http://www.northescambia.com/2015/11/escambia-county-seeks-mass-transit-advisory-committee-members Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2015/11/escambia-county-seeks-mass-transit-advisory-committee-members/comment-page-1#comment-311635 willis Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:07:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=235269#comment-311635 @john, M and Jane, Story says they are looking for volunteers. Stop just fussing and go make a difference. @john, M and Jane,
Story says they are looking for volunteers.
Stop just fussing and go make a difference.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2015/11/escambia-county-seeks-mass-transit-advisory-committee-members/comment-page-1#comment-311628 Jane Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:14:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=235269#comment-311628 Stop increasing gas tax and let the riders pay their own way. I have never even seen an ECAT bus in the north end of Escambia County! Stop increasing gas tax and let the riders pay their own way. I have never even seen an ECAT bus in the north end of Escambia County!

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2015/11/escambia-county-seeks-mass-transit-advisory-committee-members/comment-page-1#comment-311602 M in Bratt Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:07:59 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=235269#comment-311602 Sounds like the BCC established yet another layer of beaurocrats to distance themselves from the voters and the issues. I can advise them on ECAT. If it can't at least break even, shut it down. I resent paying more in gas tax each time I fill up than most riders pay for a one way ticket on the ECAT. Sounds like the BCC established yet another layer of beaurocrats to distance themselves from the voters and the issues. I can advise them on ECAT. If it can’t at least break even, shut it down. I resent paying more in gas tax each time I fill up than most riders pay for a one way ticket on the ECAT.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2015/11/escambia-county-seeks-mass-transit-advisory-committee-members/comment-page-1#comment-311598 john Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:53:40 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=235269#comment-311598 How about not raising gas tax to fund this? Ask the people that pay for it what they want. Not what the politicians want. Quit subsidizing. If the trans system can't afford itself, why should we pay for it? Self sustaining is what it needs to be. Then you have the nerve to ask for volunteers to weigh in on your bullet points? How about not raising gas tax to fund this? Ask the people that pay for it what they want.
Not what the politicians want. Quit subsidizing. If the trans system can’t afford itself, why should we pay for it? Self sustaining is what it needs to be.
Then you have the nerve to ask for volunteers to weigh in on your bullet points?

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