Category: Politics
Underhill uses special district vote to push his anti-ECAT agenda
PENSACOLA: Last night, WEAR TV made it seem that the dissolution of the Special District for ECAT would amount to the county taking control of…
Workers protest county takeover of ECAT
PENSACOLA – On the eve of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners’ Oct. 3 meeting, Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) workers today will hold a…
Tufts University: PSC students voted at higher rate during 2018 midterm election
PENSACOLA: During the 2018 midterm election, 42 percent of Pensacola State students voted ─ compared to 39.1 percent voting rates of students from other U.S….
Presser notes: And the wall came down
PENSACOLA: Mayor Grover Robinson’s weekly press conference focuses on Cervantes St. wall.
More thoughts on IP environmental issues
PENSACOLA: This week, I received this from John Nixon of Phenix Environmental Response, LLC in response to our article “Can IP Lower Environmental Bar?” Nixon…
FDOT has ‘flexibility’ on Cervantes wall
PENSACOLA: The Florida Department of Transportation may be able to compromise on current plans to place a barrier wall down the middle of West Cervantes…
Viewpoint: The Penny
From Ed Carson, Moving Santa Rosa Forward: The Penny We residents of Santa Rosa enjoy a great quality of life and live in a wonderful…
ECSD 2004 internal audit report questioned the sale of McReynolds school
Inweekly has reviewed a May 2004 internal audit report of the Jackie Harris Pyramid School of Learning (JHPSL)- currently called Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy. The…
Santa Rosa commissioners complain about opposition to half-cent tax
MILTON: On Monday, the Santa Rosa County Commissioners aired their complaints about the opposition to their referendum to increase the county’s local option sales tax…
Should FDEP cut IP a break?
PENSACOLA–Following the explosion at the International Paper mill in Cantonment in 2017, Jackie Lane began to notice something different in Perdido Bay. “It just immediately…
Buzz: Meet new ECUA director
PENSACOLA–Sources have shared that Rebecca Shelton, P.E., is on track to be the next executive director of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. Shelton is currently…
Pensacola nears Pitt Slip deal
PENSACOLA–After nearly an hour of discussion during its agenda conference Monday, the Pensacola City Council appears ready to move on the leasing of the piece…
Summer voter registration continues to reshape Escambia, Pensacola
PENSACOLA–Escambia County registered 1,648 voters from June 1-August 30: 258 in the city of Pensacola and 1,384 in the rest of the county, according to…
Escambia County holds lighting ceremony mid-morning
GULF BREEZE–Most lighting ceremonies are held at night, or, at the earliest, dusk. Escambia County will hold its Pensacola Beach sailfish sign lighting ceremony today…
Presser:Cervantes wall, 5G and art for youth
PENSACOLA–After breaking the ice with some warm-up announcements concerning UWF football, the seafood festival and a sailing league, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson got into the…
Pensacola Police release gun robbery photos
PENSACOLA–Last Tuesday night, two men wearing ski masks entered Jersey Mike’s, 1620 Airport Blvd. around 8 p.m. and displayed a handgun. They stole a cash…
Escambia County School Board drags out superintendent selection
The Escambia County School Board’s survey is a farce, meant to drag out selection process.
Concerns raised over International Paper bond hearing omission
PENSACOLA–The exchange, hidden within the confines of a TEFRA bond hearing, was so surreally weird as to be absurd. It involved a back-and-forth with Escambia…
Mayor Robinson, how is Pensacola gun task force going?
Early Sunday morning, a man was shot in downtown Pensacola at near the intersection of Jefferson and Government streets. Where is gun violence task force?
Flip the switch on new Pensacola Beach sign
County holds contest to select person to flip switch on new beach sign
