City Council has four options for Budget workshop
The Pensacola City Council reboots its budget workshops today at 9 a.m. at Pensacola City Hall. The Pensacola Fire Union may or may not come…
Another abandoned school eyesore
This is the one that you have seen for decades from I-110 Southbound. The building was once a school (J. Lee Pickens School), then the…
CMPA Board approves audit of ‘soft’ costs
Kudos to Councilman Larry Johnson for pressing for a special audit into the Maritime Park expenditures. The citizens have a right to understand how nearly…
Is Pensacola Fire Department top heavy?
Council President Maren Deweese wants to bring back the fire rescue units. If her facts hold up, she has a compelling case. If the rest…
Mayor Hayward responds to City Council
Mayor Ashton Hayward responded Tuesday afternoon to all the information requests from the City Council members. Not surprisingly, he rejected Council member Sherri Myers’ budget…
ACT Scores: Gulf Breeze tops area
Gulf Breeze High School led the area in ACT scores for the 2010-2011 school year. Pensacola High has the highest scores for the Escambia County…
DOJ subpoenas focus on Santa Rosa Good Ol’ Boys
The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners have been served with two subpoenas for a Federal Grand Jury. 1) Asks for any and all records…
WEAR TV 3 finds toothless neighbor for news segment
WEAR TV 3 covered Mayor Ashton Hayward’s announcement of the demolition of the old Blount school. It took about half of the segment for the…
Pam Wiggins’ daughter: Hugh Wiggins knew everything
A reader sent me this post on the website “Justice must be served” that is by someone claiming to be Pamela Long Wiggins’ daughter. It…
Brownsville Middle School continues to deteriorate (photos)
While Mayor Hayward and the City are dealing with the old Blount school, Brownsville Middle School on West Avery Street remains abandoned. I visited the…
City Budget cuts 18 authorized positions
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s budget cuts the authorized positions from 860 last year to 842 for FY 2012. The net increase to the General Fund positions…
Hugh Wiggins’ case thrown out
The case against Hugh Wiggins, husband of Pamela Long Wiggins, has been thrown out by a Mississippi judge. The judge ruled that the immunity granted…
Councilman Wu submitted his requests July 18
I received from the City additional information on the budget requests of the Pensacola City Council. Councilman P.C. Wu sent in his budget requests on…
City Fire Union scares downtown businesses (updated)
Yesterday, the Pensacola Fire Union delivered flyers to downtown businesses telling them that the City has put their lives at risk and asking them to…
Buzz: CMPA committee refuses special audit of park expenditures
Yesterday at its committee meeting, the chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Operations & Audit Committee, Councilman Larry Johnson, made a motion for a…
Only 4 council members sent in budget requests
Through a public record requests, the IN obtained the written budget priorities submitted by the Pensacola City Council members to Mayor Ashton Hayward. Only four…
Nodine faces new charges
Mobile Press Register reports former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine now faces a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of his…
FBI seizes computer used by Gordon Goodin
Daily News reports: Santa Rosa Commissioner Jim Melvin said he was in his office Tuesday morning when the FBI showed up and asked him to…
Historic moment for Pensacola neighborhood
Today Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, joined by Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Councilmen John Jerralds and Brian Spencer, announced the demolition of the old…
Florida Tax Watch projects 150,000 more jobs
Florida Tax Watch report the state’s employment situation has looked brighter over the last twelve months (from June 2010 to June 2011) than any previous…
