Category: Pensacola
Next Pensacola City Hall headache: Morris Court playground
A week after winning re-election, Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn is recommending the City permanently close the children’s playground in Morris Court and let the…
Hayward proposes 2017 Street Paving plan, $15-million loan for Pensacola Energy
On Nov. 17, the Pensacola City Council will consider the 2017 Street Paving Plan that Mayor Ashton Hayward has proposed. The 2017 plan covers approximately…
House Speaker could cut off Mayor Hayward’s lobbying efforts
House Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran last week told the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald that is was a “disgrace for cities and counties to hire lobbyists.†Corcoran…
Nearly 9,000 mail-in ballots yet to be returned in Escambia, 735K statewide
According to Florida’s Secretary of State, 735,681 mail-in ballots have yet to be returned as of 5 a.m. this morning. The majority of which are…
Rubio: Supreme Court at stake in his race
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio made a campaign stop at The Sandshaker Lounge on Saturday. His focus was to urge his supporters to get out the…
Pensacola gets international election coverage [podcast]
For the next week, Inweekly will host Al Jazeera English as they cover the days leading up to the Nov. 8 General Election and the…
Education and safety pull down City of Pensacola ranking, dropping 90 points
WalletHub compared 1,268 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 based on 30 key indicators of livability. They range from “housing costs†to “school-system quality 
Comparing City of Pensacola murder rate with other Florida cities
In 2015, the Pensacola Police Department reported four murders. The City’s murder rate ranked 16th among all Florida cities and third among cities with populations…
Child abuse cases continue to rise, DCF impotent
In August, an Escambia County grand jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr., 26, for first-degree felony murder in the death of toddler Cornelius Savage. On…
Is panhandling the next big problem for downtown Pensacola?
In a letter sent last Friday, Downtown Improvement Board chair John Peacock has asked Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to address “a…
City set to borrow more money
At the Oct. 10 Agenda Review Conference, the head of Pensacola Energy told the Pensacola City Council that he will be bringing to the board…
Fact finding: VT MAE Briefing Book
Two weeks ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward provided the most detail explanation of the $46-million VT MAE MRO facility at the Pensacola International Airport. A briefing…