Comments on: Escambia County Alabama Sales Tax Increases

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:11:23 +0000

Better yet I have a way you can increase the revenue! Try patrolling the roads a little better and handing out tickets for the people throwing trash out the window and dumping dead animals out and maybe take a little of that money to clean it up! I want to see improvements also but I pay just like everyone else and feel that all residents should see the benefits. We shouldn’t have to drive down the road and hold our breath! Is Brewton so big that we just don’t have workers that can get to this but once a year

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:59:20 +0000

Don’t worry about getting a revenue increase from my pocket! I’ll go across the line and spend my money! Every time I drive down my road it makes me sick! I think at this point the ditch is a better option. I guess it’s kinds of like it was in school. You have to have the “name” to get somewhere r have something done. Makes me sick!

By: Master Mechanic

Master Mechanic — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:06:34 +0000

Atmore certainly doesn’t know / or care how to manage ……they have a garbage truck sitting in the weeds at the recycling point…..the transmission is bad in it.Cost for repairs approx. $ 10,000.00…….they go out & buy a new garbage truck ,probably around $250,000.00 – $300,000.00 ?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:54:22 +0000

Just drive a few miles to Florida, we won’t screw you over like they are ..best thing I ever fonevwas getting out of that rat hole city of Atmore . What they need to do is force the Indians to pay their taxes on that property .no good will ever come out of that whole county

By: Ponderosa hill

Ponderosa hill — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 05:53:19 +0000

To : CW
You sure may be right on the property tax…..don’t know the mileage rates in
escambia County Ala. The system in Escambia County Fla. is reasonable if
You’ve owned your home for a good long time. Florida does have an edge in
regards to Tourists paying bed taxes,buying gas,eating out etc. we do however
Have the added traffic & wear & tear on infrastructure etc. that comes with that. I’m
thinking our insurances may be higher ( hurricanes & traffic ) etc. everything must
be paid for one way or another……but punishing the ( lower income ) amongst us with
a 10/11 % tax on groceries etc. is absurd no matter where one lives. It’s just bad
Policy & Politicians.

By: KMCK

KMCK — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:19:42 +0000

Would like to see these commissioners comment on resident concerns…

By: CW

CW — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:07:55 +0000

@Ponderosa hill

What you say is true, however Florida gets their money in other ways. Higher property taxes, and all sorts of little fees and permits that Alabama doesn’t require. No matter where you live they are going to get the money one way or another.

It does appear that if you’re a renter you’re better off in FL, but if you own a lot of property you’re better off in AL.

By: Traci cummings

Traci cummings — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:08:27 +0000

KMCK, that would be a good question, considering we have two of them, and nether one of them want to claim us, which ever side of tumbling lane they claim, not one of them will do anything. A sorry state of affairs, as I have known one of them for years, and really like him personally but…. let us just say, we deserve ) as we work and pay our taxes too, to have a road that two cars could meet each other without running someone in a field. Conditions this a grass roots effort to see something done

By: Vote them out

Vote them out — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 22:33:53 +0000

Citizens, remember this when it comes time to vote. Why do we keep electing the same people to office. It is time to give someone else the job who has common sense. We do the same thing with congress, etc. We let them stay in office for 20 years and in the back pocket of the lobbyist. Boycott Escambia County Al and go to Florida to purchase your goods. Take a stand !!!

By: Ponderosa hill

Ponderosa hill — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:31:38 +0000

Don’t forget the State sales tax ( Alabama ) is 4 % ….the rest of the 10% is County
and city etc. also isn’t the 10% charged on Electricity,phone,cable bills ? Then the State (Alabama ) also has a STATE INCOME TAX……..FLORIDA has zero !