Tag: Ashton Hayward
Pensacola Fire Chiefs investigation enters second month
A month of ago, City Administrator Eric Olson placed Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on paid administrative leave pending an…
Pensacola City Hall did not realize it had tornado damage initially
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that City Administrator Eric Olson had no idea that city residents had any damage from the Tuesday tornado until…
Pensacola City Council still locked out of sixth floor and now city server
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told WEAR TV that he would not act on the council resolution passed at its Feb. 11 meeting that gave its…
Pensacola mayor’s office rejects resolution to allow council members on city hall floors without escorts
Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare passed on this email he sent to Mayor Ashton Hayward: Mayor Hayward: I just received word from a local…
Pensacola city officials handled Appeal changes differently from other revisions, according to public records
Inweekly has investigated the circumstances surrounding the revisions to the City of Pensacola’s HR manual that eliminated the independent personnel board and modified the appeal…
Council president pushes paying for Fire Station 3 with fund balance
Pensacola Council President Charles Bare has an alternate method to pay for the construction of a new Fire Station #3. He plans to propose funding…
Pensacola city officials leak a new story about its investigation of fire chiefs
During his weekly radio interview with Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, News Radio 1620 host Andrew McKay said, “We now learn that there is some additional…
Podcast: Mayor Hayward working on downtown parking solutions
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward called into “Pensacola Speaks” to praise Quint and Rishy Studer for their investments in his city. He also talked about downtown…
Pensacola mayor announces his goals for 2016
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced his goals for 2016 in a viewpoint published in the Sunday edition of the News Journal. He said he will…
Wells to be reassigned
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has notified the City Council that he will retain and reassign Rusty Wells, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Wells was the city…
Legal Opinion: Divine Word tower should be removed from Long Hollow basin
City Attorney Lysia Bowling misled the Pensacola City Council with a rather narrow legal opinion on the Ground Lease between the City of Pensacola and…
Mayor and City Council violated its policies with radio tower lease
The Pensacola City Council ratified its policy for the disposition (by sale or lease) of city-owned real property on the day Mayor Ashton Hayward and…
Mayor Hayward appointed by Gov. Scott to state commission
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Florida Commission on Community Service (Volunteer Florida). Gov. Scott also reappointed local…
Radio Tower and public safety
Public safety is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of municipal government. City ordinances are enacted to ensure structures are built soundly and in accordance…
Lobbyist registry is back up for consideration
Over year ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that he wanted to establish a lobbyist registry, the issue is coming before the Pensacola City Council. In…
Pensacola City Council passes budget, as city government continues to cost residents more
The Pensacola City Council last night passed the FY 2016 city budget of $211,183,000. On the surface, it appears to be a saving over the…
CMPA votes to build a ‘permanent solution’ to rickety fence
The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees voted to replace the left field that is being held up by 2×4’s with a permanent fence….
Escambia County not in a hurry to set Local Option Gas Tax allocation with Pensacola
Last Thursday, the Pensacola City Council passed an inter-local agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for the allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax….
Good news from city hall, Sept. 19
We didn’t receive an “Upwords” from the mayor’s office, but Laura Bogan did post a few positive things on the mayor’s Facebook page: September 14…
Council Week concludes, the episode about the charter
by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward came out swinging Thursday night, as City Councilman Charles Bare led an effort to wrest some of the…
