Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy has sent a letter to Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, Pensacola City Council, Escambia County Development Services and City Inspector Bill Weeks citing the declining environmental conditions around Carpenter’s…
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Good leaders take ownership
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has seen his job approval rating drop to the mid-30’s after seeing it soar to nearly 70 percent during his first five years in office. City residents believe…
City administrator contracts had plenty of perks
Since he took office in January 2011, Mayor Ashton Hayward has had four city administrators. Bill Reynolds started work in August 2011. Colleen Castille replaced Reynolds in July 2013. From August 2014-March 2015,…
Pensacola City Council has chance to set city on right track tonight
By Duwayne Escobedo At 5:15 p.m. today, the Pensacola City Council will hold its first public hearing on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2017 Proposed Budget. If you didn’t attend the Pensacola City…
Hayward takes a hit in survey
The Pensacola Young Professionals released on today their 2016 Quality of Life Survey. The news for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward wasn’t as positive as it has been in the past. More residents…
Why only Castille and Fountain?
We’ve been asked why we only reported on the severance payouts to former City Administrator Colleen Castille and former COO Tamara Fountain. Why? Because the public was misled that those resignations were…
Mayor Hayward pays out severance packages, totaling more than $100K
When she announced her resignation in August 2014, City Administrator Colleen Castille made it sound like it was the natural end to a one-year commitment. Through a public request, Inweekly has discovered…
‘DeepFlex’ no longer in Pensacola City Hall vocabulary
Will Isern of the Pensacola News Journal reports today that City Administrator Eric Olson said at last week’s budget workshops that the City Council was to drop ‘Deepflex’ from its vocabulary. The…
PYP Quality of Life survey could have some surprises
The Pensacola Young Professionals are staying quiet about the results of the 2016 Quality of Life survey until next Tuesday’s rollout. However, they did give us a peek of what we can…
City of Pensacola treats allegations of insubordination differently
In 2014, a city department head called Mayor Ashton Hayward names and was found to have hired staff without going through the proper protocol and procedure. How did the city handle those…
How did Hayward, Olson and Sisson hand out pay raises last year?
In his civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Ashton Hayward and the City of Pensacola, former Fire Chief Matt Schmitt said that City Administrator Eric Olson denied his pay raise request. Schmitt alleges…
Former Pensacola fire chief sues Mayor Hayward, Olson and Sisson
Former Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson, and the City of Pensacola….
Budget Voodoo: City Personnel costs have risen steady during Hayward’s second term
During his re-election campaign, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward touted how many staff positions he cut and how he reduced payroll costs. His proposed budget for FY 2017 shows that the personnel costs…
Budget Voodoo: City of Pensacola enterprises down from FY 2014
The City of Pensacola has four businesses–Pensacola International Airport, Pensacola Energy, Port of Pensacola and Sanitation. In FY 2014, they turned operating profits, except for Sanitation. In the proposed budget for next…
DROP: City General Pension
In reviewing the Individual DROP Account statements for the City of Pensacola’s General Pension, we found several employees who have completed the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) and are still working for…
Pensacola and Escambia reopen gas tax talks [podcast]
Escambia County Commission chairman Grover Robinson said on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday that Escambia County staff is meeting with City of Pensacola staff to try to work out a resolution on the local…
Judge rules City of Pensacola must pay legal fees
This morning Circuit Court Judge Scott Duncan issued an order in the dispute between Seville Harbour and the City of Pensacola finding that Seville Harbour, who leases Pitts Slip from the City,…
Grover asks Mayor to accept gas tax offer
Escambia County Commission Chair Grover Robinson has sent a letter to Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward urging him to “accept the proposal currently approved by the Escambia BCC.” “While I do have some…
Pensacola Fire Department overtime continues to climb in June
The City of Pensacola finally released the Monthly Line-item Financial Statement for June 2016. Once again, the overtime expenditures of the Pensacola Fire Department, $54,609, were over the monthly budget allocation. In…
Bowling insists she appealed gas tax independently
Since last week, City Attorney Lysia Bowling has told the Pensacola City Council that it was her decision to appeal the Local Option Gas Tax distribution to the Florida Cabinet. In yet…
