Category: Politics
City dodges answers to questions on $95K payout
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want to explain his September 2015 decision to settle the lawsuit brought against the City of Pensacola by former City…
Pensacola Fire Department reins in OT
The City of Pensacola uploaded its August 2016 monthly line-item report on Tuesday. Finally the Pensacola Fire Department has reined in its overtime, only spending…
Design-Build of new jail topic for upcoming BCC meeting
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a special meeting to discuss the new jail the county is planning to build. County staff…
Okaloosa to ship recyclables to ECUA Perdido Landfill facility
Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin reports that Okaloosa County will soon begin shipping its recyclables to ECUA’s new $10-million facility located at the Escambia County’s…
USA Today: Trump ‘unfit for the presidency’
In its 34-year history, USA TODAY’s Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. However, today the board has ended its silence. In…
GDP in 15 Florida Metro Areas grew faster than nation, not Pensacola
Most Florida metro areas outpaced the nation in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2015. Fifteen of Florida’s 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) increased…
Clinton did very well on social media after debate
The social media analysis company Impact Social completed its analysis on the reaction amongst Florida voters to the first televised Presidential TV debate between Donald…
Teen birth rates drop steeply nationally and locally
Teen births hit a new low in 2015 nationally, statewide and in Escambia County. The birth rates dropped by nearly half. New federal data shows…
Pensacola Speaks: Post-debate discussion with both campaigns
On “Pensacola Speaks” today, I will have spokespersons from the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. We will open with U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham…
Community Maritime Park up for award
The Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, has selected the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park as one of three finalists for…
Tampa weighs in on who approves lawsuit settlements
Tampa’s City Attorney Julia Mandell responded to the newspaper’s inquiry about its strong mayor’s power to settle lawsuits against the City of Tampa. She said…
Pensacola man claiming ISIS ties pleads guilty
Robert Blake Jackson, 31, of Pensacola, pled guilty today to making materially false statements in a federal investigation. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher…
City Attorney advised Mayor to settle Reynolds lawsuit
City Attorney Lysia Bowling advised Mayor Ashton Hayward to settle the William Reynolds v. City of Pensacola lawsuit in September 2015, according to Chief Assistant…
McMullin for President hitting a wall in Florida
BACKROOM BRIEFING: MCMULLIN BACKERS OFFER SOMETHING TO CHEW ON (Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida) By JIM TURNER AND JIM SAUNDERS THE…
Port of Pensacola past due receivables have skyrocketed
At the September Agenda Review for the Pensacola City Council, CFO Barker presented a slide that showed that OffShore Inland owed the Port of Pensacola…
Pensacola Speaks: Mike Papantonio, The James Madison Institute
Local attorney Mike Papantonio will be my guest at 5:10 pm to discuss his bestseller “Law & Disorder,” a legal thriller set in the fictional…
SAO: Insufficient evidence regarding Reynolds settlement
The State Attorney’s Office has determined there was insufficient evidence to establish that Mayor Ashton Hayward committed any crime when he settled his former city…
Pensacola Councilwoman joins ACLU effort for community control over police surveillance
Local officials and community leaders in 11 cities across the country, including Pensacola Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn, joined together today to announce a plan to bring…
Government St. groundwater clean up begins
City Administrator Eric Olson last week told the Pensacola City Council the groundwater cleanup at the site of Corrine Jones-Government St. stormwater pond was scheduled…
FDLE seek statewide anti-terrorism squads
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Intent on preventing another mass nightclub shooting or a repeat of incidents this past weekend in New…
