Comments on: Tax Increases: Shopping, Gas, Renting Even Dying Costing More In Atmore

By: just curious

just curious — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:00:12 +0000

@Rob glad I’m not the only one hearing that on my scanner..
just curious when the Fireman had the Toy for Tots drive on the roof of Fred’s were was Atmore fire truck? I heard they wasn’t allowed to have it up there….

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:29:29 +0000

I agree with everyone except the City Leaders that are giving themselves a fat chunck of change in there Bank Acct.at the end of the year.. Atmore is a dead end street with nothing to offer but a Big Headache…I myself feel for the employees for The City of Atmore sounds like they are getting shafted every 5 min. by Howard Shell and the rest of the OLE TIMERS at city hall..Okay another Question?? Is POARCH Take’n over Atmore Fire District?? Seems like when I turn on my scanner and They have a house fire in Atmore,Poarch F>D> Is called before Atmore own FIREFIGHTERS make It to the trucks…IS it that Atmore dont TRUST their own?? Or is it because the Atmore Fire Chief has a son that is employeed with POARCH??This conduct should’nt be allowed by city officials.The solution for atmore is get rid of the”SHELL REGIME”..If the people dont stand up now ATMORE will be a retirement home before to much longer..

By: slow cooker

slow cooker — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:15:02 +0000

You are right firefly…..there was a guy who ran for commish who said he d fight for $$ for them roads but the insiders circled their wagons against him and told everyone to vote in a guy who was gonna go up there to brewton and get along……I listened to my preacher and voted for him thinking my preacher was right in that we needed to get along with them other commissioners…….biggggg mistake. I know both the guys who ran last time and I ain’t seen nothin done since the current guy got elected…..I wonder who will rjun for mayor council and commission next time

By: firefly

firefly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:11:00 +0000

Rivercane is a bust! Atmore needs to sell that land back to the indians and let them develop it. Maybe let the city invest in the development. Atmore is not the only problem. The county is another problem. Some of the roads are in horrible shape. Robinsonville road is rediculous. And where’s the money to fix the roads that were washed out in the flood over a ( year ) ago?

We need new minds with fresh ideas getting things done.

By: sista

sista — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:54:39 +0000

People of Atmore…..we had better wake up! We are the only ones who can do anything about all this mess that is happening. Taxes, drugs, shopping, etc. I for one am guilty of not doing my part. I want a change and I’m for wiping the slate clean and trying something new. One thing for sure,,,,what we have isn’t working. I have been waiting for all the revenue from Rivercane to start rolling in. What’s the old say….wait until hell freezes over. Well, I’d rather try holding my breath. Okay, maybe not. Our “system” is broken!

By: bmr

bmr — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:32:57 +0000

Lets boycott Atmore . We will be going to Brewton.

By: Horrific

Horrific — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:23:51 +0000

@humm
Your so right…. I had to chuckle.
Old lady just said in another post that ” they will come up with a library
in Molino cause Look what they have now”. I thought I would die when
she said that. I guess she hasn’t been anywhere else and she thinks
there is something here. LOL
We didn’t have anything when we grew up, but we hung out at the local
pizza parlor and never caused any trouble. Now days there is no shopping
(unless you call the dollar store shopping). LOL Let alone some place
for kids to go except all night parties where they do drugs, booze and plan robberie, or some womans house on 29, which sounds to me serves the same stuff and more.
These towns are DEAD and getting DEADER by the minute. It’s also
beginning to sound like too many are happy with having nothing or nadda
for the kids, or the adults.

By: Horrific

Horrific — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:15:38 +0000

Everyone in ALL the towns could learn a little about being curteious to
the customers. They talk to each other or a girl will be talking to some
man and playing with their hair and you can’t even get directions.
Young kids today don’t know the meaning of the word courtesy or
listening let alone that the customer is always right. Too many are
rude and obnoxious and I am always polite to them.
I shop at the 9 mile publixs because of the great food, clean stores,
AND they are almost always polite. It’s very refreshing.
The prices are terrible. lol Then again what is good clean food
and polite service worth.

By: hmm....

hmm.... — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:16:16 +0000

Let’s face it…new people need to be running this town…clean house folks! Without fresh faces and fresh ideas you will never see change. The people you have running the town are all talk and no action. Stop wasting money on projects that go no where. Just because ideas look good on paper doesn’t mean they are going to look good in real life. Example: RIVERCANE!! Come up with ideas that actually work and benefit the people.

Atmore is a go no where place. I grew up in Atmore and there is no way in heck I would ever consider moving back to Atmore. When I left there was nothing and now 10 years later, there is still nothing…it has actually gotten worse. The sign coming into Atmore says, “Old Friends and New Beginnings”. It should really say “Old Friends and Dead Ends”. Such a sad situation!

By: bgr

bgr — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:09:46 +0000

Hey “aroundtown”: Just ask any of the police officers in Atmore…the nickname for our fine city is “Little Pritchard”!