Comments on: Escambia Cuts Plan For Utility Bill Increase

By: Norah

Norah — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:01:09 +0000

Don’t forget Valentino or Robinson. They are the big spenders and want the unincorporated areas to pay for it. Valentino is for the rich and Robinson was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Neither one of them should be a county commissioner.

By: taxpayer

taxpayer — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:19:29 +0000

i hope they get that nucular plant up and going in mcdavid as soon as possible.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:36:14 +0000

Mr Valentino seems to believe increasing the cost of doing business in Escambia County will increase the new businesses here. Will someone please explain to him that the other counties/states that have new businesses have them because they DECREASED the cost of doing business there? Second, this would have hurt people on fixed incomes. It doesn’t take an economic degree to figure this out!

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:19:05 +0000

The people of Escambia county might have supported the increase if they knew that it would actually be used for economic development.

Hint to our elected leaders: Economic Development DOES NOT mean more minimum wage jobs. The lousy pay for most jobs in this county is the reason that we can’t afford an increase in the franchise fee. Such simple reasoning seems to be beyond the abilities of our entrenched special interests and our elected officials who represent those interests instead of the interests of the people.

Of course, an outside company that paid well would work to sweep aside the good old boys the first time that the special interests tried to shake down the outside company, and we can’t have that, so we can count on NO true economic development. Thus, the increased franchise fee would have been a waste as far as true economic development is concerned.

By: JAG

JAG — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:05:37 +0000

Our county commissioners need to look for ways to save money by cutting costs instead of looking to increase revenue on the backs of hard working families. When families have a certain amount of money to make ends meet, they continually look for ways to stretch those funds.

By: Sane American

Sane American — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:19:24 +0000

Had this proposal passed, it would only have affected the unincorporated areas of the county. Robinson and Valentino do not represent unincorporated districts. So it’s really no surprise that they voted for it. At least the commissioners that do represent unincorporated areas voted it down with a little help from a 3rd. I’m actually shocked this failed to be honest. Glad, but still shocked.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:12:50 +0000

We have been paying this franchise fee on our electric bill for many years now. Does anyone know what it’s actually used for and if it is legal? I mean my residence is not a franchise.

By: Amazing

Amazing — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:01:55 +0000

Mr White you surprise me, since you voted to bring it up. Like i.m. broke said remember the others come election day and watch what some will try to do over the next few years to feed their agenda.

By: I. M. Broke

I. M. Broke — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:28:19 +0000

While we did manage to dodge THIS bullet, don’t think they won’t try to fund this “Economic Development” slush fund some other way.

We need to remember Robinson and Valentino when we vote.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:55:14 +0000

Dodged a bullet on this one! Thanks to the ones who voted against this!!