A review of the video of Community Redevelopment Agency meeting on the March 13, 2014, revealed that Mayor Ashton Hayward and his administration understood that the fish hatchery proposed for Bruce Beach…
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Myers asks obvious question about hatchery items on agenda
In November, Pensacola City Council members Brian Spencer and Sherri Myers wanted to discuss the fish hatchery that Mayor Ashton Hayward wants built on Bruce Beach. The items were pulled after City…
Buzz: Depositions in fire chiefs lawsuit scheduled for next week
Inweekly has learned Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief Human Resources Officer (yes, that’s really his title) Ed Sisson and other officials are scheduled to be deposed next week in…
City denies request for records re: federal probe into Mayor Hayward
The City of Pensacola has denied the newspaper’s request to review the case files regarding the federal grand jury investigation of Mayor Ashton Hayward. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, a routine public record…
City administrator misstates facts about 2011 Bruce Beach vote
PNJ reporter Joe Baucum has written an article on the Hayward administration’s failure to market Bruce Beach to the private sector. – “City of Pensacola never marketed Bruce Beach to private buyers…
Mayor Hayward cuts commercial for Airbnb
A new commercial running this week in the Tallahassee market, “Airbnb citizen,†features Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward talking about how vacation rental homes give visitors the “authentic experience†of tourism in Florida,…
Factors to reimburse public official for legal defense
In her review of whether Escambia County should pay for Commissioner Doug Underhill’s legal defense, Senior Assistant AG Teresa Mussetto reviewed the applicability of the common law principles regarding the reimbursement of…
U.S. Attorney said in phone conversation Hayward cleared
From Nix Daniel of Beggs & Lane in regards to his Sept. 21 letter (BLletterHayward ) Â to City Attorney Lysia Bowling: “The statement in my letter dated September 21, 2017, was based…
History of federal probe of Ashton Hayward
On Aug. 26, 2014, Interim City Administrator Dick Barker notified the Pensacola City Council by email that the U.S. District Attorney was investigating the city and that staff members were being questioned….
Process for notifying a person he is no longer a target of a federal grand jury
From the USDOJ Criminal Resource Manual: U.S. District Attorneys are encouraged to notify people when they are no longer targets: The United States Attorney has the discretion to notify an individual, who…
U.S. Attorney offers no comments or documents regarding investigation of Hayward
The United States Attorney’s Office has refused to comment or provide any information regarding whether its investigation of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has concluded  without a finding of any wrongdoing on his part….
Federal grand jury clears mayor, he sticks city with $44K of legal bills
On June 26, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward received a phone call from attorney Greg Miller of the Beggs & Lane law firm. The federal grand jury investigation of the mayor that began…