Comments on: Escambia Commission Gives Support To Navy Federal Nine Mile Road Flyover Project

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 02:14:43 +0000

@Linda

Where the heck are you pulling this information from? Navy Federal is STILL listed as a top 100 place to work, and NEVER have they ” fired all the full-time employees and dropped their benefits package like a rock.” as you stated. That’s basically a slanderous statement unless you can back it up with facts!

You sound like a disgruntled employee to me, or someone that applied at Navy Federal, but was never hired.

By: Tabby

Tabby — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:11:26 +0000

@Rob
I’m glad you can get some laughs. However, it’s not about the impatience that permeates the new culture of America. But yes, I’d trade all of those jobs to retain my way of life. When my great grandpa moved here and built a home on the property I still live on, I envisioned leaving it to my children. Instead, I’ll probably sell it because they’ll turn quiet little Barrineau Park into Ensley over some jobs. Heck, you yuppies, Yankees, and progressives will have Starbucks et al swarming the area.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 02:51:17 +0000

Pensacola and Cantonment do not have the infrastructure to add any more NFCU jobs. The road is darn near impossible right now. When I have to take my grandson to school, I have to come back a different way because the offramp at Exit 5 is on a 4 or 5 light cycle. When i moved here in 2007, NFCU was one of the top 100 best places to work. It’s not now. Now it is a beast that ate our community. There are two brand-new apartment communities on 9 Mile Rd. There is not enough road, even with the upgrades to handle this. Yes, it’s not Atlanta or Dallas traffic, but it is because of ONE company. If I wanted traffic, I’d have moved downtown. We need to curb their enthusiasm and pit them in their place. They have tax breaks out the wazoo and they fired all the full-time employees and dropped their benefits package like a rock. See ya!

By: John

John — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:11:25 +0000

I agree with Rob. Most of these people would rather have Navy Federal go somewhere else. Sad which is why cities like Mobile and Jacksonville do a better job. Instead of whining, how about consolidate. Don’t listen to the local fringe who have always and will continue to oppose consolidation.

By: Beulah boy

Beulah boy — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 08:03:48 +0000

I rest my case !!!!!!!

By: Irisheyes

Irisheyes — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 05:38:38 +0000

Can’t they stagger the shifts so they are not releasing thousands of employees at the same time? At least until improvements are made. Every one who grew up on Chemstrand road understands. ……..HEY lets be safe out there.

By: Watching

Watching — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:48:36 +0000

Build the fly over. Bergosh we see through the crying. Grover did you a favor, for all we know you talked it over at the animal shelter the day before.

@Adam Stevens you are right about this the beach roundabouts to a point

Spending one million, eight hundred thousand dollars, voted on and passing unanimously just when the county has a nine million shortfall because of going into debt for the jail.
The 1.8 Million is JUST for the PLANS and design and study. This is not a state funded project, is supposed to come out of COUNTY FUNDS— 20 million????

The change order to 1.8 million was also unanimously supported AND get this the SANTA ROSA ISLAND AUTHORITY didn’t even approve this. Where the H^&& is it coming from?

Grover Robinson and Doug Underhill have been driving this train. It looks like commission Barry may have woken up, Comm May doesn’t seem to know what is going on and defers to “the commissioner in their district.” How about waking up and reading what you vote on. Simple citizens can see it.

Bergosh– the blame game..”I am impressed by all the people Grover lined up on the late late night of May 30, 2017 to get this through and golly gheez putting all his discretionary money for years and years certainly has my attention” paraphrased– is NO excuse.

1.8 million spent to Volkert for a few ‘design and engineering” soil bores to tell you where the water table is.???

Guess what? I bet a five year old can tell you what the soil is and where the water table is on a “BARRIER ISLAND”

What happened to Fiduciary Responsibility? Waiting until May or April?
Kill it and do what Forte said. We have more important issues in Escambia.

#Waitingforthenexthurricane

By: Lorene

Lorene — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:34:47 +0000

people progress and traffic are here, we just have to deal with it. Progress has caught up with Escambia County. They are having to make decisions now that should have been made years ago. Our county citizens should be thankful for the good paying jobs that come here.

By: Tabby

Tabby — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:21:06 +0000

Someone stated that Navy Fed isn’t offering any ideas that if something isn’t done they said they’d take their ball and go home.
That would be the very best outcome with hopes the locals they hired would move with them and I could remain in my Barrineau Park property in my family for decades. I don’t need more people or “progress”. I was fine in 1985, 1995, and didn’t start getting annoyed until 2005. You want your cake and eat it too. Stay down in the cesspools of Pensacola. Don’t bring your “progress” my way.

By: Willis

Willis — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:49:23 +0000

They say love hurts well so does growth.
@Adam speaking of big boy pants….
Sounds like someone’s panties are in a twist, traffic stinks anywhere you go at those certain times.
Not just poor lit Ole beulah.