Council reviews Triumph wish list

Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…

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Less than half of Pensacola voters want $8.25M Bayview Community Center, over 80 percent want more info and input

On the eve of the final hearing for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2018, City Administrator Eric Olson emailed the City Council the master plan…

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UWF State of the University raises the bar

Unlike Mayor Ashton Hayward, Dr. Martha Saunders, president of the University of West Florida, isn’t afraid to address her constituents – UWF faculty, staff, students…

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Hawkshaw Lagoon: The forgotten national monument of Pensacola

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Clark Thompson remembers stopping across from the Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Pensacola to watch the Red-winged Blackbird with a distinctive…

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Myers praised for Burgess Road effort

Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers last week received praise from the citizens and her fellow council members for her efforts to fund sidewalk and drainage improvements…

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Pensacola mayor chastises council president and public

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t happy with how the public treated City Attorney Lysia Bowling at the Sept. 19 council meeting.  He was so upset…

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Mayor Hayward: No More on Pitts Slip lawsuit

Here is the official statement from Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding the decision handed down by the Florida Supreme Court that the justices would not…

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Pensacola mayor runs out of options on Pitts Slip lawsuit

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward lost again on the Pitts Slip lawsuit. The Florida Supreme Court refused to entertain his motion for the court to hear…

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The battle over Burgress Road heats up

On “Pensacola Speaks,” Councilwoman Sherri Myers gave more background on last week’s council budget amendment that would allocate $1.6 million for sidewalks and drainage on…

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The Pensacola Confederate monument two-step

The Pensacola City Council did not vote to schedule a special meeting on the possible relocation of the Confederate memorial that is on city property….

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ACLU to City of Pensacola: We told you so

Last night, the Pensacola City Council  voted to repeal an ordinance–sponsored by Mayor Ashton Hayward and Council President Brian Spencer and passed in April–that prohibited…

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Meanwhile: Seattle officials reach agreement for $600M NBA-ready arena, Shreveport picks up pieces

While Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward tries to figure how to raise $2.5-5 million to rehab the Pensacola Bay Center and cover the half-million dollars of…

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