The City of Pensacola Sunshine Center released after hours on Tuesday the Individual DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) Account statements for 20 firefighters in the program. Those 20 firefighters account nearly one…
Category: Politics
City of Pensacola Budgeting Voodoo
One of the most objective measurements of how a company or government entity is performing is analyzing how actual expenditures compare with its budget. The budget is the roadmap for the city’s…
Property appraiser explains investigation process on Mike Hill’s homestead exemption
Two news outlets reported today that State Rep. Mike Hill is under investigation for fraudulently claiming homestead exemption for a house he owns at 6080 Forest Green Road in the Marcus Pointe…
Early Voting Begins Saturday
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford announces early voting locations and times for the Primary Election – a total of seven sites will be open county-wide: Escambia Co Extension Office…
City of Pensacola releases DROP data
Thanks to the intervention of the State Attorney’s Office, the City of Pensacola Sunshine Center released the Individual DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Program) Account Statements for 63 city employees in its three…
Santa Rosa County DROP report
Another very simple report on the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Elected officials are allowed to enter DROP but can not collect until after they leave office. [supsystic-tables id=’61’]
DROP report for ECUA and Escambia County School District
This information was provided by the Florida Department of Management Services after Inweekly made a verbal request for the Florida Retirement System’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) database. The newspaper was told…
County DROP report
The Florida Department of Management Services provided Inweekly its database for the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). The file had 656 names for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The spreadsheet listed names,…
Mayor’s office blocks council executive from gas tax meeting
A series of emails given to Inweekly show that when Mayor’s leadership team met with county staff to resolve the issue over the distribution of the local option gas tax the council…
Gulf Power defends rate hike request
Citing the need to continue to invest in the long-term reliability of Northwest Florida’s energy infrastructure, Gulf Power has notified the Florida Public Service Commission that it may seek approval later this…
Gaetz Campaign Releases New Ad – ‘Veterans’
Yesterday, the Matt Gaetz campaign released its next 30-second commercial, entitled “Veterans.†The ad features four veterans from the First Congressional District: Col. Howard Hill, USAF, Retired – former POW who was…
City of Pensacola refuses to provide DROP data
The City of Pensacola has refused our request for additional information to clarify our original DROP request. On Saturday, we asked: “Please tell us what records are kept on DROP so that…