Comments on: County Survey Shows North Escambia Concerns

By: jbs

jbs — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:24:10 +0000

Why can’t the county move toward something constructive for the North End for our young people? There are many horse folks in this area who have to haul elsewhere to spend their time and money to enjoy our hobby. It would be beneficial to have a place like Coldwater River Horse Stables in our area, something that is family focused. We have little area to ride safely in the Molino / Barrineau Park area. It would be good if it was both a day-use area as well as a camping area as is CRHS.

What happened with the plans to widen Barrineau Park Road and Hwy 99?

Stop focusing on “retirement” folks and start focusing on keeping the industry that is here and bringing in industry / jobs.

I feel that a good job was done on providing ice, mre’s, etc after the hurricanes. Folks need to take it upon themselves to make early preparations and to be ready to help their immediate neighbors. Our community banded together, working to help each other and checking with each other to make runs for supplies and/ or shared with each other as needed.

I’m certainly not complaining about the North End. I love it here! I try to plan ahead and get the things I need while on my way home from work. I make an effort not to go south of 9 Mile Road unless I have to!

Don’t spend our money on the Maritime Park!!! How could this possibly be justified? Especially in the location, too much potential for wind / storm damage. Make better use of the facilities already in place.

By: Taxpayer

Taxpayer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:33:45 +0000

Jay, without a change to allow the landowner to make a decision to sell 5 acres of land to 3 or 4 individuals you are going to have subdivisions, because the large land developers are the only ones who can afford to buy 100 acres of land. My parents have 50 acres that CANNOT be sold to more than one person. They have owned it for 40 years and do not want to see it turned into a subdivison. HOWEVER, they are 80 years old and are facing financial constraints. If the county dictates that we can not sell it in 4 or 5 sections then we have no choice but to sell it to a large developer that has the money and WILL go through zoning and build those 1/4 acre homes that you nor I want in the North end. I have already spoken to one land developer about the possible sell and he has had another person approach him about the possibilites of him buying 100 acres from them. We have the best schools in the district and people want to move here. The new Sunshine Hill subdivision is the beginning of the new subdivision boom in the North end and we can thank the land development codes for that.

By: S.W.

S.W. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:45:05 +0000

What about the Tag Office, I hear that thay are going to cloese it, and we the north enders will have to travel all the way to Cantonment to get tags & driver lic, and ect, to cloese a county owend Bldg, and pay rent on the cantonment office what the heck is this ?, how does this save money ?,
CAN NORTH ESCAMBIA CHECK THIS OUT ,AND LET US KNOW MORE INFO,
THANKS
S.W.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:31:41 +0000

Sorry Sharon K., but we don’t want the north end to become like the areas south of Molino either. If all were able to subdivide thier property into less than 1/4 acre lots, then before you know it, there’d be subdivision on top of subdivision all over the place. This is not the type of growth most want up here.

By: Sharon K.

Sharon K. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:55:04 +0000

Our representation in county affairs is weak at best. It would be interesting to know how evenly the tax dollars are distributed per capita say between here and Perdido Key. Zoning in the north end is another issue that prevents a landowner from dividing and selling their property more than once or it may be twice. This has been shocking news to older folks who were counting on the extra income they could get from selling their property in smaller sections if they desired. I realize zoning has a purpose but it should infringe on a persons ability to support themselves as little as possible. This is a financial hardship for many farmers that were counting on being able to divide and sell their property in retirement years to pay for the increased needs for health care and etc. that accompany old age.

By: a.nicole

a.nicole — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:57:26 +0000

What rampant drugs are we talking about? I was raised here, my parents were raised here, and I am currently raising my kids here. If there are rampant drugs I would like to know because I missed that memo? I thought my family and all of my friends were drug free, but who knew…

By: wwaaaahhhhhh

wwaaaahhhhhh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:18:34 +0000

I live 2 miles from the Alabama/Florida state line so I definitely qualify as “north end”. No, things are not perfect and they never will be – ANYWHERE – but you can make a choice to be more positive. The schools in our area have a great rating and I raised 3 kids here and nobody wound up on drugs. Your life is what you make it and I would have to be living yours, W.R. If you have children or grandchildren you are teaching them, by example, to always be negative.

By: W.R.

W.R. — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:28:40 +0000

You are not in the north end until you get north of Bogia!

By: wwaaaahhhhhh

wwaaaahhhhhh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:37:27 +0000

Great – another opportunity to hear complaint after complaint. You go W.R.!!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:03:31 +0000

W.R. — You must live in a different part of the north end of the county that I do.

rampant drugs…we don’t have that problem in my north end community. poor graded schools…bratt, byrneville, ernest ward, molino park are all “A” schools, and bratt is the very best in the ENTIRE county. lack of pride in property…you must be in century. wild council meetings of both cities…huh? There’s only one city here. you’ve just got to be in century. many of us love living in the north end.