Category: Politics
County Jail: How to create a Black Hole…ignore experts
Yesterday, I sat down with a local judge to discuss the skyrocketing costs of the Escambia County detention program – up $12.5 million since the…
Voters remain concerned as data request put on hold
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Local elections officials are trying to talk voters out of unregistering, as privacy concerns continue to mount…
Downtown resurfacing should end in August
Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson told the City Council at its July 10 Agenda Review that downtown resurfacing will be completed by Aug. 8. One…
County Jail: Feeding the Beast
Escambia County’s property tax revenues have risen $17.96 million over the past four years – a 20.2-percent increase. Why don’t you feel any benefit from…
Escambia County Jail: Thunderdome 2017
According to numbers given to Inweekly yesterday, the Escambia County Main Jail had 1,011 prisoners on July 10 in a facility built in the mid-1980s…
Jail: Black Hole of Escambia County Budget (update)
For the past two months, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill has decried a projected $9-million shortfall in the county’s FY 2018 budget. The problem isn’t…
Santa Rosa teachers win pay dispute
From Rhonda Chavers, president of Santa Rosa Professional Educators: On May 11, 2017 there was an impasse hearing between the Santa Rosa County School Board…
Indivisible town hall July 12
Indivisible NWFL is organizing a healthcare town hall to educate and inform people about the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act. There’s a lot of partisan…
Gaetz: OLF-8 deal ‘BRAC-proofs’ NAS Whiting Field
With the military being more than half of his district’s economy, Congressman Matt Gaetz worked with the Department of Defense to shave off nearly $2…
Group protests fee simple transfer on Pensacola Beach
by Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY In the Escambia County Commission’s public forum on Thursday afternoon, an unnamed activist group tagged on their right arms by aqua…
John Morgan tests pot smoking ban
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Saying Floridians knew what they were voting on in November, Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan on Thursday…
Gillum prods Scott administration on voter info
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Trying to ratchet up political pressure on Gov. Rick Scott’s administration to respond to a federal request…
CFO Patronis sends out first official letter
From: CFO Jimmy Patronis Date: July 5, 2017 at 9:13:20 PM CDT Subject: CFO Jimmy Patronis: It Is An Honor To Serve Dear Fellow Floridians:…
Mayor Hayward to appeal Bayview Cross ruling
From the City of Pensacola: The Mayor and City of Pensacola, Florida, today will ask a federal court to protect a cross memorial that has…
Tanyard residents seek answers
By Sammi Sontag Inweekly At a Tanyard neighborhood meeting held at the Corinne Jones Resource Center Thursday evening, Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn listened to…
Escambia lawmakers given low C’s and a high D in Sunshine Scorecard report
The Florida First Amendment Foundation graded Florida lawmakers on their support for open government. Escambia County’s three didn’t fare so well. State Sen. Doug Broxson…
City flooding issues expand as rain falls
From the Bay Cliff Neighborhood Facebook page. The photo above and this comment was posted yesterday afternoon: “What’s going on here at Shannon and Monteigne?…
City of Pensacola to beef up traffic enforcement
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKly The Pensacola Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol are joining forces to crack down on reckless drivers and traffic crashes within…
New state laws hit the books on July 1
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Rideshare services, such as Lyft and Uber, will have to comply with statewide rules, and students and…
Bubba’s Sweet Spot one-year anniversary on Saturday, July 1
Bubba’s Sweet Spot, which opened July 1st of last year, is set to celebrate its one year anniversary this Saturday. To commemorate the occasion, Bubba’s…
