Category: Pensacola
Homeless expert: Ordinances should never be first step in dealing with the homeless, calls the laws ‘silly’
Mayor Ashton Hayward, Pensacola City Council and the City of Pensacola garnered international ridicule for its homeless ordinances, particularly the one that outlawed blankets. An…
Hayward continues to have problems with zoning and neighborhoods. Why?
In the past five months, we’ve had two zoning issues come up inside the Pensacola city limits—Dollar General on Spanish Trail and Dept. of Corrections…
North Hill Preservation send out update on city council meeting
From their digital newsletter: Monday, March 10th, 2014 Dear Neighbors, The City Council met today at their committee meeting, and by a very narrow margin,…
Mayor Hayward issues a corrected statement on North Hill issue
Statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding 1625 N Palafox: While I personally do not believe this facility belongs in a historic residential neighborhood, my administration…
City of Pensacola shows little progress implementing disparity study
Buried in the Pensacola City Council’s agenda packet for this week’s set of meetings is Mayor Ashton Hayward’s quarterly Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Report for…
Mayor Hayward opposes Parole facility in North Hill area
Another grassroots effort may have won. City Communications Director Tamara Fountain has announced that Mayor Hayward opposes the proposed Probation and Parole Center on North…
Six people attend two Pensacola budget input meetings
The city of Pensacola held this week two public input meetings on its 2014-15 budget. A grand total of six citizens attended them, which should…
City has another neighborhood controversy. North Hill in uproar
First, we had Cordova Park upset about Dollar General building a store at the corner of Spanish Trail and Summit Boulevard. Now North Hill residents…
Scott ‘State of State’ address has opportunity stopping at Panama City, overlooks Pensacola…oops
Governor Rick Scott gave is State of the State address today. Key quote that has Twitter buzzing: “The stories of opportunity in Florida stretch from…
‘Awake the State’ rally today across Florida, including Pensacola
Today communities across Florida will rally in support of issues important to working families an to remind Florida’s elected leaders in Tallashasee that they are…
Poll shows uncertainty in direction of Pensacola city government
Nearly five years after Pensacola residents voted to change their form of city government, few believe that the city is going in the right direction,…
City Holds Two Public Meetings Regarding 2015 Budget
The City of Pensacola welcomes the community to a public meeting to provide an opportunity to learn more about the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. There…