Category: Politics
Pensacola mayor pays out $28K for gas tax appeal, settles for lower share
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward paid the Orlando-based law firm GrayRobinson $28,409.55 to handle his appeal regarding the local gas tax and eventually settled for a…
The First Amendment Foundation wants CRC to adopt higher Sunshine standard
The First Amendment Foundation today called on the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) to adopt the Amendments to its proposed rules that would require the CRC…
Bergosh discusses OLF-8 (podcast)
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh says the county was ready to pull the plug on the proposed commercial park for Outlying Field 8 (OLF-8) until…
District 1 Town Hall on Tuesday, June 13
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh is hosting a town hall from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13 at the Jim C. Bailey Middle School Cafeteria…
Scott approves payments in deaths, injuries
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The family of a Florida State University football player who died during a 2001 training session will…
Inweekly Listening Tour off to solid start [podcast]
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Inweekly’s Listening Tour, led by publisher and owner Rick Outzen, brought a crowd of about 50 people to the historic Antioch…
Breaking News: Scott signs Triumph bill
State Sen. Doug Broxson sent me a text that Gov. Rick Scott has signed Triumph Gulf Coast bill.
Scott vetoes $410M in projects
From News Service of Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday vetoed $410 million in projects from the new state budget, as lawmakers prepare to return…
Olson on homelessness: ‘This is not a problem we can solve’
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY The homeless and panhandlers have been a problem among Pensacola area residents for years. Several ordnances have been put in place…
Breaking News: DCA upholds decision in Pitts Slip/Fish House case, City of Pensacola loses
The First District Court of Appeal issued a ruling that upheld Judge Scott Duncan’s decision in the case of Seville Harbor vs. The City of…
Walton County Sheriff: ‘We don’t worship money’
Yesterday, Walton County Sheriff Mike Atkinson notified the Escambia Board of County Commissioners that he will terminate the agreement to house the county’s prisoners, effective…
Breaking News: Walton County cancels jail contract
Escambia County Commission Chairman Doug Underhill might get to build the “Tent City” jail that he has been discussing in BCC meetings. Late this afternoon,…
Pensacola Speaks: Quint Studer, State Rep. Matt Caldwell and Garden & Gun Editor-in-Chief Dave DiBenedetto
We have a full slate for today’s show, starting at 5 p.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA. We open with Quint Studer who will discuss his…
EPA awards grant for Community Maritime Park brownfield
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 172 communities across the country including five in Florida to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to…
City of Pensacola legal fees continue to climb, up 35-percent in two years
According to the quarterly, unaudited financial reports that CFO Dick Barker will present to the Pensacola City Council, the Hayward administration’s legal fees are up…
Citizens celebrate Carpenter’s Creek efforts
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Locals celebrated and simultaneously discussed Escambia County’s purchase of the 8.5-acre Carpenter’s Creek headwater property and restoration processes over pizza and…
Escambia County has over $245-million in state budget…but still faces line-item veto review
Escambia County could receive over $245 million for projects and programs, if they survive Gov. Rick Scott’s line-item veto: Project First City Arts Alliance, Inc….
Medical pot regs slowly developing
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After state lawmakers failed to act, health officials on Thursday laid out a framework for adopting regulations…
White drops out Speaker’s race
State Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola) confirmed with Inweekly that he has dropped out of the race to be the future Florida House Speaker. Peter Schorsch…
