Tag: Brian Spencer
Hayward on Downtown, MURAC
Mayor Ashton Hayward said this morning during a windblown press conference at Pensacola’s Plaza De Luna, that the city’s downtown core was vital to the…
Councilman Pays for Party
Gallery Night will run until midnight. At least this month. During this morning’s Downtown Improvement Board meeting, Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer ponied up $2,500…
Treading Uncharted Waters
By Jeremy Morrison… Members of the Pensacola City Council have some questions following the local police union’s request to investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward following an…
Hatching the Rewrite, or Something to Cluck About
During a recent trip to Key West, Pensacola City Councilman Larry Johnson discovered the island had a large chicken population. When he went out for…
Reconnect Disconnect
By Jeremy Morrison… Today’s meeting at Pensacola City Hall was billed as a Complete Streets Workshop, but the primary issue on everyone’s mind was much…
A New Day?
Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall opened up Thursday night’s council meeting by requesting that things stay “upbeat.†“I want Kumbayah tonight,†he said. The…
The Dead End Debate
Empty seats at yesterday’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole meeting were few and far between. Most of them were filled with someone there…
CRA’s Backdoor?
Pensacola City Council members are once again split on what Mayor Ashton Hayward can and cannotâand should or should notâdo. The familiar debate over the…
Hayward Assembles Downtown Team
Pensacola’s mayor has assembled an Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee in an effort to focus of the development of the city’s downtown. Beginning this month, the…
New CRA Leadership
Pensacola’s Community Redevelopment Agency has a new chairman and vice chairman. The CRA board—comprised of the Pensacola City Council—chose its new leadership Jan. 9. Councilman…
Spencer Releases Council Goals
Yesterday, Pensacola City Council candidate Brian Spencer released a list of goals for Dist. 6. Spencer said in a press release “the plan came about…


