Comments on: Bell Email: Consolidation Committee Dumping Records On County

By: county citizen

county citizen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:56:50 +0000

Does Judge Bell, Greg Evers, work for Escambia County CITIZENS??
I understand that Escambia County CITIZENS has voted “”"NO”"” concerning the Consolidation several times.
WHY is it “”"SO IMPORTANT”"” to Mr. Bell and Mr. Evers for Escambia County to be Consolidated???

By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:31:37 +0000

Consolidated government would be no better than this committe. It cost all taxpayers money for something only the special interests are pushing. Hopefully we can go a couple more years without hearing this mess again.

By: Time for change

Time for change — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:28:53 +0000

Good for the Judge. It’s time for a change in Escambia County Government. Consolidation IS the answer. The commission knows it’s the answer. That why they don’t want it to come to a vote. They would all be voted out!!!

By: anydaynow

anydaynow — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:23:50 +0000

How do you get so far along with the mission of a committee such as this without having those services in place??

By: SW

SW — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:31:39 +0000

Looks to me like the good Judge could have better kept organization of the documents as to minimize the confusion. If the county wasn’t required or obligated to provide the assistance to the group, then fine. It’d be a different story if the county was supposed to and didn’t.

I appears from the ’sound’ of the e-mail they just decided if the county wasn’t going to help, they’d just box it up and drop it off when they were done.

Sorry. Sounds a bit like spite, to me.

By: southernlady

southernlady — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:23:05 +0000

SW, I don’t know. But if they didn’t have any clerical help, and the statute says the records are the property of BOCC and must be returned to BOCC when the commission is dissolved, what is the commission supposed to do?

By: SW

SW — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:11:41 +0000

Was the BOCC required or obligated to provide such a service?

By: southernlady

southernlady — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:43:33 +0000

Cheryl, the way I’m reading it is that BOCC refused to provide any clerical assistance to the commission.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:14:03 +0000

Southernlady,
I think what this creates is a logistical paperwork nightmare for the County. It’s an un-indexed pile of papers and every time someone asks for a record search, County staff has to find it in the pile. It could be construed as a “Back Atcha” from Mr. Bell and his posse for not getting clerical help from the County in the first place. Just shows how spiteful the Big Boys (and Girls) can get and enjoy throwing their political weight around. My question is: How come the City didn’t inherit this task?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:47:24 +0000

Somebody give Judge Bell a cookie and some milk! That normally works for that age group.

Maybe he’ll shut up and go home!