Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that she will not bring forward to the September council meeting an item to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument. She said she would wait…
Underhill: ‘Vagina hat’ comment creates a stir
Escambia Commission chairman Doug Underhill created a social media controversy when he asked one of his critics whether she was “one of those people walking around wearing a vagina hat and screaming…
Podcast: Quint Studer on ‘Will or Skill’
Quint Studer discusses one of the toughest decisions for manager – When an employee’s performance falls short, is the problem due to a lack of will or of skill?
Mayor punts Confederate monument to council
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has no plan for removal of ‘Our Confederate Dead.’ Statement issued by mayor’s office: “Since my remarks Wednesday morning about the monument in Lee Square, stories have circulated…
Podcast: Back to School Black Light Bash
Vibe Inc., Vinyl Music Hall and Glow Productions have teamed up to create a “Neon†inspired back to school event that will be fun for families and youth of all ages to…
Marines honor Blue Angel Jeff Kuss and other fallen marines tomorrow
On Aug. 19, at 10 a.m., on the fifth anniversary of the Marine Aviation Memorial Bell Tower dedication to the greater Pensacola Bay community, the Veterans Memorial Park Foundation of Pensacola will…
Keep Confederate monument side winning petition battle
Change.org has two petitions concerning the City of Pensacola’s “Our Confederate Dead” monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he wants to remove. The petition that asks City of Pensacola to keep…
St. John’s Cemetery sends email to Mayor Hayward on Confederate monument
Mr. Mayor; The board of directors of St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. which is a historic museum of Pensacola’s past, has authorized me to offer a resting place within our confines on G…
St. John’s Cemetery open to taking Confederate monument
Attorney Eric Stevenson said the St. John’s Cemetery, Inc. is open to hosting the ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he wants removed from city property. “I’m on…
From Pensacola to Destin, airports booming
The City of Pensacola released yesterday that 175,814 individuals arrived and departed from the Pensacola International Airport in July, setting a new monthly record. The passengers increased 13 percent over July 2016…
Grover Robinson suggests moving monument to a battlefield site
Inweekly reached out to Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson about the possible removal of the “Our Confederate Dead” monument. He said that he has talked to Congressman Matt Gaetz and others about…
Pensacola panhandling set to come up next month
by Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the City Council have tried to boot panhandlers out of downtown for years without success. The council is scheduled at its Sept. 14…
Confederate monument removal may be governed by this council policy
Yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said that he wanted to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument in Lee Square, but that the city attorney was reviewing a law that governs the historic…
Vice News covered Charlottesville – must see stunning video (explicit language)
Vice News covered document the events in Charlottesville this weekend. The video from the Friday night march is chilling. The white supremacists carrying torches shouted chants of “Jews will not replace us”…
Road Prison Welding program making difference
When Welding Instructor Danny Cain hands certificates to Escambia County Road Prison inmates who have completed the welding program at the prison, it’s not unusual to see tears begin to run down…
History of ‘Our Confederate Dead’ monument at Lee Square in Pensacola
According to Florida Public Archaeology Network, the Lee Square monument was erected throug the efforts of the Ladies Confederate Monument Association of Pensacola. This association was formed in 1890 to take over…
Councilman Johnson wants to move Confederate monument
From the City Councilman Larry Johnson: “I want to join Mayor Hayward in condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and all other hate groups. They are un-American and stand in…
Will Mayor Hayward lead much-needed dialogue on Confederate imagery and their role in our history?
With Confederate monuments being removed around the South, people are beginning to talk about removing the city’s monument to the Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. Mayor Ashton Hayward said…
ECAT impacts the lives of real people
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Every morning around six the ECAT buses start their routes. A local rider, Joy Hall, takes that six a.m. bus to the first of her two jobs. She…
Podcast: When the Klan is standing next to you, it is time to get out of the line
Dr. Michael Butler, author of Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980, discusses Confederate symbolism, the racists’ revisionist history of the Civil War, the violence in Charlottesville and…