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…

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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…

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Barker adds another wrinkle to gas tax agreement

The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved…

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City of Pensacola CFO warns Council about special meeting on fire chiefs

Dick Barker, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Pensacola, yesterday sent a memo to City Administrator Eric Olson warning that any public discussion of…

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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….

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Fountain and Barker knew about CBRE success fee arrangement months ago

The national real estate with the exclusive listing agreement with the City of Pensacola for the Community Maritime Park says its infamous Request for Proposal,…

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Hayward appoints Olson administrator

The announcement comes after three major miscues by the Barker-Fountain-Olson triumvirate: CBRE fee structure change, City Attorney’s illegal contract and FAA grant denial. Does Olson…

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City attorney contract a ‘honest error’

The city of Pensacola’s chief operations officer sent an email to Pensacola City Council yesterday a little before 6 p.m. regarding what she called an…

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City showed investments were competitively bid

The federal grand jury subpoena requested from the city of Pensacola documents related to the city investments and that it include Requests for Investments disseminated…

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Bonus Question

  Some City of Pensacola employees—those in the AFSCME union—will receive their Christmas bonuses as part of their regular paycheck. Union leaders and members let…

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