Tag: City of Pensacola
Viewpoint: Mayor put paving his street ahead of others
by Mark Taylor Mayor Hayward Has Shown Poor Judgement In Dealing With City of Pensacola Streets. This recent controversy over the 6-cent gas tax allocation…
City slow to post monthly financial reports
When he was first elected in 2010, Mayor Ashton Hayward committed to “Produce monthly, line-item financial statements that will be posted online for the public…
What does the City gas tax appeal say
In the cover letter to the Administration Commission, which includes Gov. Rick Scott and the other members of the Florida Cabinet-Attorney General Pam Bondi, CFO…
Mayor Ashton Hayward has already borrowed $15 million for paving program
According to City of Pensacola Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart, the City of Pensacola has already borrowed $15-million to compete 10-years’ worth of paving in…
Buzz: Hayward appeals gas tax issue to Gov. Rick Scott
A day after Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May sent his few additions to the city’s ambitious three-year street paving program, Mayor Ashton Hayward notified the…
City of Pensacola has new ‘Sunshine Center’ coordinator
Inweekly has been told that Maxwell Branham is no longer the Public Records Coordinator of the City of Pensacola. Branham was hired in June 2015…
City refuses to release pension information
Inweekly requested last week information on the City of Pensacola employees who have retired and later rehired – process known as “double-dipping.” The employee enters…
Studer: Does downtown Pensacola have the infrastructure for construction boom [podcast]
Quint Studer says the final drawings for his $14.4-million office building on Jefferson Street have been submitted to the City of Pensacola’s Architectural Review Board….
Hayward goes from concrete goals to vague, feel-good statements
One of the biggest selling points of the strong-mayor charter was the candidates for mayor would have platforms that laid out the goals for their…
County voters more diverse, City of Pensacola more white since 2006
Escambia County has picked up 14,990 registered voters since June 30, 2006. The majority of those voters, 6,868, are African-American. Minority voters – listed as…
Details of Fricker Center armed robbery released, semi-automatic rifle used
Former Mississippi high school football star has been arrested for armed robbery outside of City of Pensacola community center. Last year, Jaquelle Green of D’Iberville…
No worries, Neighborhood Publix will blend into East Hill
In his biweekly digital newsletter, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward assured citizens that the Publix being built on Cervantes Street and 12th Avenue will not be…
Facts belie explanation of fire department overtime
In a television interview on July 19, Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen defended his sharp increase in overtime as being cyclical. “It tends to happen,…
PPD releases name of homicide victim
The name of a man who was fatally shot this morning at the corner of East Avery and North Tarragona streets has been released. The…
Escambia County Commissioners reject counter proposal on gas tax
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners did not approve the revised interlocal agreement on the local option gas tax that the Pensacola City Council approved…
City personnel costs have risen to FY 2012 levels
The difference in how Mayor Ashton Hayward has managed his personnel costs between his first and second terms is stark. In his first full budget…
Spencer ‘underwhelmed’ by bridge design
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer said on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks†that he was not impressed by the design renderings for the new…
In 2011, Pensacola mayor took a different approach to budgeting
When he took office in January 2011, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had a very different approach to budgeting. Of course, he had a much more…
City of Tallahassee cuts property taxes, eliminates business tax
The City of Tallahassee is taking an approach to its budget that is different from Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and his leadership team. On last…
FYI: Pensacola City Council did give itself a raise last night
The Pensacola City Council passed, 6-1, an ordinance that increased the members’ annual salaries to $21,500. Council President Charles Bare was the lone dissenting vote….
