Tag: Eric Olson
Utility Service Co. built Admiral Mason Park
The Pensacola News Journal yesterday reported on the frustrations of the Utility Service Company in dealing with the City of Pensacola officials regarding the Government…
City Clerk disputes staffing cut
In March, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward hired retained Evergreen Solutions LLC of Tallahassee to conduct an operational study of the City Clerk’s office. The report…
City decision may have led to flooding Tanyard neighborhood with raw sewage
The Escambia County Utilities Authority’s Tim Haag reported that the cause of raw sewage overflowing in the Tanyard neighborhood a block west from City Hall…
Olson on homelessness: ‘This is not a problem we can solve’
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY The homeless and panhandlers have been a problem among Pensacola area residents for years. Several ordnances have been put in place…
What happened to City of Pensacola’s BP settlement funds? You may be surprised
In August 2015, the City of Pensacola announced that it had reached agreement with BP on its oil spill claim. The one-time windfall had the…
City and County have different stories on superfund site
At Monday’s Agenda Review, City Administrator Eric Olson told the Pensacola City Council that Escambia County had requested verbally the city hand over its portion…
Pensacola mayor wants a piece of Triumph pie
Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to be the sole body that decides how the county’s share of the BP…
City Administrator report for January
The citizens of Pensacola only hear from their city administrator once a month at the Agenda Review. He doesn’t hold town hall meetings. He doesn’t…
Pensacola Tanyards after the storm
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy visited the Pensacola Tanyards and Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project yesterday. The streets had been swept, but the mud…
Former deputy fire chief files federal lawsuit against Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward
On Dec. 22, former Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover filed a lawsuit against the City of Pensacola. Mayor Ashton Hayward, City Administrator Eric Olson, Chief…
Thursday morning in the Tanyards
Dr. Gloria Horning sent Inweekly those photos of this City of Pensacola project that were taken this morning.
And then the Pensacola Tanyards project got weird
Yesterday, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson spoke with Councilwoman Sherri Myers and Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy about the conditions in the Tanyard neighborhood and possible…