On “Pensacola Speaks,†Councilwoman Sherri Myers gave more background on last week’s council budget amendment that would allocate $1.6 million for sidewalks and drainage on Burgess Road if it can survive the…
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The Pensacola Confederate monument two-step
The Pensacola City Council did not vote to schedule a special meeting on the possible relocation of the Confederate memorial that is on city property. Instead, they only discussed whether to hold…
ACLU to City of Pensacola: We told you so
Last night, the Pensacola City Council  voted to repeal an ordinance–sponsored by Mayor Ashton Hayward and Council President Brian Spencer and passed in April–that prohibited individuals from asking for donations in downtown…
Buzz: Pelicans like Bay Center
The New Orleans Pelicans have made another round of visits with Escambia County Commissioners individually. We’ve been told that the NBA team is very interested in having its G-League team play at…
A prayer for peace in Pensacola tomorrow
Rev. Lonnie D. Wesley, III, pastor of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church, posted on Facebook: “All right, Pensacola, two opposing groups are scheduled to protest this weekend at the Confederate monument. I’m…
Council president wants meet to vote on holding a meeting on Confederate statue
Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer has responded to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation to hold a workshop for public input on the possible removal of the Confederate monument in Lee Square. In a…
Pensacola mayor recommends public workshop on Confederate monument
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told Andrew McKay on NewsRadio 1620 that he is recommending that the Pensacola City Council hold a workshop to get public input on the possible removal of the…
Pensacola mayor ‘accelerates’ bid for NBA G-League team
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said on NewsRadio 1620 this morning that he will tour the Pensacola Bay Center on Friday with officials from the New Orleans Pelicans and meet with SMG, who…
Shreveport mayor presents plans for Pelicans arena, Saints training camp
Yesterday Shreveport Mayor Ollie Taylor presented to the city council her plan for a $150-million development for her downtown that would include a 3,200 arena that could host the New Orleans Pelicans’…
Carpenters Creek town hall tonight
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers hosts her quarterly town hall meeting tonight, 6:30 p.m. The public meeting will be head at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 5725 N. 9th Ave. Environmentalist…
Council member asks Pensacola mayor for his Confederate monument plan
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that she will not bring forward to the September council meeting an item to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument. She said she would wait…
Keep Confederate monument side winning petition battle
Change.org has two petitions concerning the City of Pensacola’s “Our Confederate Dead” monument that Mayor Ashton Hayward has said he wants to remove. The petition that asks City of Pensacola to keep…