Category: Pensacola
Port of Pensacola past due receivables have skyrocketed
At the September Agenda Review for the Pensacola City Council, CFO Barker presented a slide that showed that OffShore Inland owed the Port of Pensacola…
SAO: Insufficient evidence regarding Reynolds settlement
The State Attorney’s Office has determined there was insufficient evidence to establish that Mayor Ashton Hayward committed any crime when he settled his former city…
Pensacola Councilwoman joins ACLU effort for community control over police surveillance
Local officials and community leaders in 11 cities across the country, including Pensacola Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn, joined together today to announce a plan to bring…
Government St. groundwater clean up begins
City Administrator Eric Olson last week told the Pensacola City Council the groundwater cleanup at the site of Corrine Jones-Government St. stormwater pond was scheduled…
Pensacola’s Marzoni House added to National Register of Historic Places
Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that six additional Florida properties have recently been listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic…
Okaloosa fire chiefs suspended, see report
Ocean City Wright Fire Control District commissioners voted this week to suspend Fire Chief Billy Lord for 45 days and Assistant Fire Chief Scott Funchess…
FEMA grant to help expand Lee Street stormwater pond
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that the city will receive the last of four Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grants from the Federal Emergency Management…
Turnover occurs often in Mayor Hayward’s office
The City of Pensacola’s budget details the organizational structure of each city department, including the Mayor’s Office. The positions in that department have turned over…
Mayor Hayward responds, Inweekly asks for clarification
The Pensacola News Journal published these statements attributed to the Hayward administration in regards to the $95K paid to former City Administrator Bill Reynolds and…
Questions posed to Mayor Hayward
Since the mayor has refused our interview requests, we sent his Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart our questions and requested written responses. Last year, the…
Pensacola City Council has approved other settlements
Inweekly has begun reviewing Pensacola City Council minutes to see if the legislative body had been called on to approve over lawsuit settlements. Our initial…
Mayor Hayward pays out over $95K to quiet former administrator
According to public records released yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward cut checks for over $95,000 to get his former city administrator to dismiss his lawsuit…