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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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