Category: Politics
Pensacola Speaks: Dr. Brendan Kelly, Rep. Frank White
On New Talk 1370 WCOA, Dr. Brendan Kelly, UWF VP for University Advancement will be my guest during the the first half hour. In the…
Studer helps City of Crestview [podcast]
Studer Community Institute is working with the City of Crestview to create an over all mission, vision, values and strategic plan for the city. Larry…
Florida city wants developers to divulge investors
The Naples City Council is strengthening its ethics ordinance. They want to mandate that real estate developers divulge investors in their projects before council votes….
For the love of God: Council President invocation policy challenged
Last week, Pensacola City Council President Brian Spencer announced a new policy regarding the invocations for council meetings. Council members may choose to give the…
City Administrator report for January
The citizens of Pensacola only hear from their city administrator once a month at the Agenda Review. He doesn’t hold town hall meetings. He doesn’t…
Criminal Justice Reform: Inmates find a pathway to turn around lives
By Duwayne Escobedo: Phillip Carrier became the newest former inmate to successfully complete the Pathways for Change court-ordered addiction treatment program.’ During the rigorous, 18-month…
Pensacola Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 21
Press release: In a call to reaffirm the core American values of freedom and democracy, Pensacola will add its voice to the Women’s March on…
League of Women Voters discuss Pipeline to Prison
Pipeline to Prison: “Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope†Who : League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU,…
If the walls of Hallmark Elementary could talk…
Last week, we learned that the City of Pensacola approved a demolition contract for Hallmark Elementary on the west side of the city. The school…
Pensacola Bay ferry service delayed a year
Last week, Gulf Islands National Seashore, City of Pensacola, and Escambia County officials announced the delay of the Pensacola Bay ferry service which had been…
Pensacola Police Chief wants to keep his job
Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander told the Pensacola City Council last week he wants to keep his job past his DROP date in May. At…
Quint Studer: Taking home to work [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discussed his upcoming column in the Pensacola News Journal. “As human beings it is hard to segment life into two…
Florida House not to consider using BP money for incentives
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Don’t expect settlement money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster to be used directly to attract tourists…
Hayward administration scrambles on Tanyards project
The City of Pensacola is placing hangars on doors in the neighborhood around the Government Street Stormwater Project. Dr. Gloria Horning told Inweekly, “The city…
Demolition Ordinance removed from Pensacola Council agenda
Proposed Amendment to Section 12-12-5 of the LDC – Historic Building Demolition Review has been removed from this evening’s 1/12/17 City Council Agenda by its…
Sen. Broxson and other senators file Triumph Gulf Coast bill
State Sen. Doug Broxson, along with Senators Bill Montford and George Gainer, have a filed a bill that would appropriate $300 million in BP oil…
Remembering Ashley Hardaway Theriot
By Joani Delezen We had high hopes for 2017, but it’s already let us down and broken our hearts. It did so by taking away…
Breakdown of Government Street Stormwater Budget
Councilwoman Sherri Myers supplied Inweekly the latest financial report on the Government Street Stormwater Project. Appropriations by Fund Total Appropriation: $3,795,122.70 Cost & Encumbered: $3,434,209.71…
Lawmakers get ‘bad news’ about Medicaid payment error
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A top Florida health official briefed lawmakers Wednesday about a Medicaid payment error that is expected to…
CIE rebrands as Co:Lab
By Duwayne Escobedo FloridaWest revealed a new name and new branding Wednesday for its Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship or CIE for short….
