The Pensacola News Journal has confirmed what Jesse Rigsby, attorney for Varona Enterprises of Florida, suspected–Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward failed to get FAA approval to give OHM Group a 10-year exclusive contract…
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Possible FAA issue with OHM contract. Did city hide key information from council?
Jesse Rigby, who represents Varona Enterprises of Florida, has pointed out to the City Attorney Jim Messer and the Pensacola City Council a potential violation by the city of 49 CRE 23.75…
Pensacola makes American’s 10 Most Dangerous Small Cities list
The city of Pensacola, not the MSA or Escambia, is ranked No. 6 on the most dangerous small cities in America. They looked at 234 cities with populations between 50,000 and 75,000….
City Environmental Advisory Board discusses fish hatchery on Wednesday
The City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 beginning at 2 p.m. in the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Conference Room, 1st floor, City Hall, 222 West Main…
Gov. Scott makes decision not to locate DCC near North Hill
Mayor Ashton Hayward is reporting that Gov. Rick Scott has made the decision not to locate a Florida Department of Corrections probation and parole office at 1625 North Palafox Street, near the…
Does OHM Group have a basis for suing the City of Pensacola?
Mayor Ashton Hayward has repeatedly hinted in public meetings, press releases and Facebook videos that OHM Group might sue the city if the company is not awarded the airport food concessions contract….
North Hill residents picket Rick Scott fundraiser
Residents from North Hill stood outside The Fish House on the corner of Barracks and Main streets to protest the relocation of a state parole and probation office to North Palafox Street….
RFP for Airport Food Concessions says City Council will approve award
Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer has opined that the mayor can unilaterally award the airport food concessions contract without council approval because there is no city ordinance requiring him to do so….
City attorney says Mayor does not have to competitive bid
City Attorney Jim Messer sent the following email to the Pensacola City Council stating that competitive bidding of the airport food concessions was a council policy and not a city ordinance. Therefore,…
Florida Dept. of Corrections letter to Mayor Ashton Hayward, dated March 13
Barbara Scala, Regional Director for North Region of Community Corrections, sent Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward a letter on its Probation and Parole Office that is being relocated to North Palafox in the…
North Hill creates Facebook page: Not In Anyone’s Backyard
The North Hill residents are following the example of the Spanish Trail and Cordova Park neighborhoods. They created a Facebook page to update each other and the community on the city’s actions…
Mayor Hayward uses Facebook to deliver his message on airport concessions
Using Facebook, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward delivered his message on the status of the airport food concessions contract. Last Thursday, the Pensacola City Council voted to extend Varona’s contract on a month-to-month…
Hayward has five days to veto Varona contract
Will Mayor Ashton Hayward veto the Pensacola City Council’s month-to-month extension Varona’s food concessions contract at the Pensacola International Airport? According to the 2010 City Charter, the mayor has five days to…
Homeless expert: Ordinances should never be first step in dealing with the homeless, calls the laws ‘silly’
Mayor Ashton Hayward, Pensacola City Council and the City of Pensacola garnered international ridicule for its homeless ordinances, particularly the one that outlawed blankets. An online petition by Rev. Nathan Monk has…
Hayward continues to have problems with zoning and neighborhoods. Why?
In the past five months, we’ve had two zoning issues come up inside the Pensacola city limits—Dollar General on Spanish Trail and Dept. of Corrections on North Palafox. The residents in both…
North Hill Preservation send out update on city council meeting
From their digital newsletter: Monday, March 10th, 2014 Dear Neighbors, The City Council met today at their committee meeting, and by a very narrow margin, approved our Discussion item for the proposed…
City of Pensacola shows little progress implementing disparity study
Buried in the Pensacola City Council’s agenda packet for this week’s set of meetings is Mayor Ashton Hayward’s quarterly Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Report for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2013. The…
Mayor Hayward opposes Parole facility in North Hill area
Another grassroots effort may have won. City Communications Director Tamara Fountain has announced that Mayor Hayward opposes the proposed Probation and Parole Center on North Palafox. The North Hill Preservation Association sent…
Six people attend two Pensacola budget input meetings
The city of Pensacola held this week two public input meetings on its 2014-15 budget. A grand total of six citizens attended them, which should be a clear indication that city needs…
City has another neighborhood controversy. North Hill in uproar
First, we had Cordova Park upset about Dollar General building a store at the corner of Spanish Trail and Summit Boulevard. Now North Hill residents are unsettled about the city granting a…