Comments on: Escambia County’s Gas Tax Jumps Four Cents For ECAT

By: BIG JOHN

BIG JOHN — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 03:24:54 +0000

well each time you ask the commissioner about something, like the gas tax for e-cats or any thing. they just say it the law . but when you ask what law? they don’t know! I have look at all the Florida law on line and still haven’t found any such law. yes we need to vote all the commissioners out! and that district 5 too !!!!!. all are liars. ,liars . liars pants on fine ! o yes if e-cats can’t pay for it self, it time for it to go !!!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:17:13 +0000

Never again. Got caught in Pensacola yesterday needing fuel. I simply bought 3 gallons. Enough to get me back across the Alabama line.

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:20:37 +0000

Maybe we can start letting the riders of ECAT pay with their EBT cards, they are able to use them for almost everything else

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:16:41 +0000

Instead of complaining, somebody needs to start a petition drive to put this issue on the next ballot. The act of a petition drive would shake up the Ivory Tower Commisioners. We shouldn’t have to support local welfare programs like ECAT, let the users of this service pay for it. Commisioners need to wake up and realize that they can’t print money like the federal gov. does. Every time I fuel up, and have to pay an extra $2.00 for the pleasure of living in Escambia County, it will remind me to remember in November.

By: dummy

dummy — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:59:02 +0000

Looks like I will be gettin all my gas in flomaton

By: dan

dan — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:51:00 +0000

doggone liberals, they will do anything to keep their base voters. take from those who will and give it to those who won’t.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:04:14 +0000

Joe B,
This county does not have the “recall” process.
If Escambia had a charter government, then the recall option would exist.
But the possibility of changing to a charter government has been discussed for two decades. And shot down by our overlords twice in the past ten years.
The overlords do not want us peon’s to have the ability to force a recall election upon them.
They also know that the voters soon forget votes on stuff like this and then elect or re-elect whatever candidate has the most signs posted.
Sad but true.

By: Joe Bagofdoughnuts

Joe Bagofdoughnuts — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:10:39 +0000

Since no one else is talking about it, I will.

What we need is a RECALL for our “County Commissioners”.

Bell-aching and threatening to buy gas somewhere else will do nothing, and will be long forgotten / covered up by the time the next election rolls around.

A recall election will do more to get their attention than any thing else we could do.

It will also give them pause to reflect next time they think about pulling this kind of stunt on us again.

If we put up with this nonsense, we deserve what ever they want to do to us.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:01:17 +0000

As a reminder……………….
This 4 cents per gallon is suppose to now fund ECAT via those that buy gasoline (not diesel) in Escambia county.
It is suppose to replace the property taxes that funded ECAT.
Yea, yea, we all know our PT’s will not go down. The overlords will tell us that the PT increase needed is now less due to this gas tax.
Thus property owners no longer pay for ECAT, gas guzzlers do now.
And not just Escambia county gas guzzlers.

By: wm

wm — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:54:07 +0000

Crap like this is one of the reasons I left the Pensacola area for Alaska. Where I live now — we don’t have sales tax at all…on anything…and I will get a check each year as a state resident from the oil profits (permanent fund disbursement).

Granted, our politicians can be just as crappy here ( Mark Begich ). I say that any incumbent — in ANY office — serving more than a second term in office should be VOTED OUT!

Career politicians were NEVER the intention of our Founding Fathers… Businessmen, ranchers, farmers, craftsmen, and the common man were to serve in office FOR A TIME and then return to their professions — not make politics a career and lifestyle!