Category: Pensacola
State wants further audit of Okaloosa County finances
The state’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee ordered yesterday a countywide audit of all Okaloosa County finances as well as an audit of the Clerk of…
ATU opposes Mayor Hayward’s decision to withhold gas tax from ECAT
Press Release: The ATU Local 1395 will be holding “X” Day next Thursday, Feb. 14. At the Press Conference/Event the Union and customers will be…
Sorry, Bollards not on order
The bollards aren’t on order as Mayor Ashton Hayward told the board of directors of the Greater Pensacola Chamber on Jan. 22. A bollard is…
Valentino challenges City on its pulling gas tax revenues from ECAT
Our reporter Jeremy Morrison is covering the Escambia County Commission agenda workshop. He just texted me that Commissioner Valentino has made a statement against Mayor…
Bare releases report on payments made to Zimmerman Agency
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare (At-Large B) has released to the media the list of payments made to the Zimmerman Agency for the period 1/1/2012…
Miami Gardens tackles its 25 homicides in 2012
Pensacola and its population of 52,197 has had one homicide since the first of the year- the 18-year-old that was beaten in Morris Court and…
Hayward cans Zimmerman Agency
PNJ reporter Nate Monroe is reporting that Mayor Ashton Hayward has sent a termination letter to his Tallahassee-based ad agency. Effective Feb. 28, The Zimmerman…
Taking Shame issue statewide with Florida Voices column. More lipstick to remove
My Florida Voices column today talks about how conservatives are looking at the wrong figures when they complain about Medicaid expansion. I figure that I…
Mayor asks ECUA for right of first refusal on Main Street plant site
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has informed the Pensacola City Council that he has sent a letter to Steve Sorrell, the executive director of the Emerald…
Deleting text messages may be a crime for public officials
Watch a county commission or city council meeting and you will see some of the board members scanning their cell phones every few minutes. Then…
So much for city transparency. Special meeting not televised
Unless there is some super-secret code to the City of Pensacola website, I can’t find the online stream to today’s Special Council Meeting on the…
Bare asserts meeting was unlawful
Pensacola Councilman Charles Bare issued the following press release to the media this afternoon: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PUT CITY RESIDENTS FIRST Adjourning Today’s Meeting…