Several Pensacola City Council members have been told that the city administration is seeking to find another attorney to render opinions on the non-conformity of the new, larger radio tower built in…
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City stonewalls request for public records of Divine Word Communications
Inweekly has made five requests for the Divine Word Communications’ records regarding the demolition of the old radio tower and the construction of the new, larger tower in the Long Hollow Conservation…
Legal Opinion 2: Divine Word lease and building permits null and void
In light of his legal opinion that the radio tower violates Florida Statutes, the City of Pensacola Land Development Code and its Comprehensive Plan, Inweekly asked attorney John Asmar for a second…
Fish House sign postponed another month
For the second month, the City of Pensacola has granted a delay on hearing the appeal of an Administrative Decision for 600 S. Barracks Street (Proposed Freestanding Sign for The Fish House)….
On Pensacola Speaks, how did Pensacola get ranked 52nd Best Small City in America
Today, I will interview on “Pensacola Speaks” WalletHub analyst and spokesperson Jill Gonzalez on their ranking of the city of Pensacola as the 52nd Best Small City in America–and #1 in Florida….
Pensacola ranked 52nd Best Small City in America
Pensacola’s quality of life has earned the 52nd place in WalletHub’s 2015 Best & Worst Small Cities in America. Princeton, NJ ranked as the top small city. Pensacola is the highest ranked…
Fish House sign appeal pulled (update)
Brandi Deese of City of Pensacola’s Planning Services Division, has sent out a revised agenda for Zoning Board of Adjustment: “Please be advised of the following amended Zoning Board of Adjustment agenda…
Three candidates for two assistant city administrator jobs
The mayor’s office has narrowed down to 67 applicants for the two assistant city administrator positions created this past August. Five finalists were shortlisted, but PNJ reporter Will Isern is reporting that…
Zoning Change in Limbo
by Jeremy Morrison Neighborhood residents, businesses and potential developers pleaded their cases before Pensacola City Council Oct. 8, as the council considered rezoning a pocket of the city north of downtown and…
Open house on the future of Bayfront Pkwy, Oct 13
Is a roundabout at the end of Ninth Avenue in the future for Bayfront Parkway? How will truck traffic be routed to the Port of Pensacola? Residents could find out tomorrow. The Florida…
Good news from city hall, Oct. 8 edition
For the city’s “Upwards” newsletter: Human Resources Office * Executing a contract between the City and AFSCME, which accounts for 126 employees. * Transition of City temporary positions to their appropriate staffing…
City to survey residents
Press release: Community survey to commence this weekend Residents of Pensacola will again have an opportunity to tell what they think about the key services provided by the City through an upcoming…
Fountain: Please send this back to planning board
Veronica Fountain thought that today’s council vote on correcting the zoning of her neighborhood, which is around the old Pickens school site, so that it matches the city’s Comprehensive Plan would be…
ECUA loses another recycling facility
Advanced Mixed Materials Recovery Facility operated by Infinitus Energy has shutdown temporarily due to the weak market for recycled products. The facility has handled the majority of the recyclables collected by ECUA…
History: Wonderful City of Advantages…WCOA
This “Public Record” column was originally published July 10, 2010: The first radio station to broadcast in Pensacola was WCOA. It was an AM station that premiered just six years after the…
Pensacola City Council passes budget, as city government continues to cost residents more
The Pensacola City Council last night passed the FY 2016 city budget of $211,183,000. On the surface, it appears to be a saving over the FY 2011 budget ($216,778,800)–the one approved before…
CMPA votes to build a ‘permanent solution’ to rickety fence
The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees voted to replace the left field that is being held up by 2×4’s with a permanent fence. The cost to build the new fence,…
Buzz: Rickety fence could cancel UWF scrimmage at Maritime Park
We’re hearing that the fence (shown above) could force the cancellation of the UWF football scrimmage planned at the Maritime Park stadium for Oct. 17. The fence, which has been propped up…
Escambia County not in a hurry to set Local Option Gas Tax allocation with Pensacola
Last Thursday, the Pensacola City Council passed an inter-local agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for the allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax. The formula proposed by CFO Dick Barker,…
Good news from city hall, Sept. 19
We didn’t receive an “Upwords” from the mayor’s office, but Laura Bogan did post a few positive things on the mayor’s Facebook page: September 14 at 4:39pm · Had a wonderful time…
