Comments on: No One Shows Up For Escambia All For One Meeting http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bob hudson http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5707 bob hudson Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:20:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5707 I am so proud that no one showed up for this meeting I could bust! Now Jason And Scott Iisten very carefully, We do not wish to be part of your (greater plan). We know what we will lose, and we know how we will be taxed. Just looking at how the city is run now ,no one would want to even be part of that. Pensacola is a dot on the map at the very south end of ESCAMBIA COUNTY! It can not run it's self and is not qualified to run the county. The greatest message in no one showing up is this, We do not believe in your cause, We do not care to listen to you, and we do not trust you.Sometime's a silent voice is the strongest voice of all . I am so proud that no one showed up for this meeting I could bust! Now Jason And Scott Iisten very carefully, We do not wish to be part of your (greater plan). We know what we will lose, and we know how we will be taxed. Just looking at how the city is run now ,no one would want to even be part of that. Pensacola is a dot on the map at the very south end of ESCAMBIA COUNTY! It can not run it’s self and is not qualified to run the county. The greatest message in no one showing up is this, We do not believe in your cause, We do not care to listen to you, and we do not trust you.Sometime’s a silent voice is the strongest voice of all .

]]> By: Darryl Hall http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5603 Darryl Hall Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5603 I understand the issue of not wanting to roll up government services under one umbrella, especially in light of the attitudes in Pensacola and surrounding areas that think north Escambia is Cantonment, but not appearing was a mistake. It indicates a "don't care" attitude. If you don't like something in government, you should take whatever soap box is available and say so. If enough people do that, then just maybe something will happen. In a broader sense, anytime government officials want to make a change, they have the responsibility to present to the public the reasons and benefits of such a change. If they can't do that, then there should be some citizen vocalization and backlash! I understand the issue of not wanting to roll up government services under one umbrella, especially in light of the attitudes in Pensacola and surrounding areas that think north Escambia is Cantonment, but not appearing was a mistake. It indicates a “don’t care” attitude. If you don’t like something in government, you should take whatever soap box is available and say so. If enough people do that, then just maybe something will happen.

In a broader sense, anytime government officials want to make a change, they have the responsibility to present to the public the reasons and benefits of such a change. If they can’t do that, then there should be some citizen vocalization and backlash!

]]> By: Jack Moran http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5597 Jack Moran Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:30:02 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5597 Bigger government doesn't mean better or more efficient government. Bigger government doesn’t mean better or more efficient government.

]]> By: concerned resident http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5595 concerned resident Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:17:38 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5595 Lower taxes, job creation - a sure 'nuff deal for the people. Sounds like we 'll all be drinking that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew! Rather than an obscure cloud of vague promises, can the people pushing this agenda provide some ACTUAL facts and figures to support their claims? What has actually happened in Jacksonville for instance? Were property taxes lowered? County sales tax options? City taxes? What jobs were created? Any actual improvements in quality of life or cost of living? Emergency response times? The list goes on and on. All I see are the closeknit north escambia communities being swallowed up by more populous south escambia, losing both their idividuality and their voices - sacrificed to the Great God Consolidation. This is likened to having Dade County make decisions for the entire state. Could the people pushing this agenda have some personal gain in mind? In Tallahassee/Leon County a few years back, this same type proposal was repeatedly and resoundingly defeated again and again. Obviously not concerned with the will of the people of Leon county, the backers of this political abortion kept trying and trying and trying. What could have possibly fed such a strong desire to steamroll over the local people? How many of us Joe Sixpacks (just a common man drivin' a comman van) will have any earthly idea what this Consolidated Government Plan would really mean? What ramifications would we suddenly discover when it was too late? If they pry the door open here, you will face exactly the same tactics as Leon County - again and again and again, regardless of whether you trounce them at the polls. I realize I am preaching to the choir here in North Escambia, but the people supporting this deal need to know that Utopia it can no way be. If it ain't broke - don't fix it! Lower taxes, job creation – a sure ’nuff deal for the people. Sounds like we ‘ll all be drinking that free bubble-up and eatin’ that rainbow stew!
Rather than an obscure cloud of vague promises, can the people pushing this agenda provide some ACTUAL facts and figures to support their claims?
What has actually happened in Jacksonville for instance? Were property taxes lowered? County sales tax options? City taxes? What jobs were created? Any actual improvements in quality of life or cost of living? Emergency response times? The list goes on and on.
All I see are the closeknit north escambia communities being swallowed up by more populous south escambia, losing both their idividuality and their voices – sacrificed to the Great God Consolidation. This is likened to having Dade County make decisions for the entire state.
Could the people pushing this agenda have some personal gain in mind? In Tallahassee/Leon County a few years back, this same type proposal was repeatedly and resoundingly defeated again and again. Obviously not concerned with the will of the people of Leon county, the backers of this political abortion kept trying and trying and trying. What could have possibly fed such a strong desire to steamroll over the local people?
How many of us Joe Sixpacks (just a common man drivin’ a comman van) will have any earthly idea what this Consolidated Government Plan would really mean? What ramifications would we suddenly discover when it was too late?
If they pry the door open here, you will face exactly the same tactics as Leon County – again and again and again, regardless of whether you trounce them at the polls.
I realize I am preaching to the choir here in North Escambia, but the people supporting this deal need to know that Utopia it can no way be.
If it ain’t broke – don’t fix it!

]]> By: Jay http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5571 Jay Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:04:23 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5571 It's not just the north end of the county that doesn't support the "All for One" utopia, I don't know anyone on the south end that supports them either. It’s not just the north end of the county that doesn’t support the “All for One” utopia, I don’t know anyone on the south end that supports them either.

]]> By: bratt-FSU-fan http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/no-one-shows-up-for-escambia-all-for-one-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-5556 bratt-FSU-fan Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:06:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6089#comment-5556 That's awesome! That is the best news I have heard in a while. Nice job! I'm sure that Jason Crawford and all the others were very dissappointed to not have a chance to brag about how smart he and his constituents are and how they know best for our communities. I mean after all, we are just a bunch of uneducated farmers and mill workers, right? We's don no wat we's doin. We's needs tha smart folks of downtown pcola leading us in the right direction. NOT! Why can't you guys just accept the fact that your ideals will not be supported in the northern part of the county? That’s awesome! That is the best news I have heard in a while. Nice job! I’m sure that Jason Crawford and all the others were very dissappointed to not have a chance to brag about how smart he and his constituents are and how they know best for our communities. I mean after all, we are just a bunch of uneducated farmers and mill workers, right? We’s don no wat we’s doin. We’s needs tha smart folks of downtown pcola leading us in the right direction. NOT!

Why can’t you guys just accept the fact that your ideals will not be supported in the northern part of the county?

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