Comments on: Gulf Power: Not ‘Grabbing Up Land’, But Providing For The Future With North Escambia Facility

By: jones

jones — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:53:04 +0000

The “representative” for gulf power is named Mr. Schofield. He says a alot of things. He said he was an independent baptist but believes in evolution, go figure… He told us that the offer gulf power gave us was basically all they would pay because they didn’t really need our property, that it was on the edge of their boundry. I thank the good LORD that they are buying me out, I won’t have to wake up and look outside my backdoor and instead of seeing the sunrise I would see the nuclear reactor stacks… THANK YOU LORD!

By: Jason Comalander

Jason Comalander — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:53:28 +0000

Gulf Power is grabbing up land. They have sent their representative to various land owners to encourage them to sell. The representative told my dad that if he didn’t sell now, that he would get ‘nothing’ for his property with the eminant domain threat. He has stated that there was something special about the bedrock in the area that was needed for the construction of the plant. He has stated that there was something special about the creek there. I wish my dad had recorded the conversation. I am sure the representative will deny these allegations, but I believe my Dad and the manager of the campground as well as my Uncle. They plan on evicting the entire community there. My family has deep roots there. My great grandfather cleared the land where the RLDS campgrounds lake sits, and has sat since 1968. The campground is a very special place that is host to special needs kids, the red cross and many local churches such as Olive Baptist. This is a tragedy. They should buy the paper company land that is for sell, or set up on the Escambia River. They should not evict the community they pretend to represent. Make no mistake; gulf power serves gulf power’s interest and no other.

By: Paul Finkelstein

Paul Finkelstein — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:58:51 +0000

Thank you for pointing out Pensacola News Journal’s past and present role in discouraging businesses from investing in this county’s future. PNJ needs to realize the first place those interested in investing and relocating businesses to Escambia County, Florida is what the news and newspaper has to offer. Frankly, not much, its unfortunate PNJ reflects a backwater mentality and superficial newspaper content and this will only perpetuate the challenge to attract businesses that participate on a national and global level, am I wrong?

By: LULU

LULU — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:30:25 +0000

PNJ is exactly a “quality” publication.