Comments on: Escambia County Won’t Impose Additional Regulations On Chickens

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:02:28 +0000

REGARDING:
“Please attend the townhall meeting at Molino Community complex on Feb. 25 @ 5:30pm, and ask Mr. Barry why we are wasting tax dollars on this chicken thing?! Another example of Pensacola wasting county tax dollars!”

Unless I missed something, the county isn’t spending any money on it because they opted out of passing such an ordinance. Further, the city of Pensacola isn’t spending county dollars, they are spending city dollars.

David for distinctions
and guinea fowl

By: West End Girl

West End Girl — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:46:38 +0000

They *want* you to believe that it is a waste of tax dollars to make it go away! Counties all over Florida and the U.S. are allowing chickens in residential areas and it isn’t causing any governments to go broke!

The commissioners don’t care about chickens so they are presenting inflated numbers to make it look like they are fiscally responsible by rejecting changes to the ordinance. If it’s something *they* want, like more money for the ECAT, they don’t have a problem with running up taxes to pay for it!!

And no one wants to take chickens or roosters away from people in rural areas! Did you realize that you already are required to own 1.5-2 acres even in rural areas to own chickens? If anyone complains about them for any reason, you have to get rid of them. Case closed, end of story. I wish the same was true of my neighbor’s pit bulls who bark day and night. They claim they can’t do anything about that!

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:58:24 +0000

Please attend the townhall meeting at Molino Community complex on Feb. 25 @ 5:30pm, and ask Mr. Barry why we are wasting tax dollars on this chicken thing?! Another example of Pensacola wasting county tax dollars!

By: Charley

Charley — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:09:00 +0000

Hey to all that don’t like banties/Chickens. Never heard of a chicken having to have rabbie shots. I have dogs all around me and even coming in my yard crapping in my yard. Don’t hear any complaints about that. I give bantum eggs to my neighbors and they love them. Much better tasting with more vitamins then what you buy. Its America guys, please leave our feathered friends alone. Thanks

By: David Lamb

David Lamb — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:02:51 +0000

Wasnt there a commissioner recently. Banty rooster was his name. no wonder they want to ban roosters! Couldnt resist the pun.
My experience with most of the commissioners have been positive. Glad that common sense prevailed.

By: oh my!!!!!!!

oh my!!!!!!! — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:01:02 +0000

OH!!!!!! MY!!!!!!!!! THE CHICKENS ARE ATTACKING ALL THE NEIGHBORS IN THE COUNTY!!!!!! WE ARE BEING OVERRUN WITH VIOLENT CHICKENS!!!!!!! THEY ARE EVIDENTLY FALLING OUT OF THE SKY AND ATTACKING ALL THE PEOPLE!!!!!! This county has become like the rest of our country. One little incident in which the right persons squeal and complain like little kids then the rest of us are required to give up more rights to the crybabies!!!!!!!!!

By: Nan Johnson

Nan Johnson — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:16:30 +0000

chickens chickens chickens, surely there are much more important issues to handle in our county, spending our hard earned cash on people that worry about chickens is hardly in the best interst of our county,…. What ever became of the right to “use” our own property? If your livestock and pets are not hindering your neighbors, then what the heck is the problem? There are many many more important issues to contend with in this county, to say the least

By: Gregory Dean Webb Sr

Gregory Dean Webb Sr — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:30:10 +0000

To comment on who we put in office in Escambia County Comissioners,wel I’am in 1st district and I voted for somebody different but my vote was not good enough because the incumbent still got re-elected. GO figure!!I live in Beulah too,and we had to get rid of the chicken’s we had because of a Jerk that lives behind us,did nothing but cuss at us, yell at us and called Code Enforcement out several times and we were threatened with a 1000.00 fine if we did not get rid of the chicken’s All the trouble we have had in this county it makes me wonder how any thing gets down. Well I guess it dosen’t because this County is screwed up. We have a bunch of good ole boys in the county. I wonder if there is corruption in the County????HMMM.

By: Loulou

Loulou — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:31:20 +0000

Reading some of these comments just makes me laugh and shake my head.

@huh, why exactly is it common sense to not allow chickens? Because they are loud? This is funny. Chickens are not loud…There are 5 dogs on our block (including 2 of ours) that make more noise than our chickens. Neighborhood cat fights make more noise than our chickens. Cars driving by on our street make more noise than our chickens. Noise is not a common sense reason to ban chickens. You might be thinking about roosters…chickens do not cock-a-doodle-doo….roosters do.

@BentStraight…this really made me laugh! Passing a chicken ordinance is not a liberal/conservative issue. You stated, “the current liberal mindset is: as long as the chicken is not “fried” they don’t pose a hazard”. What does this even mean? Are you saying liberals are more concerned about health? Are you saying un-fried chickens are hazardous? I don’t even know why I am replying to this.

The thing that concerns me the most, is the projected cost to enforce the code. $300,000-$400,000. What? Why would you need 3 more people and 3 more vehicles? I don’t understand this. Chickens are not dangerous…you can actually pick one up, stick it in a dog crate and put it in the back of a pickup truck or mini-van.
It would be interesting to find out how many calls have been made in the city over the years. I have chickens in the city, I know MANY people who have chickens. Can’t really think of too many problems that have come up in the past 8 years that we have had them. I don’t know…maybe I am missing something…maybe that figure is correct, I am leery though.

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:30:30 +0000

Do you *really* think that it will cost nearly a half million dollars to change the ordinance to loosen chicken regulations? How on Earth are they managing it in the City of Pensacola where chickens are legal in residential areas?? Animal control just doesn’t want to deal with the slightest possibility of an increased workload so they are presenting greatly bloated numbers to make sure any changes are shut down!