Super Bowl 50 is expected to be the most watched sporting event of the year, and Evite, the leading digital service for planning events, has a new indicator on which team has…
Florida Taxwatch supports a funding increase for state infrastructure
Florida TaxWatch believes the investments in transportation infrastructure provide greater productivity and improved quality of life for all Floridians. Its new report found that Florida needs to make investments in the state’s…
Pensacola city officials break commitment made to Florida Legislature
City Administrator Eric Olson and his Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson recently abolished the Personnel Board that was created to handle employees’ appeals of disciplinary actions. The creation of the Personnel…
City officials altered appeal process after Pensacola fire chief and deputy chief placed on administrative leave
An preliminary analysis of the City of Pensacola Human Resources Policy Manual on the city’s website has revealed that the Chapter F – Administrative Appeals And Discipline of the manual (starting on…
‘CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap,’ Pensacola screening on Feb. 18
PensacolaCodes.com is hosting a one-time screening and the Pensacola premiere of “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” at the Carmike Cinemas Bayou 15 theater Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6:30pm. The film explores why…
Jeb tells detractors to ‘take a chill pill’
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sat down for an interview with NBC Newsâ Kelly OâDonnell this morning. The Republican presidential candidate discussed Rubioâs momentum, his mother, NH polling and more. Bush called…
Inweekly: Giant Killers, inside mass torts
How does a law firm take on Corporate America? What did it take to get British Petroleum to agree to a settlement for the Deepwater Horizon disaster? Or Bayer to pay for…
U.S. presidential advisor to speak at UWF
The University of West Florida announced today Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will be the keynote speaker for Black History Month. The lecture will take…
Building and repairing infrastructure a national, state, county and city issue
In my Outtakes, “Infrastructure: The Best Incentive,” I proposed that the City of Pensacola look at the infrastructure needed to spur economic development and job creation in its CRA. According to MBA…
Read memo given to Pensacola fire chief and deputy fire chief
Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren DeWeese posted on her blog yesterday the memo that Assistant City Administrator Keith Wilkins handed to Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover…
Spears helps all his Vernon High senior players get scholarships
Vernon High head football coach, Willie Spears, had a rare achievement yesterday on National Signing Day, the first day high school seniors can sign binding football scholarship offers. All of his seniors…
Exclusive: Pensacola deputy fire chief speaks out
Yesterday, Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover, a 27-year veteran of the Pensacola Fire Department, was placed on administrative leave without any explanation. Glover said that Chief Matt Schmitt called him last…