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Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment

On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…

Council reviews Triumph wish list

Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…

Less than half of Pensacola voters want $8.25M Bayview Community Center, over 80 percent want more info and input

On the eve of the final hearing for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2018, City Administrator Eric Olson emailed the City Council the master plan…

Burgess Road sidewalks survive second public hearing and final budget vote

Last night, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved a $226.6-million budget for FY 2018. The budget included $1.6 million for sidewalks and street drainage on…

Council president wants meet to vote on holding a meeting on Confederate statue

Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer has responded to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation to hold a workshop for public input on the possible removal of the…

Pensacola panhandling set to come up next month

by Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the City Council have tried to boot panhandlers out of downtown for years without success. The…

Confederate monument removal may be governed by this council policy

Yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said that he wanted to remove the “Our Confederate Dead” monument in Lee Square, but that the city attorney was…

Pensacola City Council ‘nitpicks’ but approves Blount plans

By Sammi Sontag By a 5-1 vote on June 8, the Pensacola City Council granted local developer ParsCo LLC the opportunity to redevelop the former…

Poll: City voters hate veto but still support ‘strong mayor’ charter

The latest Inweekly-Political Matrix survey found that Pensacola city voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council vote regarding hiring a budget…

City Attorney asked to opine on council’s right to ask questions

This memo was sent Tuesday, May 8 to Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling from Council Executive Lysia Bowling: FROM THE DESK OF DON KRAHER COUNCIL…

Former Pensacola Councilwoman publishes a book

Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Debra A.K.Thompson has written a new book, “Enlightenment: Looking Back to Move Forward.” Thompson served on the Pensacola City Council from…

Dueling Opinions on Veto

The interpretation of the Pensacola City CharterÂ continues to be like deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls for city officials. At the special meeting on April 10,…

City Council to get budget analyst, mayor accepts defeat

The Pensacola City Council voted unanimously, 7-0, to override Mayor Ashton Haywardâ€™s veto of the hiring of a budget analyst at a special meeting Monday…

Myers and Cannada-Wynn ask City Council to override Hayward veto

The Pensacola City Council hold today at 3:30 p.m. a special meeting to discuss Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council action to hire a…

Fleming: Mayor cannot veto Council hiring a budget analyst

Pensacola attorney Ed Fleming reviewed Mayor Ashton Haywardâ€™s veto of the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst. His client shared that opinion with Inweekly….

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