Tag: Pensacola City Council
Council Considers CMPA Seats
The Pensacola City Council tomorrow will be considering candidates for two seats on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. Two weeks ago, members…
Miami has gun buy-back program
In an effort to curb illegal guns and gun violence, Miami police is holding its first 2013 gun buyback operation of the year. Beginning on…
A Little Fuzzy in the Nebulas
Before authorizing the mayor to execute a $2 million Economic Development Transportation Project Fund Agreement between the city of Pensacola and the Florida Department of…
IN Cover Story Puts a Face on Area Homicides
Murders, shootings, assaults, rapes…they too quickly become just numbers, one-day headlines lost in the flood of news of Justin Beiber’s tattoos, Lady Gaga’s outfits and…
How to be a better elected official in 2013
Forbes has published a slideshow on how employees can be better. I’ve adapted the 14 points for elected officials. 1. Anticipate your district’s needs. What…
Spencer Gets Round 2 as CRA Head
The Community Redevelopment Agency, made up of the Pensacola City Council, selected new leaders this week. Councilman Brian Spencer was reelected as CRA chairman, while…
Council’s 1st COW
The Pensacola City Council will hold its first meeting today since seating four new members. It’s a full agenda, with topics including the new library…
Outgoing Council Members Recognized
Prior to swearing in new Pensacola City Council members yesterday, outgoing members were honored. Each was given a framed resolution in recognition of their service…
Wu, Canada-Wynn to Lead Council into Future
After swearing in four new members, the new incarnation of the Pensacola City Council elected its most senior member to lead it for the next…
City Council Shuffle
The Pensacola City Council will see four new members seated tomorrow. Winners of this year’s election—including the council’s senior member, P.C. Wu, who ran unopposed—will…
Apologies and Subpoenas
While there was no commitment to an investigation, the Pensacola City Council did decide to continue exploring. “It’s not about guilt or innocence, just fact-finding, 
Council to Discuss FOP Request
The Pensacola City Council will consider during today’s Committee of the Whole meeting if it should investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward after the local police union…
DIB on MURAC Report
The Downtown Improvement Board is embarking on a search for a new permanent executive director. When the board began discussing the recently released report from…
City Council to Look at Libraries
The Pensacola City Council has scheduled a Special Committee of the Whole meeting. The subject of the meeting is the West Florida Public Library’s budget…
Treading Uncharted Waters
By Jeremy Morrison… Members of the Pensacola City Council have some questions following the local police union’s request to investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward following an…
No Statement from Mayor on FOP’s Accusations
A day after the local police union requested that the Pensacola City Council investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward for misusing his office to intimidate officers, a…
Peacock Disputes FOP’s Statement
Downtown Improvement Board member John Peacock is disputing the local police union’s version of a Gallery Night incident it brought before the Pensacola City Council…
City Explores Charter School
Should the city of Pensacola start a charter school? It’s a question the Pensacola City Council may decide to start exploring tonight. “It’s really saying,…
City Council’s Back
After a lengthy break due to technical difficulties at city hall, the Pensacola City Council will meet today for its Committee of the Whole. The…
Council Meetings Cancelled
Next week’s meetings for the Pensacola City Council have been cancelled. The cancellations are apparently due to technical difficulties experienced at Pensacola City Hall in…
