Scenic Heights residents are upset about a Pensacola Soccer Complex the city of Pensacola is building in their neighbor at Hitzman-Optimist Park. Over 160 signatures have been gathered for petition asking the…
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TT notes:Walkability, Environment and Neighborhoods
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Three members of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s transition team hosted a joint public input session Monday at the Theophalis May Resource Center at Legion Field. With each member…
Presser Notes: Pitt Slip, Police and Baseball
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During his weekly press conference, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson touched on a number of topics, ranging from Triumph Gulf Coast, to on-going settlement negotiations concerning the Pitt Slip…
Locals ‘deep dive’ into climate change
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s recent climate change report is due for a deep a dive, as officials prepare to consider potentially acting on the report’s findings. Members of…
City departments discuss missions
By Jeremy Morrison –The first community input session of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s transition team to focus on governance operations felt a little like a team-strengthening exercise at a weekend retreat for…
Transition Team Heads Into Busy Season
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As they prepare to plow into a month full of public input sessions, members of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s transition team were given some advice Thursday concerning their…
Olson pocketed $87K with resignation
On Aug. 3, 2018, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s office announced through a press release that Olson had “relinquished” his role as city administrator. “Eric has helped lead this administration—and the city—to new heights,”…
‘Fully staffed’ PPD short 30 officers
On Oct. 11, 2017, the City of Pensacola posted on its official Facebook page that the Pensacola Police Department was “fully staffed.” Last week, Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter reported at a…
The rise of Dick Barker
Richard Barker did very well in the Hayward Administration, seeing his annual pay increase about $19K over the eight years. When Hayward was campaigning for office in the summer of 2010, Barker…
More Transition Team meetings
4:30- 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 Topic: Environment, Raking/Traffic/Walkability, Neighborhoods at Theophalis May Community Resource Center, 1301 W. Gregory St. Hosts: Drew Buchanan, Christian Wagley, Issac Williams. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8…
Mayor brings back town halls
Mayor Grover Robinson will hold his first town hall meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Woodland Heights Resource Center, 111 Berkley Dr. “I’m looking forward to having my first town…
Presser Notes: Monuments, settlements and more
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While much of the city still seemed sleepy and snug in the fog of the holidays, the weekly press conference at Pensacola City Hall Monday morning was a…