There is a clear divide bewteen city and county governments and that divide is the city limits. There are many clear differences bewteen the two……. city has a mayor with a city council….county has a county administrator with a commission. city residents pays an estimated $300 a year in fire protection, where the county residents pays $85 a year for fire protection.

The county has alot more area that it governs, where as the city just a small amount of the county.

We also have federal government in escambia county with the same duplication of resources, but do you really think you are going to get county, city, and federal governments to combine and provide the same service more efficiently… If you do, please tell me how you plan to do that

And districtizing a bigger area makes it more manageable, did you know in the fire department… Span of control is used saying that 1 fire officer can manage between 3-7 firefighters, 5 would be the optimum number… once you get to 8 firefighters than a second fire officer is needed…… Same concept…… smaller areas are easier to manage than one larger area, plus different areas has different concerns

Read what was written again. We have duplication of services. The county, as is the city is so gerrymandered that it is difficult to know who is in what jurisdiction.

For the record, I live in the county. Yet, when one looks at a city/county situation such as Duval/Jacksonville where if you’re in the city, your in the county and visa versa. Power struggles…sure, yet there is a definitive governmental structure that is responsible to all citizens, not just those in a district. Districts divide the community on a number of basis and issues, do you see?

My suggestions were a voice in the wilderness so to speak when it comes to consolidation of services or trying to improve the area where we live and call home.

There will always be blocks of concrete placed in the way in the attempt to improve the various services we, as citizens, pay our taxes to support.

Maybe proposals from you as to how to make a better place to live called Escambia County/Pensacola could be forthcoming.

Inquiring minds like to know what others think and how they may solve problems.

We have 1 fire department, its called Escambia County Fire Rescue
We have 1 police department, its called Escambia County Sheriffs Office

I think you have the wrong idea about government consolidation…. A consolidation in this area would only be utilized to combine the governments of Escambia County and the City of Pensacola, which will never happen… The city is not giving up anything. Heck the city doesnt even want to do mutual aid fire protection between the two jurisdictions

You named ECUA, ESP, ECSD, but the thing with those agencies, there is not two seperate governments that have those same services….. we dont have a county school district and a city school district, nor seperate gas companies or sewer companies

If you live in Century, Perdido Key, West Pensacola, Ferry Pass or the beach the consolidation would bring better services to ALL.

One law enforcement agency, one fire department etc., etc. Think better for less!

Most of the county already has services rendered by ECUA, ESP, certainly the ECSB as well as ambulance service.

Cost: Duplication of services always increase costs in business or government.

While we are at it, have a unified commission, no districts. If you have a problem call Bubba or Hortense as your representative…because these commissioners are responsible to all the people in the county, not their little dedicated district.

This is falling on blind eyes and deaf ears, yet until the people (all of them) of Escambia Co. realize there is a better way to do things that have been done since dirt was made…all you’ll be getting is the same old song and dance by the power structure and bureaucrats that may have to take the hind teat, so to speak!

Bottom line as in buying a product…you get what you pay for.

Some were along the way we as fellow humans have lost our way and think money fixes all. There was nothing wrong with the system just some one wanted to change it all up now look what has happen? throwing money will not fix everything you have to have love an care in your heart for your fellow man.