Pensacola mayor pays out $28K for gas tax appeal, settles for lower share

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward paid the Orlando-based law firm GrayRobinson $28,409.55 to handle his appeal regarding the local gas tax and eventually settled for a…

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Inweekly Listening Tour off to solid start [podcast]

By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Inweekly’s Listening Tour, led by publisher and owner Rick Outzen, brought a crowd of about 50 people to the historic Antioch…

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Breaking news: Myers proposes repeal of anti-panhandling ordinance

Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers notified Inweekly that she plans to ask her fellow council members to repeal the anti-panhandling ordinance passed earlier this month…

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Poll: City voters hate veto but still support ‘strong mayor’ charter

The latest Inweekly-Political Matrix survey found that Pensacola city voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council vote regarding hiring a budget…

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ParsCo selected for Blount project

By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY In a Pensacola City Hall meeting regarding the former Blount School property sale and redevelopment Thursday morning, all committee votes were…

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News Talk 1370 WCOA to broadcast live the Inweekly town hall

News Talk 1370 WCOA has offered to broadcast live the first half of our Inweekly Listening Tour town hall that will held on Thursday, June…

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Videos of Carpenter’s Creek clean-up

This past weekend, the Emerald Coastkeepers led another clean-up of Carpenter’s Creek. Councilwoman Sherri Myers took these videos of the effort. She gave me this…

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City of Pensacola holds first public input meeting of 2017

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will seek public input for the new community center in one of the city’s most popular parks. The City of Pensacola…

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ACLU files suit against City of Pensacola over panhandling ordinance

Mayor Ashton Hayward will be hiring more attorneys. This will be a nice test of the City Attorney’s legal acumen and the mayor’s decision to…

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Bees cause temporarily closure of Large Dog Park at Bayview Park

The large dog park at Bayview Park is currently closed to address a beehive which has formed inside the trunk of a tree and has…

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Blount Redevelopment Selection Committee gets instructions

By Duwayne Escobedo Pensacola staff instructed the three-member selection committee Tuesday on the process for choosing either the ParsCo development team’s or Gunther Properties’ proposal…

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Another City of Pensacola project under DEP investigation

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has found that construction on the Bill Gregory Park stormwater pond near the corner of…

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A few points to clarify on Morris Court playground debate

PNJ reporter Jim Little did a good job of reporting on the residents wanting to keep the city’s playground in Morris Court open. Since November…

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ACLU issues final statement before Pensacola Panhandling Ordinance vote

ACLU of Florida Statement on Pensacola Panhandling Ordinance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 11, 2017 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org, (786) 363-2737 MIAMI,…

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City Attorney asked to opine on council’s right to ask questions

This memo was sent Tuesday, May 8 to Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling from Council Executive Lysia Bowling: FROM THE DESK OF DON KRAHER COUNCIL…

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Grover Robinson has not changed his mind

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson announced last November that he would not run for a fourth term in 2018. However, he left the door open…

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Poll: Pensacola voters want mayor to renew town halls

According to the latest Inweekly-Political Matrix poll, City of Pensacola voters overwhelming want Mayor Ashton Hayward to hold town hall meetings in each city district…

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Mayor holds firm on police chief decision

Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t changing his mind about David Alexander stepping down as the police chief. On next week’s city council agenda, he is recommending…

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Latest on parking at Vinyl Music Hall

Curt Morse, executive director of the Downtown Improvement Board, went on “Pensacola Speaks” to clear up confusion over Vinyl Music Hall blocking off parking spaces…

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Pensacola lags way behind on ‘Best Small Cities to Start a Business’

With National Small Business Week approaching, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business. To determine…

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