Comments on: Valentino Outlines Century, Pensacola And Escambia Combined Economic Plan

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:05:05 +0000

I am not fond of Diane Mack…..she wants 5 members on the committee to be appointed from Pensacola. Sure Ms. Mack, whatever you want!

I am not surprised that Gulf Power does not want to support it. They will have to furnish the financial staff to track what they will receive then have to pay to PEDA. More cost for them and they get nothing in return.

By: bob hudson

bob hudson — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:33:07 +0000

I would like to see the real number’s from the chamber on how much that they really spent on tourist promotion VS industral, and real job markets. And No I do not trust Valintino, he is pro -consolidation, and I believe he is really only looking out for pensacola. So the chamber needs to get those number’s out in black and white print , and let’s see who is fooling who. And really will they ever have enough money? They start small and snow ball.

By: W.R.

W.R. — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:48:20 +0000

Well spoken Ms Mack! You sound just like what this is all about, PENSACOLA and not ESCAMBIA as a whole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don’t turn down your portion of the money from a Plan ticket that I purchase at you preicous Airport. Port HA! What Port. Not much there last time I looked.
If Pensacola has problems, MONEY wise, SIZE wise or OTHERWISE. Let them work it out on their own and within THEIR boundries. I’m north for this silly mess.
Keep your problems in Pensacola and not North Escambia!

By: psu1earl

psu1earl — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:25:03 +0000

IMHO, nothing new here… It sounds like just a bigger form of the Chamber, with a larger budget (more of our taxes) and more government (to mess things up). Let’s just fix the Chamber if it needs fixing (I believe they just came up with some new plans to do just that)…I do not think the Chamber is so bad that they need to reinvent the wheel…Apparently he never talked to Gulf Power about his (new) funding source! lol…Wasn’t that his big selling point? Fully Funded….

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:45:46 +0000

I don’t like the sound of their acronym. That’s a bad sign from the git-go.

By: Prentis Parrish

Prentis Parrish — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:03:02 +0000

Well another tax and spend politician, and he thinks he has a new and unique plan to rip the taxpayers off and pad the pockets of his cronies. We’ve been there and done that for years. He proposes taking economic developement away from the Chamber of Commerce and giving it to a nonprofit authority or independent economic developement authority. Am I living in outer space? I think the current Chamber of Commerce meets both of these criteria. When will the politicians quit insulting our intellegence with smoke and mirror politics and cute little acronyms??