Local environmentalist Christian Wagley has challenged Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute CEO Don Kent’s claim that the institute’s hatchery replenishment program in California has been successful. In 2014, Wagley had opposed the Florida Fish…
Tag: Bruce Beach
A Port Niche and Other Items
by Jeremy Morrison Mayor Grover Robinson had a good bit to say about a number of things during his weekly press conference Monday. He spoke to topics ranging from his vision for…
Bruce Beach ribbon cutting on Saturday
Press Release: Mayor Ashton Hayward would like to invite the community to join him for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Bruce Beach, 601 W Main St, on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 9…
Bruce Beach clean-up planned for July 18
From Ann Hill for City Council District 6 Campaign” DETAILS: Ann Hill, candidate for City Council, is partnering with Keep Pensacola Beautiful, The Tanyard Neighborhood Association, Dr. Gloria Horning, Dan Lindemann and…
Scott: The $18-million fish hatchery to stay in Escambia County
Gov. Rick Scott today told PNJ reporter Kevin Robinson that the $18.7 million for a fish hatchery will stay in Escambia County, which must be a blow to the naysayers that claimed…
What now for Bruce Beach
The city of Pensacola has an opportunity to “activate” its waterfront at Bruce Beach if the Pensacola City Council agrees with Mayor Hayward and will terminate the lease with the Florida Fish…
Fish Hatchery lease to be cancelled
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has requested the City of Pensacola terminate its $50/year lease to build a fish hatchery on Bruce Beach, according to a press release issued by the…
Judge grants rehearing on Fish Hatchery lawsuit
Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles has granted Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth a rehearing on their lawsuit against the City of Pensacola, its CRA and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
Rehearing motion filed re:Bruce Beach lawsuit
Robert Emmanuel, the attorney for Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth, has filed a Motion for Rehearing in the lawsuit regarding the lease of city-owned Bruce Beach to the Florida Fish & Wildlife…
Hatchery Headache: It does not comply with city code or comp plan
The City of Pensacola and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission may have bigger issues with their fish hatchery than the standing of the citizens who sued to stop the construction on…
Hayward wins hatchery dispute, lawsuit dismissed
Late yesterday afternoon, Judge Joel Boles dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit by Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth regarding the validity of a lease between the City of Pensacola and Florida Fish &…
Fish hatchery hearing set for April 3
City Attorney Lysia Bowling today notified the Pensacola City Council that its motion to dismiss the lawsuit concerning the construction of a fish hatchery on Bruce Beach will be heard Tuesday, April…
Studers have no plans to bid on Bruce Beach
Two weeks ago, Inweekly dispelled the rumor that an African-American heritage museum was going to be built at Bruce Beach as part of the fish hatchery project (“Bruce Beach’s Place in History“)….
Deadline for bids for Bruce Beach fish hatchery delayed another month (update)
The submittal date for bids to construction the Bruce Beach fish hatchery has been delayed to 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Feb. 8. The pre-bid conference led to several questions and more…
Only one out of five Pensacola voters want hatchery at Bruce Beach
A recent telephone survey conducted over this past weekend by The Political Matrix found that only 20.4 percent of the city of Pensacola’s most likely voters believe the fish hatchery should be…
Mayor cared about CRA plan in 2014, but not a CRA vote for hatchery
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…
Councilman Johnson believed CRA master plan should be followed…last year
Over the past few years, the Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has debated what was the best and highest use for its Hawkshaw property on South Ninth Avenue. Last month, the sales and…
Mayor’s attorney injects himself in CRA meetings with its attorney
Attorney Tom Cloud yesterday notified Councilwoman Sherri Myers that he had not consented to her and her fellow council members meeting alone with the CRA’s attorney, Doug Sale. Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward…
Mayor’s office exerts influence on CRA re:Fish Hatchery lawsuit
Earlier this month, the Community Redevelopment Agency hired attorney Doug Sale of the Panama City-based law firm Harrison, Sale & McCloy to defend and advise the CRA apart from the Hayward administration…
Tanyard Neighborhood Association wants fish hatchery elsewhere
Officers of the Tanyard Neighborhood Association sent an email to the media stating their association “is not against the hatchery… just the location.” They don’t want it on Bruce Beach. The email…