Category: Politics
SCAPE: ‘Another Transformative Moment’
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Prior to the plan’s proper unveiling Monday evening at The Rex Theatre, the Pensacola City Council was offered an early-morning glimpse…
Transit union claims agreement, county says negotiations still open
Michael A. Lowery, the president and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, AFL-CIO, says the union had reached a labor agreement at…
Poll: Hill has support, but not so much for his issues
In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 450 likely Republican voters in State House District 1, we found that 52.4 percent would re-elect controversial State Rep….
Hill Supporters: ‘Fake News!’
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In a show of support for embattled state legislator Rep. Mike Hill, a group of protestors spent Saturday afternoon on the…
FB BCC attacks contagious?
Ryan Nicol of Florida Politics reports that GOP Brevard Commissioner Bryan Lober last week went after  Stacey Patel, who serves as the chair of the Brevard Democratic…
Voters show no support for paying legal fees for commissioners over FB comments
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is looking for the taxpayers to pay to defend him against a lawsuit concerning comments he made on Facebook. The…
Hill supporter claims GOP threw lawmaker under the bus
James Calkins, husband of Maria Calkins, legislative assistant for State Representative Mike Hill, protested what he claimed to be Hill’s exclusion from today’s signing of…
YMCA Deal Get the Green Light
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Changes are afoot across northeast Pensacola’s recreational landscape. The city of Pensacola is moving ahead with a proposed soccer complex off…
Bridge Name Game
By Danielle Brown, Inweekly Tensions ran high among Escambia and Santa Rosa County citizens in the final public meeting over renaming the Pensacola Bay Bridge….
Town Hall: Y swap questioned
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly One topic dominated the city of Pensacola’s District 1 town hall Wednesday evening at the Vickery Community Center: the potential land-and-services…
Underhill sued over FB comments (update)
Editor’s note: County Attorney Alison Rogers emailed me this: “…the BCC recently voted to totally repeal the County Commissioner Technology policy, so it is no…
Roundabout by the Bay
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Designed with traffic flow and safety in mind, the planned roundabout at the foot of the Pensacola Bay bridge will dramatically…
City puts Y- documents online
Documents related to the property exchange and use agreement between the City of Pensacola and YMCA are now available online as part of the backup…
City survey reveals five troubled departments
While Mayor Grover Robinson has tried to survey the recently released city employee engagement survey, the report did reveal five city departments that will need…
Poll: Locals not fond of school vouchers
In a recent InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 643 likely Escambia County voters, we found that less than 40 percent supported using school vouchers to pay…
Presser: Water bottles and drive-bys
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly There was considerable ground to cover Monday morning during his weekly press conference, but first Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson needed a…
What will happen to Pensacola’s Climate Change report?
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last year, the city of Pensacola’s Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Task Force delivered a report outlining various efforts that could be…
Prof. Andrade’s Guns and Money 101
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Rep. Alex Andrade knew it was going to be a tough evening. The District 2 Republican was sitting in the Brownsville…
Young appointed judge
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Pensacola attorney Charles Young to replace Escambia County Judge Joyce Williams, who announced her resignation in March. Young, 58, of…
Group calls for carving out $133 million in ‘turkeys’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida TaxWatch says $133 million should be slashed from the state’s proposed budget, though Gov….
