Category: Politics
Penascola Speaks: UWF SGA president, Studer office building
On “Pensacola Speaks,” I will open the show with Jacob Hebert, UWF student body president, who was recently elected chair of the Florida Students Association….
Florida Supreme Court ready to wade into major cases
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA For legal junkies, the Florida Supreme Court will be the best show in town during a three-day…
City Hall changes job description of Pensacola Fire Chief before investigation completed
Inweekly has discovered the job description for the Pensacola Fire Chief was changed on March 14, six weeks before Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van…
Podcast: Robinson on ‘Leave No Trace Behind’
Commissioner Grover Robinson says the “Leave Trace Behind†ordinance that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed last year was created as a turtle protection…
Pensacola Speaks: David Jolly, Steve Specht
My first guest will be Congressman David Jolly, who will discuss how the VA has wrongly declared over 4,200 veterans dead since 2012. In the…
VA has wrongly declared more than 4,200 veterans dead between 2011-15
The Department of Veterans Affairs has acknowledged to U.S. Rep. David Jolly (FL-13) that it wrongly declared more than 4,200 people dead between 2011 and…
Bare says May 26 Special Meeting is still on
Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare says the May 26 Special Council Meeting will take place as planned, despite pressure from Mayor Ashton Hayward and…
Fans pick logo for Bubba Watson’s candy store
After a three-week voting period, the logo for Bubba’s Sweet Spot has been picked by the Pensacola community. The community was able to cast votes…
Podcast: Hiring Our Heroes job expo set for Thursday, May 26
I interviewed yesterday Jack Norton with the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes, which is hosting a job fair on Thursday, May 26 at Pensacola…
City of Pensacola CFO warns Council about special meeting on fire chiefs
Dick Barker, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Pensacola, yesterday sent a memo to City Administrator Eric Olson warning that any public discussion of…
City of Pensacola drops ball on job evaluations
The city of Pensacola has not done a written job performance evaluation of its administrative staff in four years, according to records obtained by Inweekly….
Pensacola Speaks: Criminal Justice Reform, Hiring Our Heroes
On News Talk 1370 WCOA, first guest today will be Joe Follick, Director of Communications and External Relations for Florida TaxWatch. We will discuss his…