PENSACOLA–After breaking the ice with some warm-up announcements concerning UWF football, the seafood festival and a sailing league, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson got into the meat of his weekly press conference Monday…
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Mayor Robinson, how is Pensacola gun task force going?
Early Sunday morning, a man was shot in downtown Pensacola at near the intersection of Jefferson and Government streets. Where is gun violence task force?
State of the City
Mayor Grover Robinson yesterday presented his first State of the City at luncheon sponsored by the Greater Pensacola Chamber. He highlight several areas growth over the past years, including residential and commercial…
Presser Notes: Police Oversight, Beautification and Birding
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly There were more journalists than usual Monday at Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s weekly press conference, as a visiting contingent of journalists from Thailand were in attendance. They sat…
Timeline: County had a Gun Crime Response Team in 2012
The last time Escambia County had a multi-agency task force targeting gun-related crimes was seven years ago. Sheriff David Morgan announced the “crime response team†at a joint press conference on August…
Dream Defenders decry Task Force, repeat demands
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Members of the community organization Dream Defenders publicly staked out its position on the city of Pensacola’s response thus far to an incident in July during which a…
New task forces addresses gun violence, police training
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is partnering with the United States Attorney’s Office to form a task force purposed with addressing gun violence and also provide training for the…
Mayor calls for internal investigation of Crawford shooting
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Alluding to conversations with citizens in the wake of a fatal police shooting, Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that is committed to increasing the training of the Pensacola…
Grover’s big leadership challenge
The announcement that Baptist Health Care is building a $550 million hospital facility on Brent Lane and leaving west Pensacola poses a big leadership challenge for Mayor Grover Robinson. Yes, Robinson helped…
Presser: Water bottles and drive-bys
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly There was considerable ground to cover Monday morning during his weekly press conference, but first Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson needed a drink of water—from his shiny new, blue…
Eight vie to be asst. city administrator
By Jeremy Morrison The city of Pensacola is looking for an assistant city administrator, a lieutenant of sorts for City Administrator Chris Holley. More than a hundred individuals applied for the position,…
City partners on Arts, Healthcare Efforts
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is working with outside organizations to partner on efforts somewhat out of the city’s wheelhouse. Mayor Grover Robinson discussed two such efforts during his…