Comments on: Commissioner Wilson Robertson Blasts Media, PNJ At His Swearing In

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:39:21 +0000

The good ole boy system is still alive and well in Escambia County. The word “Republican” is not a good enough reason for me to vote for these fellows. Most of them were Dixiecrats not long ago. I do not believe that they are liberals either. Just opportunists in a political arena.

By: Cagey

Cagey — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:19:05 +0000

AMEN Soggybob!

By: The Patriot

The Patriot — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:47:31 +0000

Mr Robertson, It sounds like it is time to put your big boy pants on. You have elected to serve the people of your district and Escambia County so DEAL WITH IT.

By: Never happy

Never happy — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:24:29 +0000

This county will never be happy with their elected officials no matter who they are, and the funniest thing is, is they are ELECTED.
The people is this county need to learn to take responsibility for their own lives and their own community and stop blaming our elected officials for everything. Get over yourselves.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:55:20 +0000

I find it incredibly ironic that PNJ and INWeekly both endorsed Wilson Robertson for re-election!! HaHaHA! You get what you asked for! These clowns are going to run our town into the ground!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:44:21 +0000

This was not the venue for Robertson to be ranting. He really was inappropriate to hog all the time and attention from the new commissioners. And I guess his quote about “quoting someone didn’t have to be true” was appropriate because, according to the PNJ, it never happened. Lol Classic

I don’t remember anyone bringing up Touart’s family except for Touart himself, bragging about his family being here for generations (and of course, Comm. Robertson emphasizing that again.)

Criticizing George Touart as the awful administrator that he was is not “dragging his family through the mud.” Touart should have thought about his family name when he did some of these things. He lied about the catfish pond, he was taped making a deal for his retirement, and a lot of other things. Is everyone supposed to ignore these things because of ‘who he is’ in the community? I hate that mentality.

Explain to the public why on earth hiring Touart was a good thing. Even if you believed that he was perfectly innocent (hard to do), you had to know it would breed an air of distrust. If you guys know something that the public doesn’t, why not tell us. His health and his need of retirement and insurance benefits was not enough. There are a lot of citizens in need of that.

There must be more to it.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:17:34 +0000

Being that much of the staff at PNJ has changed, I’m not sure Wilson Robinson has a point.
I think it is important for journalist to do their jobs and they shouldn’t feel threatened about doing their jobs.

Robinson has probably inadvertently motivated someone with a magnifying glass that they are going to keep focused on him. Just sayin’.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:42:46 +0000

Wilson’s usually a good fellow, so we can assume something had him upset.

Or perhaps he was trying to help the Pensacola News Journal sell papers by lambasting them.

By: Friction against the machine

Friction against the machine — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:55 +0000

Sounds as If this commissioner doesn’t want a free press criticizing his actions. He should run in the Atmore area were objective journalism is only found in the academic textbooks of college.

By: Hammer

Hammer — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:03:31 +0000

explain why you voted for the gas tax ?the people in the north get no use out of the bus system so why should we have to pay