Comments on: New Florida Budget Means $378 For Every Escambia Resident

By: payingattention

payingattention — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:04:20 +0000

this money did not just pop up from no where. You can believe it is money that was just recently cut from some needed project or fund like ARC or medication help for our elderly. Put this money back in it’s original place and use it as it was intended to be used in the frist place, not some smoke screen to make the govener look better at relection time.

By: wrj

wrj — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:13 +0000

To TaxPayer–

Well said. All I can say is “Ditto”

By: Robb D. Blind

Robb D. Blind — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:50:12 +0000

Just more: Smoke and Mirrors

By: SW

SW — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:04:29 +0000

So the state has enough money that it can give some back?

Would this money have been just as well left in the counties from whence it came?

Isn’t this a form of redistribution?

By: State Employee

State Employee — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:46:40 +0000

Well, isn’t this interesting?! Our Governor is a ’slick ole boy’. He’s closing prisons across the state, putting hundreds of people out of work, but he’s found all this money to “give” to the counties……

I really hope the people of this state are paying attention. BEFORE you vote, PLEASE do your homework. There are so many citizens that don’t have a clue about what is going on across the state….the things “our fine Gov’nor ” is doing.

Hopefully, those of us in the north end of the state will still have jobs when it’s election time. I wonder what he’ll decide to do with the inmates when we don’t have anywhere to put them….since he’s closing institutions….putting folks out of work during bad economics times…… Awe, he’ll probably let them out for good behavior, or something like that.

By: tax payer

tax payer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:39:02 +0000

$378.96 per resident. Can I have mine now? I need to put gas in my truck and this should about cover it.

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:33:00 +0000

Ok, you have got to be kidding me! We owe the state for something like 6.2 million dollars for Medicaid bills and the county is running around like chickens with their head cut off trying to figure out where in the world they are going to get the money. Now our brilliant gov. signed a bill that will give Escambia county over 112 million dollars for the number of residents in our county. Am I the only one that thinks this is ridiculous and our state governments elevators don’t stop at all of the floors? What is wrong with these people?

By: barrineau

barrineau — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:15:32 +0000

So in simple folk talk , what does this mean to little ole me? How will these funds be used?