Former State Rep. Mike Hill has a slight lead over Rebekah Bydlak in the race to replace State Rep, Clay Ingram: 27.0%-22.4%. Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 456 likely Republican voters of Florida…
Escambia County still mediocre school system
Last week, Florida Department of Education release the Florida Standard Assessment scores for each school district. Several districts, including Santa Rosa County, sent out press releases touting their successes. The Escambia County…
Barker lost the council when he stretched ‘facts’
Last week, the City of Pensacola’s chief financial officer, Dick Barker, tried to use his 38 years of experience in the city’s finance department and a slide presentation to convince the Pensacola…
Florida holds nearly half of migrant kids in Homestead prison-like facility
According to news reports, 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents and are being held in detention in Homestead, Fla U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told the Miami New Times…
Local Wendy’s restaurants sold to Memphis firm
Carlisle, the tenth largest Wendy’s franchise organization, announced the acquisition of an additional 46 restaurants in Alabama and Florida from the Wendco Group, a Wendy’s franchise organization owned by Roger and Raisa…
Florida Chamber endorses Bydlak for Florida House District 1
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 18, 2018)—The Florida Chamber of Commerce today announced its endorsement of Rebekah Bydlak for Florida House District 1. “Rebekah Bydlak is a candidate who is focused on serving the…
Moore leads City District 4 race, 57.5 percent doesn’t know candidates
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 226 likely Pensacola District 4 voters, Jared Moore holds a lead with 18.6 percent of the vote followed by Christopher Phillips with 11.1 percent of…
Four locals named among 100 most influential people in Florida politics
Our area had four people named to the Influence Magazine’s “Influence 100” list–Lewis Bear, Jr., Stan Connally, Andy Marlette and Collier Merrill. Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis wrote why Bear, the patriarch of…
Petition calls for City Administrator to be investigated
A petition has been launched on change.org regarding City Administrator Eric Olson’s decision to halt processing of the city’s recyclables last September without informing the public of his decision until last month….
Poll: Robinson leads in mayor’s race, Buchanan nearly doubles support
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson has a commanding lead in the race to be Pensacola’s next mayor but still falls short of winning the office without a runoff, according to the latest…
Bare files for ECUA District 4
Former Pensacola City Council President Charles L. Bare has pre-filed for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, District 4, as a Republican for the 2018 election. He will challenge the longtime incumbent Dale Perkins….
Santa Rosa touts academic success
From the Santa Rosa County School District: The Santa Rosa County School District would like to congratulate all our students, teachers, school staff, administrators, and parents on another outstanding testing year. Each…
Garden District Cottages to begin work soon
ParsCo, LLC and its development entity, Encore Investment Company, LLC (Encore), have completed the closing on the former Blount School property with the City of Pensacola on May 25, nearly after the…
Buchanan applauds resumption of recycling, calls on Hayward to terminate city administrator
A bright spot of last night’s council meeting was the Pensacola City Council’s approval a contract with ECUA for the processing of recyclables. Mayoral candidate Drew Buchanan praised the vote and blasted…
Fiscal conservatism wins out on Thursday
Last night, the Pensacola City Council overwhelmingly told Mayor Ashton Hayward not to spend more than $8.25 million on the new Bayview Community Center. The vote came after an hour and forty-five…
Donut strike next week
The Pensacola Police Department (PPD), Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO), Pensacola Fire Department (PFD), and Escambia County Fire Rescue (ECFR) are going on strike against their beloved donuts Wednesday, June 20 through…
City of Pensacola mishandling of recyclables may have cost over $109K
Inweekly has reviewed the Tarpon Paper Co. invoices for the first six months of 2017. The City of Pensacola sent Tarpon 2,683,558 pounds of recyclables and $16,490 to have it processed. Had…
A public record that the city can not provide
On May 28, Inweekly made the following request for: “The documentation sent to Caldwell Associates Architects (CAA) that updated the budget of the Bayview Community Resource Center and increased the Cost of…
Local combat veteran honored
During the meeting of the Florida Cabinet yesterday, Governor Scott recognized Alex Hill, 26, with the Governor’s Young Entrepreneur Award. Hill is a student at the University of West Florida as well…
Bay Cruises start June 22
Bay Cruises Start Friday The National Park Service and Gulf Coast Maritime Services, Inc. have signed a contract for the operation of Pensacola Bay Cruises. The two double-decker catamaran ferry boats will…