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…
Tag: City of Pensacola
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…
Sallis defends his planning board vote for his client
In July, Inweekly reported that City Planning Board member Scott Sallis had voted on a project presented by his partner to the board. We thought such a vote was a violation of…
Council Week continues, the episode about the budget
by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola City Council’s Wednesday night budget workshop was a three-hour stew of questions and numbers, with primarily two council members — Sherri Myers and Charles Bare — fleshing out…
Council Week begins, next episode Wednesday
By Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola City Council dove into a jam-packed week last night, trying to wrap its arms around the Maritime Park lease process and issues facing the Community Redevelopment Agency,…
Hawkshaw RFP reconsideration disappears from CRA agenda
Last week, Inweekly asked Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling for an opinion on Councilman Larry Johnson’s recommendation for the Community Redevelopment Agency to reconsider its August action that rejected all RFPs submitted…
Good news from city hall, Sept. 12
Yesterday afternoon, the mayor’s office sent out its digital “Upwords†newsletter, subject: “Recognizing our upward momentum:” Momentum for Mayor: The mayor pointed out his profile by the publisher of the California Courts…