Category: Pensacola
Is Sunshine Center overloaded with requests? Not hardly
According to our estimates, the City of Pensacola Sunshine Center has handled approximately 150 public record requests during each of the three quarters of this…
Inweekly and City of Pensacola Sunshine Center
Most government agencies cooperate with information requests from the media. The average turnaround on a request with Escambia County, the Sheriff’s Office and any other…
Mayor Hayward hires Haas Center for another community survey
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward took to Facebook on Friday to announce the third annual Pensacola Community Survey by the UWF Haas Center. “One of the…
City of Pensacola Sunshine Center continues to unravel
The City of Pensacola Sunshine Center appears to have overcharged Inweekly for several record requests. Here is just one example: In August, the newspaper requested…
Dimmer switch used on City of Pensacola Sunshine Center
Inweekly isn’t the only one having trouble with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Sunshine Center, the city department responsible for fulfilling public record requests. Former Pensacola City…
City dodges answers to questions on $95K payout
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want to explain his September 2015 decision to settle the lawsuit brought against the City of Pensacola by former City…
Pensacola Fire Department reins in OT
The City of Pensacola uploaded its August 2016 monthly line-item report on Tuesday. Finally the Pensacola Fire Department has reined in its overtime, only spending…
Okaloosa to ship recyclables to ECUA Perdido Landfill facility
Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin reports that Okaloosa County will soon begin shipping its recyclables to ECUA’s new $10-million facility located at the Escambia County’s…
GDP in 15 Florida Metro Areas grew faster than nation, not Pensacola
Most Florida metro areas outpaced the nation in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2015. Fifteen of Florida’s 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) increased…
Community Maritime Park up for award
The Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, has selected the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park as one of three finalists for…
Tampa weighs in on who approves lawsuit settlements
Tampa’s City Attorney Julia Mandell responded to the newspaper’s inquiry about its strong mayor’s power to settle lawsuits against the City of Tampa. She said…
City Attorney advised Mayor to settle Reynolds lawsuit
City Attorney Lysia Bowling advised Mayor Ashton Hayward to settle the William Reynolds v. City of Pensacola lawsuit in September 2015, according to Chief Assistant…
