By Jeremy Morrison The chambers at Pensacola City Hall were packed for the swearing-in ceremony of Eric Randall, the Pensacola Police Department’s new chief. And Randall, who grew up in Pensacola and…
Presser Notes: PPD Gets a Chief, W. Cervantes Gets a Wall, Bayview Gets Paddlesports
by Jeremy Morrison The density of uniformed law enforcement officers was impossible to ignore. “Obviously, it either looks like there’s a crime scene here, or something else is going on,†joked Pensacola…
Mayor stumped why county not collaborating on homeless
By Jeremy Morrison City officials have been working with local non-profit organizations to address the issues surrounding homelessness, Â issues like services and food and shelter. While the city has allowed a homeless…
Administrator did ask for legal input, but changes not made
Though the agenda item shows no legal consideration or sign-off for County Administrator Janice Gilley’s request to change public record disclaimers, the county has provided a series of emails that show County…
Escambia County has trouble filling positions
CareerSource EscaRosa is hosting a hiring event for Escambia County jobs on Thursday, June 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6913 N. 9th Ave., Pensacola, FL 32504. This hiring event…
New poll: Crist has 10-pt lead over Fried
In a recent Political Matrix/Listener Group poll of 660 likely Florida Democrat voters, Congressman Charlie Crist leads Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried 40.9% to 30.5%,leaving 28.6% undecided. Among female voters, Crist has…
Gilley makes up public records problem, continues to push myth
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley continues to promulgate the belief that it’s a violation of Florida’s public record laws to release the IP address of a person making an anonymous record request….
By the numbers: Top 10 specialty plates
More than 1.68 million specialty license plates were on Florida roads in 2020. Here are the top 10 specialty plates last year by sales: — Endless Summer: 93,986 — University of Florida:…
Something sounds off – but explainable
In the weeks after the December 6, 2019, shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three U.S. sailors and severely wounded eight other Americans, Attorney General William Barr held a press…
Inhumane treatment of sick, older employees inside county HR
No life appears to be more disposable to the county’s HR than an older Black woman who worked 25 years for the transit system, been hospitalized twice because of COVID, and now…
Nightly lane closure begin tonight on Pensacola Bay Bridge
Drivers will encounter nighttime lane restrictions on the Pensacola Bay Bridge Thursday evening, June 10 through Friday morning, June 18 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Construction crews will be performing repairs…
Dismal picture painted of ECAT work conditions
ATU Local 1395 president Mike Lowery painted a dismal picture of the work conditions inside Escambia County’s transit system and blamed the county administrator and HR for the conditions. During the BCC…
County loses arbitration in Union prez suspension
In February 2020, Escambia County gave bus driver Michael Lowery, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 1395, a one-day suspension for alleged insubordination when he took a day off to complete annual forms required…
As reported earlier…
News is often about who has the best sources. Once again, this little newspaper scooped the largest newspaper chain in the country. UWF names new general counsel Pensacola, Fla. – June 10,…
Call for the best Southern-made products
The official call for entries for Garden & Gun’s twelfth annual Made in the South Awards is open through July 1. The magazine is seeking Southern-made product entries in six categories: Food,…
Buzz: Woolf jumping to UWF
Sources at Pensacola City Hall have shared that City Attorney Susan Woolf is resigning her post to become general counsel at the University of West Florida.
Remember Live Work Learn Play?
Five years ago this week, Richard Martz of the Montreal-based Live Work Learn Play revealed the concepts on how Baptist hospital would redevelop the 25 blocks it owned in the West Moreno…
ECUA also handles retirement plans better than county HR
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority also handles how employees learn about retirement options better than the Escambia County Human Resources Department. A spokesperson for the utility said prospective employees and new hires…
HR Nightmare
Bus Driver Gets COVID, Fired and Fights to Win Back Job by Jeremy Morrison A An Escambia County Area Transit driver who contracted COVID last year and was later let go has…
Jones may or may not challenge Gaetz
Rebekah Jones, the whistleblower that has challenged how Gov. Ron DeSantis reported on the COVID-19 pandemic, announced yesterday on Instagram her intention to run against Congressman Matt Gaetz. “One of the reasons…