Category: Pensacola
Top 10 Inweekly news stories of 2017
Which Side Are You On? One of William Faulkner’s most quoted lines still speaks to us today: “The past is never dead. It’s not even…
City financial report shows Port of Pensacola struggling
In November, we reported on the financial problems at the Port of Pensacola. The unaudited financial statements that CFO Dick Barker gave the Pensacola City…
Only one out of five Pensacola voters want hatchery at Bruce Beach
A recent telephone survey conducted over this past weekend by The Political Matrix found that only 20.4 percent of the city of Pensacola’s most likely…
Mayor’s poll shows citizens pleased, how about town halls in 2018?
According to the latest UWF Haas Center poll conducted for Mayor Ashton Hayward, City of Pensacola residents are generally  pleased with city services. Based on…
Mayor Hayward limits response re:Airbnb videos to a press release
Apparently PNJ reporter Jim Little wanted to ask Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward about his Airbnb commercial and his conflicting message in an interview in another…
Mayor Hayward-Airbnb video challenged
Last week, we reported that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward appeared in video paid for Airbnb Citizen that was being used to lobby state lawmakers in…
Mayor cared about CRA plan in 2014, but not a CRA vote for hatchery
A review of the video of Community Redevelopment Agency meeting on the March 13, 2014, revealed that Mayor Ashton Hayward and his administration understood that…
Myers asks obvious question about hatchery items on agenda
In November, Pensacola City Council members Brian Spencer and Sherri Myers wanted to discuss the fish hatchery that Mayor Ashton Hayward wants built on Bruce…
Podcast: Studer discusses need for technology breaks
Quint Studer talks about the value of taking technology breaks — the topic of his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal.
Pensacola Mayor sets new record for outside legal fees
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward broke his record for outside legal fees topping $1.46 million in FY 2017. 2014 Â $1,451,388 2015 Â $1,185,192 2016 Â $1,428,814 2017 Â $1,469,685…
Buzz: Depositions in fire chiefs lawsuit scheduled for next week
Inweekly has learned Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer (yes, that’s really his title) Ed Sisson and other officials are…
Mayor kicks Burgess Road sidewalks to 2020
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers learned yesterday from Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson that the sidewalks budgeted for Burgess Road have been delayed until 2020….
