Category: Politics
City Council has four options for Budget workshop
The Pensacola City Council reboots its budget workshops today at 9 a.m. at Pensacola City Hall. The Pensacola Fire Union may or may not come…
Another abandoned school eyesore
This is the one that you have seen for decades from I-110 Southbound. The building was once a school (J. Lee Pickens School), then the…
CMPA Board approves audit of ‘soft’ costs
Kudos to Councilman Larry Johnson for pressing for a special audit into the Maritime Park expenditures. The citizens have a right to understand how nearly…
Mayor Hayward responds to City Council
Mayor Ashton Hayward responded Tuesday afternoon to all the information requests from the City Council members. Not surprisingly, he rejected Council member Sherri Myers’ budget…
DOJ subpoenas focus on Santa Rosa Good Ol’ Boys
The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners have been served with two subpoenas for a Federal Grand Jury. 1) Asks for any and all records…
WEAR TV 3 finds toothless neighbor for news segment
WEAR TV 3 covered Mayor Ashton Hayward’s announcement of the demolition of the old Blount school. It took about half of the segment for the…
Pam Wiggins’ daughter: Hugh Wiggins knew everything
A reader sent me this post on the website “Justice must be served” that is by someone claiming to be Pamela Long Wiggins’ daughter. It…
Hugh Wiggins’ case thrown out
The case against Hugh Wiggins, husband of Pamela Long Wiggins, has been thrown out by a Mississippi judge. The judge ruled that the immunity granted…
City Fire Union scares downtown businesses (updated)
Yesterday, the Pensacola Fire Union delivered flyers to downtown businesses telling them that the City has put their lives at risk and asking them to…
Buzz: CMPA committee refuses special audit of park expenditures
Yesterday at its committee meeting, the chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Operations & Audit Committee, Councilman Larry Johnson, made a motion for a…
Only 4 council members sent in budget requests
Through a public record requests, the IN obtained the written budget priorities submitted by the Pensacola City Council members to Mayor Ashton Hayward. Only four…
FBI seizes computer used by Gordon Goodin
Daily News reports: Santa Rosa Commissioner Jim Melvin said he was in his office Tuesday morning when the FBI showed up and asked him to…
