and 72%…
County battalion chief disputes ‘letter of counseling’
Escambia County Battalion Fire Chief Dan Brask has disputed that he and two other chiefs were given a letter of counseling by former Public Safety…
