Pensacola City Council speaks out on investigation of fire chiefs

Pensacola City Councilman P.C. Wu spoke first on the investigation of the fire chiefs, during the “Council Communications” segment of the meeting. “Sixty years of…

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Pensacola City Attorney fumbles baton on briefing city council

After Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson passed the baton to City Attorney Lysia Bowling on briefing the City Council about the investigation into Fire Chief…

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Pensacola City Administrator’s February report: RESTORE, Recycling, UBER and more

A little after 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, Pensacola City Administrator gave his monthly report to the City Council and citizens of Pensacola. He…

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Pensacola city officials never notified employees of changes to HR manual

On Monday, Feb. 8, Inweekly requested from the City of Pensacola copies of the “notification sent to city employees regarding changes to the HR policy…

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Pensacola city administrator does not mention second investigation of fire chiefs to WUWF

WUWF interviewed Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson today – Fire Dept. Probe, Human Resources Separate issues at Pensacola City Hall. He did not mention the…

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Pensacola city officials leak a new story about its investigation of fire chiefs

During his weekly radio interview with Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, News Radio 1620 host Andrew McKay said, “We now learn that there is some additional…

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Five problems with Pensacola City Administrator’s story on fire chiefs

Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson went on radio yesterday to explain the city placing its fire chief and deputy chief on paid administrative leave while…

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Pensacola Speaks: Civil rights leader to discuss handling of EEOC complaints against Pensacola officials

Civil rights leader Ellison Bennett will be my guest today on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” He will talk about the community’s reaction to…

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Pensacola city official says investigation concerns complaints filed against him

After refusing to answer questions from the News Journal and Inweekly, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson went on a local morning show to discuss why…

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Investigation into Pensacola fire chief and deputy chief appears to have predrawn conclusion

Pensacola city officials have refused to speak with the media about the investigation of Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Chief Joe Glover. The one statement…

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Pensacola black community outraged over treatment of fire chief and deputy chief

A local civil rights leader told Inweekly in a phone interview Sunday morning that the black community is outraged over Pensacola City Hall placing Fire…

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Pensacola city officials break commitment made to Florida Legislature

City Administrator Eric Olson and his Chief Human Resources Officer Ed Sisson recently abolished the Personnel Board that was created to handle employees’ appeals of…

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