Category: Politics
Attorney for Biggs Construction sends copy of letter to council
Attorney Bruce Partington shared this letter with the Pensacola City Council and the media earlier today. It directly contradicts statements by Gene Church, owner of…
Seville Quarter patriarch warns about food truck ordinance
A lunch with attorney Wilmer Mitchell, president of Seville Quarter, is never brief, but always informative. Today he wanted to talk about the proposed food…
Gaetz has a real challenger for Senate seat
From the News Service of Florida: GAINER TOPS $118K FOR PANHANDLE SENATE RACE In what could turn into one of the state’s most-expensive campaigns in…
Rubio holds ‘mobile office hours’ in Jay today
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s staff will hold “mobile office hours” in Gadsden, Pinellas, Calhoun, Santa Rosa and Polk counties. 8:30 a.m., Havana City Hall, 711…
Long Hollow Cell Tower issue getting attention
On May 14, Melanie Nichols, president of the North Hill Preservation Association, asked Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, and the Pensacola City Council…
Podcast: Spencer on Long Hollow cell tower
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer wants the council to look into the controversy surrounding the Long Hollow cell tower.
‘Jump the shark moment’ – Sessions crashes
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A last-ditch effort to keep the courts from drawing state Senate districts collapsed Thursday, as senators voted…
Florida Senate votes down redistricting plan and adjourns
Well, it looks like the Senate districts will be drawn by the courts. The Florida Senate rejected S9124, by a 23-16 vote. The plan will…
PS: Gaetz, TaxWatch and Long Hollow Cell Tower
On “Pensacola Speaks,” I will have State Rep. Matt Gaetz to discuss his UBER bill and today’s vote on the Florida Senate redistricting. At 5:20…
Evers to ask lawmakers to draw him out of his district
State Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) told Inweekly that he will ask his fellow lawmakers to draw him out of District 2 and set its boundary…
Gaetz says he could have used ‘different word’ about Latvia
A week after a 17-minute floor speech that included describing Sen. Jack Latvala as a “bully,” Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, expressed regret Wednesday about his…
Public records issue arises from Long Hollow Cell Tower investigation
The neighbors in the North Hill and Long Hollow area have been concerned about the work being done on the cell tower in the conversation…
Florida House redistricting veers away from Senate plan
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The House redistricting committee voted along party lines Monday to approve its version of new districts for…
Poll places Carson ahead nationally, but Trump leads in FL, NH
Latest Wall St. Journal/NBC News poll has Ben Carson moving ahead of Donald Trump for the GOP presidential field. There are only five worthwhile candidates…
Ben Carson book signing draws crowd
About 2,000 people braved Sunday’s downpour to make it out to Books-a-Million in Pensacola for an opportunity to meet GOP presidential candidate, and newly crowned…
Fighting words further fracture Senate GOP
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Name-calling that erupted on the Senate floor Wednesday has deepened the divide within a Republican caucus embroiled…
Fur flies on Florida Senate floor on redistricting vote, Latvala v. Gaetz
Notes from the News Service of Florida on today’s meeting of the Florida Senate: CONVENED: The Senate convened at 10 a.m., President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando,…
Talking about jail sites
by Jeremy Morrison Across the front of the room a series of renderings rested on easels, each detailing potential sites for a new Escambia County…
Ethics matter: State land director resigns
Last Friday, State Lands Division Director Kelley Boree resigned. The Tampa Bay Times had investigating a sole-source $500,000 contract awarded to a company founded by…
