Category: Pensacola
Presser Notes: Sanitation, Cyber and Stormwater
Following a break for the holidays, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson resumed his weekly press conferences Monday, opening the year with a joke. “As we get…
UWF brings championship trophy to city hall
Following the University of West Florida Argonauts football team’s weekend win and clinching of the Division-II national championship, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson offered his congratulations…
Presser Notes: Project Titan and Cyber Silence
Monday’s mayoral press conference was a split-screen affair. While the primary issue facing the city at the moment is recovering from a recent cyber attack,…
DROP, Dick Barker: Clarifications and More Questions
If all goes according to Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s plan, the Pensacola City Council will soon approve current Chief Financial Officer Dick Barker as assistant…
Gulf Power PAC backs Mike Hill
Last month, State Rep. Mike Hill received $1,000 from Responsible Government Committee of Gulf Power Company Employees. The Political Action Committee is funded by Gulf…
Grover Robinson eschews open job searches for key roles
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has selected his leadership team without doing national, statewide or even local open job searches for the positions. City Hall promotions…
Cervantes: Less wall but not perfect
Following a season of negative feedback concerning safety improvements for West Cervantes Street in Pensacola, the Florida Department of Transportation presented revised plans Tuesday night…
Barker gets second shot at DROP
Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison reports the Dick Barker has been promoted from chief financial officer to assistant city administrator. Â Barker told reporters at the mayor’s…
Presser Notes: NAS attack, Barker promoted and American Magic returns
In the wake of last week’s shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Mayor Grover Robinson began his weekly press conference Monday morning with a moment…
City of Pensacola servers attacked
The city of Pensacola is the target of a cyber attack, which has impacted the city’s communication and technology infrastructure. “Everything that was here within…
Gun Violence Task Force wraps up Phase I
A collective of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have been working together for the past three months in an effort to address the…
Presser Notes: Leading Together and Remnants of the Wall
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s post-Thanksgiving presser highlighted a few news items of local concern — including efforts to curb gun violence and the safety-oriented changes…