Comments on: Airbus Announces Plant In Mobile With 1,000 New Jobs

By: dad

dad — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:36:01 +0000

I don’t blame South Florida for our area not having good jobs. I blame our own elected officials. It has been this way as long as I can remember. We need to take responsibility for ourselves and change it not blame someone else.

This area has always been Republican. So if Republicans mean jobs where are they?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:30:56 +0000

@bryan ” What is good for Pensacola is economicaly good for North Escambia”
What have you been drinking? What you have in North Escambia is a completely different kind of people. Most will agree we are not represented fairly by the politicians that we elect,we are treated like redheaded stepchildren,and we are not adept to having problems shoved down or throats. Call us not appreciative if you like,but trust me we will all stand together if the need arises.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:27:29 +0000

To Bryan Bethea: Republican means jobs…Democrat means handouts.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:47:08 +0000

Well Well Sen Patty Murray, we shall soon see if people in the cow pastures of the southern United States have enough sense to assemble an aircraft. You are not dominate because you are from the Pacific Northwest. I do hope some one has e mailed her this script.

By: Bryan Bethea

Bryan Bethea — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:13:27 +0000

I’m sorry CW, but the rest of Florida is home to lots of industry other than tourism. The Aerospace industry thrives between Daytona Beach and Melbourne, and Fort Lauderdale has a booming medical research industry for example. The state of Florida has been controlled by Republicans for more than 10 years. The same old “regulations” song and dance just isn’t true.

By: CW

CW — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:19:33 +0000

Unfortunately Florida has way too many rules and regulations to attract any jobs other than tourism. You can thank the south end of the state for that.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:07:10 +0000

Hopefully 1000 good paying jobs will provide a boost to the local economy and fuel the creation of several thousand more in the area of Mobile and neighboring counties.

I hope more contracts follow for many years to come. Good luck applicants.

By: dad

dad — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:16:09 +0000

The powers that be here in Escambia County Florida don’t want industry. They only want low paying tourism jobs so that is what we have. Congratulations to Mobile. Maybe some crumbs from their industry will trickle over this way in spite of it all.

By: Bryan Bethea

Bryan Bethea — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:40:01 +0000

Mobile didn’t win this Airbus expansion by being afraid to invest public money in building up the city, including the beautiful new convention center downtown. For far too long residents in Escambia County have turned up their noses at ‘progress’. The same can be said of north end residents who scoff at the mere mention of development ‘down south’. What’s good for Pensacola economically is good in direct proportion to northern Escambia county. Mobile has the transportation links (I-65, I-10) and support to spend public money going after positive progress and development. Remember the idea of extending I-110 northward to meet up with I-65? Why hasn’t that been done yet, even if it’s built as a toll road? Pensacola’s recent downtown renaissance is a positive development but it has a long way to go before it’s in the same class as Mobile in terms of its ability to attract and support real industry.

By: Atmore G

Atmore G — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:10:59 +0000

I hope some of our local businesses such as masland, alto etc can get some contracts from this.. This is really great for our area at a time when we really need it..