Comments on: Vote 2016: Q&A With District 5 Commission Candidates

By: Dudley Herrington

Dudley Herrington — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:18:30 +0000

Fellow Voters and Friends,
If you were raised in this Escambia County Florida, and paid attention to Dirt Road
Commissioners in the past , Then you would Understand that “WE” finally have a
Commissioner who was raised in Escambia County and has done an Excellent Job
for “US”.
We will not find such a Genuine Gentleman to Represent “US” as Brother Steven
Barry has !!!!!!!
I will TRY to HELP him be RE-Elected with all my Means.
Thanks for Voting, a Privilege we may not have again, if America elects another democrat .

By: M. Whitman

M. Whitman — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:43:05 +0000

What a contrast in personalities. Barry a well spoken educated stock broker and Smillie a retired county employee with a common mans outlook.

The first job of my elected representative is to promptly respond to my concerns, its basic customer service. I may not like what I hear but at least get back to me in a day.

While I don’t know Mr. Smillie, I can say that from my personal experience with Mr. Barry is that he is very slow to respond. He does not do email and does not return calls promptly, I hope he does not treat his clients the same way.

I also question Mr. Barrys possible conflict of interest in doing the counties business and being a financial advisor, has he ever recused himself in a decision regarding the county when he may also be managing the money one of his clients involved in a county deal?

I regards to the county land swap of OLF-8 which Barry favored “I am, and have been, very supportive of the project”. While I too think it’s a good idea, we were taken to the cleaners on the deal, we paid more than market value for the Santa Rosa property and the cost and requirements put on us but the Feds could have been negotiated better but the BOCC wanted the deal no matter the cost.

Its real simple, return a phone call promptly and be very careful how you spend my money.

By: Ruby Wells

Ruby Wells — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:57:51 +0000

It concerns me that for years and years we have discussed the fact that the majority of the roads in ESC CTY that need paving or repair, is located in District 5….however the majority of the roads that is getting repaired is located in the South end of the county. I deeded property over to the county 10 years ago for Mack Rd to be paved, and as of yesterday – nothing has happened. Seven homes on about 1/2 acre. Three days ago I drove from Hwy 97 in Davisville thru the farm country and found a road paved for almost 2 miles and not one house was located on that road. Then they moved the equipment completely out of the Northend of the County….so I suppose I will be waiting another 10 years. I will vote for anyone who can meet the needs of our great community.

By: Danny Smillie

Danny Smillie — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:12:02 +0000

This picture was taken from my Facebook. This is my attire when I am out campaigning door to door. I do dress for the job when making a political presentation. It is a shame that people still judge you by the way you look!

By: Hmm

Hmm — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:41:05 +0000

Dress for the job you want…I knew this was important but seeing the 2 profile pictures above really drove the truth home.

Smilie doesn’t appear to be knowledgeable enough to hold this position. His answers reminds me of a school test when you answer quickly to move on to the next question to get it over with. It’s like there’s no real thought behind them. This would make me nervous voting for him to represent my district.

I don’t know what party they are affiliated with nor do I care but you would think they would want to represent their party well.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 05:04:09 +0000

? 4 both u guys: how do u plan on keeping those syrians outta the area esp after hilly gets elected & opens the floodgates?

By: js

js — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:12:36 +0000

Wrote s. barry an email last year sometime. Never heard back.
And according to his fluffed up answers and non answers,
he IS the right man for the job, eh? More like, lack of options. What a pair of tools.

By: Melodies4us

Melodies4us — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 03:05:10 +0000

Com. Barry has done a great job. Now that he is sure footed, only good things can happen. Thank mr. Barry.

By: John3233

John3233 — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 02:25:26 +0000

It seems to me that Mr.Barry is the speaker for the north end that the downtown commissioners have longed for. In fact, he could be called th “invisible man” for the 75 percent of Escamia county that I’d District 5. The number one issue of all other commissioners is tolls and Pentax from the beach. Development of and attracting anything but T Shirt shops and minimum wage jobs is totally OFF their radar. You periodically hear them talking about some potential good industry coming, BUT can you name ONE that actually came here? The invisible man has four hands up the back of his shirt pulling strings to make his mouth work. Change horses and see if Danny can get something going…or show how little help District 5 really gets from downtown.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 22:54:46 +0000

@jeeperman
@M in Brattn

Make a lot of sense to me. How do you encourage local county government to reorganize at such a wide sweeping way of managing its (our) finances?
– a fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers is not only expected but what they swear to do–

FIDUCIARY – big word…..