Tag: Pensacola
Third Party Mystery, or Larkin’s Leftover Leak
Last week, Rob Larkin, Esq., a Tallahassee attorney handling the contract negotiations between the city of Pensacola and local police union, said a city councilman…
MURAC’s Final Plan
The Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee has been at work since February. Today it approved its final report, a document chock-full of recommendations concerning downtown…
Final Urban Advisory Committee Meeting
The Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee will hold its final meeting tomorrow. Since February, the group has met in an effort to draw up a…
Mayor’s Gallery Night Statement
The mayor issued the following statement today, following the local police union’s request last week that the Pensacola City Council investigate him for misuse of…
Mitt’s Pensacola Party
Having waited hours for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the full house at the Pensacola Bay Center was dancing in the aisles. Literally, to a…
Romneyland
After descending from the upper level of the Pensacola Bay Center, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a moment for a group hug with Sen….
Mack, Nelson Rally Local Supporters
Both candidates for Florida’s U.S. Senate race made their way to Pensacola this week en route to Election Day. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) started off…
Mayor Hosts District 6 Town Hall Meeting
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will be hosting a town hall meeting this evening. The meeting is a continuance of the Taking City Hall to the…
Library Wars
Following a week of back-and-forth over library funding during which city of Pensacola Administrator Bill Reynolds equated recent positions taken by Escambia County as “extortion, 
Library Letters in ‘Chinatown’
The library system was a topic of discussion last time the Escambia County Commission met, and chances are it will be tomorrow as well. While…
CNG Fueling Station Opens
A compressed natural gas fueling station is now open on Pine Forest Road. The station is due to a partnership between the city of Pensacola,…
Sidewalk Rules: DIB’s Version Recommended
Taking a look at proposed regulations governing outdoor cafes, the Pensacola Planning Board decided yesterday to embrace changes suggested by the Downtown Improvement Board. Most…