Category: Pensacola
Transition sets timeline
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –A couple of themes emerged out of Thursday’s meeting of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s transition team. One, was the overlapping nature…
Hayward direct mailer
Yesterday, Inweekly reported that citizens over the weekend received a high-glossy, trifold direct mailer from former Mayor Ashton Hayward listing what he viewed as his…
‘Overboard’ approach to public input
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Pensacola City Council was approached Monday by Mayor GroverRobinson with a request to consider changing city policy to better encourage…
‘Biggest Week So Far’
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is in his third week in office. It’s a week, the mayor said Monday morning, that he…
Council attendance
We asked for the attendance records of the Pensacola City Council from Oct. 1, 2017 through Nov. 8, 2018. Over that period, the council had…
Monday with the Mayor 12.10.18
Mayor Grover Robinson this morning held his second press conference. Here some of the topics discussed: Monthly meetings with Escambia County Commission chair Lumon May….
Hayward mails parting gift
Former Mayor Ashton Hayward had one last parting gift for Pensacola residents–high-glossy, trifold mailers listing his highlights of his political career. Homes began receiving the…
Survey: PPD speaks out on pay, benefits and ‘toxic’ City Hall
The results are in on Mayor Grover Robinson’s initial survey of city employees. Employees were asked: 1. Our City of Pensacola government does many things…
Styrofoam cups, plastic bottles may be tossed From City Hall
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola may be taking a small, simple, somewhat symbolic step onto a greener path. Members of the city’s Environmental Advisory Board…
City legal expenses topped $7.7 million over past four years
During his second term, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s administration spent over $5.4 million on 40 different law firms, according to the latest quarterly report for FY…
ARB approves demolition; Mayor asks for a mulligan
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –The Pensacola Architectural Review Board green lighted the demolition of a nearly 80-year-old structure on Garden Street during a special meeting…
Council president only wants one regular meeting a month
Council President Andy Terhaar has placed on the council agenda his proposed schedule for regular council meetings next year. He recommends the council only hold…
Garden Street demolition reconsidered
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –A quintet of developers eyeing a mixed-use project on West Garden Street contend that an existing structure needs to be demolished…
Ask Anything: Robinson begins weekly press conferences
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly —There was no agenda, no slant, no angle, no boundaries. No spiffy see-through lectern sporting the city’s swave logo. Just Mayor…
Studer shares outline for Transition Team
Quint Studer sent the following letter to Mayor Grover Robinson that outlines the work to be done by transition team: Grover, Thank you for attending…
Four-way Stop coming to Tarragona
Mayor Grover Robinson this morning announced at his press conference that the city will install a four-way stop at the intersection of Tarragona and Intendencia…
Pedaling Road Diets
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly– The architectural renderings are pretty, but at this point they are only the fever-dream visions of cycling enthusiasts and Complete-Street wonks….
Mayor Robinson to host weekly press conferences
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson has invited the media to join him for “Monday’s with the Mayor.†Starting Monday, Dec. 3, Robinson will begin holding weekly…
DIB offers Parking Amnesty Week, Dec. 17-25
From Dec. 17-25, there will be no charge to park in a metered parking space on downtown Pensacola streets, the Downtown Improvement Board announced this…
Mayoral transition team digs in
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola’s new mayor got to work little more than an hour after being sworn in. As one of his first official…
