By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The national media picked up on Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s comments last week about potentially fining people who give to panhandlers from the roadway. The mayor was less…
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Poll: Pensacola voters aren’t keen on fining givers
After the mayor last week commented that he was considering fining drivers who give to panhandlers, Inweekly had Political Matrix conduct a telephone poll of 462 likely voters in the city of…
Pensacola mulls street improvements
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Potential improvement plans for a trio of streets in the heart of Pensacola were unveiled to the public during a Tuesday night presentation from project architects. The streetscape…
Don’t go ‘Hayward,’ mayor
Mayor Grover Robinson’s off-the-cuff remarks about fining vehicle drivers for giving money to people on the roadside has created news around the state. When his predecessor began getting pushback and bad publicity…
Meet City PIO candidates
Through a public record request, Inweekly received the 60 applications for the City of Pensacola’s Public Information Officer. Out of those 60, 36 met the minimum job qualifications. Here is the list…
Fines for Givers
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson discussed panhandling at his Monday press conference. His comments about fining those who give to panhandlers has caught statewide media attention. The mayor first…
County part of bold workforce initiative
FloridaWest today announced that Escambia County is one of five communities joining the Inclusive Development Network (IDN), an ambitious new initiative designed to advance inclusive workforce development within the selected regions through a focus on…
Mayor responds to Outtakes
Mayor Grover Robinson challenged my latest Outtakes column, “A True Connection,” which questioned whether he had really listened to the Scenic Heights neighborhood about a soccer complex being built on Langley Avenue….
City Council: Plans and priorities
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A discussion among Pensacola city officials Monday offered a view of the municipality’s path and priorities moving forward into Mayor Grover Robinson’s term. The administration appears ready to…
36 applicants qualify for city PIO job
The city of Pensacola closed the application process for the public information officer position on Friday, March 8. Sixty applications were submitted, but only 36 met the minimum qualifications: Anderson, Justin Becker,…
Fountain steps down from Navarre Chamber post
Tamara Fountain, former Chief Operations Officer for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, yesterday stepped down as CEO of the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. According to Gail Acosta, the chamber’s board chair,…
Hubbs-SeaWorld cut out of hatchery not by its choice
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute CEO Don Kents wrote Inweekly to say the institute was cut out of the fish hatchery project proposed for Pensacola not by its choice. He said, “HSWRI was never…