Comments on: ECAT: Dump The Pump Today And Try Public Transporation

By: john

john — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:32:46 +0000

One thing that wasn’t mentioned is your chances of being assaulted or robbed are probably greater, look at what happened on that bus in India recently when that women was raped by four or five men and they killed her. If that can happen in a bus in India it can happen in good Ole’ Escambia County Florida.

No Thanks!!! ECAT you can’t convince me, and yes after the 4 cent gas tax I purchased a more fuel efficient vehicle and so you are getting less of my hard earned money.

Bunch of crooks…

By: Freda Whaley

Freda Whaley — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:37:56 +0000

Little hard to ride the bus when it doesn’t come anywhere near where you live or go where you need to go.

By: Not a hitch hiker

Not a hitch hiker — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:04:35 +0000

Ever see a ECAT bus with more that six riders? This city isn’t big enough. Wonder why they screen out the windows? Hint: So tax payers can’t see in. All for helping the less fortunate…but have just about had it with the redistribution of $. I rode a bike to work. The elderly cannot navigate the steps of a bus. Vote the CC out…this issue is similar to what the DOT did to the Scenic Hwy/I-10 interchange…Grooooover just assumed all was good. “I was unaware that all the trees would be eliminated”…it’s because the voters don’t hold these cats accountable. starts at the local level and drains uphill…drain the swamp…

By: Mark at

Mark at — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:15:40 +0000

ECAT. Is for those without transportation , the elderly and or the poor..I don’t mind paying a little more in taxes because I’ve been Blessed so far not to need to ride a bus.. Just glad it’s there for those who need it !!

By: NOT

NOT — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:10:39 +0000

I do not make a monthly payment on a car to ride ECAT!!!

By: Gedunk

Gedunk — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:26:55 +0000

How about we” DUMP THE COMMISSIONERS AND SAVE AT THE PUMP”?

ECAT is useless for almost everyone living north of I-10, yet we get taxed to pay for this “service” we just didn’t want and can’t really use.

By: Just me

Just me — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:59:43 +0000

Well Tonya, if it means “More dollars in the pockets of riders..”, then raise the price of THEIR ride and stop taxing the rest of us more for gas. It’s also a matter of independence. When I’m ready to go, I’m ready to go…….NOT…..’When I’m ready to go, I wait until you’re ready.

By: William 2

William 2 — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:36:16 +0000

If you don’t mind turning a 5 minuet drive into a +2hr ordeal ECAT is the way to go.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:37:26 +0000

The gas tax for ecat that we didn’t get to vote on is paying for the bus system. Those who ride the bus don’t pay the tax. The system does not serve most of the county and doesn’t go near my home.

By: Delores

Delores — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:24:11 +0000

What is the point of dumping the pump and trying to ride ECAT when it takes you an hour or more just to reach your destination that would only take 15 minutes by car? Riding the bus is not practical time-wise. And standing out in the hot sun waiting for a bus is surely not enjoyable either. Sorry to be a negative nancy, but I have hear horror stories about trying to get around town on the bus.