A series of emails given to Inweekly show that when Mayor’s leadership team met with county staff to resolve the issue over the distribution of the local option gas tax the council…
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Olson expects VT MAE groundbreaking to be Sept. 8
City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report to the Pensacola City Council at its agenda review on Aug. 8. He said the city would hold next month the groundbreaking for the…
Nichols named Civilian of the Quarter for the Chief of Naval Training
Melanie Nichols, president of the North Hill Preservation Association has been selected Civilian of the Quarter for the Chief of Naval Training. She shared the honor on Facebook: Today was a great…
Olson talks about airport annexation, Government Street pond, BP funds and MWBE
City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report at the Pensacola City Council meeting on June 16. His five-minute report covered the Airport Commerce Park, Escambia County Commission actions, BP settlement funds,…
Other Florida cities have dozens apply for city administrator jobs
Before he was hired as the Pensacola City Manager in 1998, Tom Bonfield served as the city manager of Temple Terrace, Fla. for 13 years. Temple Terrace is looking for a new…
Disciplinary appeal by former Pensacola fire chief denied
Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover appealed the mayor’s decision to terminate his 27-year career with the Pensacola Fire Department. He received notification last Thursday that his appeal had been denied. In…
Boyd Forum: Citizens admonish empty chairs of MIA Pensacola mayor and administrator
Several citizens appeared the Boyd Forum held at the beginning of the Pensacola City Council on Thursday, May 12. Many wore red bands on their arms in support of Fire Chief Matt…
Olson skips public forum, defends Allen during his monthly report
City Administrator Eric Olson avoided the public by not showing up for the Pensacola City Council meeting until after the Boyd Forum. Several people in crowd, mostly supporters of the recently fired…
Inside Fire Chiefs Report: Deas complaint, failed to follow union grievance process
Chief Human Resources Office Ed Sisson complained, “Schmitt and Glover intentionally and deceptively severely retaliated against Edward Deas, an African-American Fire Lieutenant, merely because Deas made a written complaint about Glover.” This has…
Inside the Fire Chiefs Report: Sisson upset about dinner remarks, really?
Chief Human Resource Officer Ed Sisson claimed that Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover publicly demeaned him during the Firefighters Annual Awards ceremony Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van Sickle wrote on the…
Pensacola fire chiefs investigation apparently headless, final report a secret
On Friday, April 29 at 5 p.m., the City of Pensacola issued a statement that Mayor Ashton Hayward had received the Beggs & Lane report on the two Pensacola fire chiefs that…
WTH: The city conducted no random drug tests of Pensacola Police for two years
For half a month, Inweekly has tried to get the City of Pensacola to release information on its random drug testing (Read more). City Attorney Lysia Bowling has refused to comply. Today,…
Long Hollow radio tower to be discussed today
Pensacola City Council Executive Donald Kraher was tasked by the City Council in November to research the Long Hollow radio tower. He will present his findings at a council workshop this afternoon….
Pensacola City Attorney opines council resolution on city hall access not binding
City Attorney Lysia Bowling has rendered an opinion that the resolution passed by the Pensacola City Council granting them access to city hall without an escort as non-binding on the mayor’s office….
Pensacola Fire Chiefs investigation enters second month
A month of ago, City Administrator Eric Olson placed Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of undefined issues (Read more). The…
Pensacola City Council member vs. City Hall to get help for Dunmire Estates
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers had a difficult time getting the mayor’s office to respond to the havoc caused in Dunmire Estates by Tuesday’s tornado. Myers told Inweekly, “I went to Dunmire Woods…
Pensacola City Hall did not realize it had tornado damage initially
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that City Administrator Eric Olson had no idea that city residents had any damage from the Tuesday tornado until she called the mayor’s office. “Mr. Olson…
Council access to city staff for inquiries determined in 2012 court case
In 2012, Circuit Judge J. Scott Duncan ruled that individual Pensacola City Council members have the power to make good faith, bona fide inquiries of city staff without going through the mayor’s…
Pensacola City Council still locked out of sixth floor and now city server
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward told WEAR TV that he would not act on the council resolution passed at its Feb. 11 meeting that gave its members access to all floors of City…
Pensacola residents gave Fire Department high marks, but chiefs still booted
While City Administrator Eric Olson has the city’s outside counsel investigating the Pensacola Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover, it should be noted that the Pensacola Fire Department…
