Comments on: Escambia Students Can Now Ride ECAT Buses For Free

By: dishearted

dishearted — Thu, 24 May 2018 17:12:22 +0000

Amen…( TAXPAYER) the BOCC shows the people of the county just how much they care about the them..this is just a drop in the bucket for what they do to the people..

By: alex

alex — Thu, 24 May 2018 03:55:29 +0000

Karen, does that mean we should all ride free since the buses are running anyway/

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 23 May 2018 22:34:34 +0000

So maybe it’s just me, but am I the only one that thinks that this isn’t going to cost us any more money than it already has because the buses are already continuously running anyways. It’s not really any different than letting people going to the museums for free if they have an EBT card. The service is already being provided you’re just allowing some people to not have to pay for it doesn’t mean it’ll cost more.

By: John

John — Wed, 23 May 2018 18:55:59 +0000

Great plan! I think it will catch on this summer. Suddenly the school library card is necessary again!

By: Sage2

Sage2 — Wed, 23 May 2018 17:48:01 +0000

The word FREE has become such a commonplace word. There is nothing FREE! The costs to provide something noted as FREE costs some entity somewhere $$$.

Calvin Coolidge related…There is no such thing as a free lunch…!

By: nod

nod — Wed, 23 May 2018 16:59:43 +0000

I hope the buses will not be overcrowded because a lot of handicapped use the buses as basic transportation. Also won’t this reduce the income the buses take in? If so will the non bus riders be taxed again to pay for it? I am all for the buses to run , it is very necessary, but letting more people ride free will not pay for it. Hopefully this plan will workout but I am afraid my and many others taxes will be increased to pay for it.

By: Taxpayers get shaft

Taxpayers get shaft — Wed, 23 May 2018 15:51:36 +0000

Well lets see the taxpayers, & at the gas pump get to pay for more people to get a free ride. As if some of them aren’t getting enough of a free taxpayer ride in their lives. Once again the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners find a way to stick it to the hard working, tax payers yet cant be bothered to give the county workers the raises they richly deserve… and I don’t mean the BOCC employees, BOCC always manage to get their raises, even when NOBODY else does. Also you like to raise gas prices w/all your taxes but you don’t pay those taxes when you use county paid for gas. Maybe if ECAT and the BOCC paid taxes to fuel the busses and their cars, we wouldn’t be paying so much at the pump or giving people free rides.

By: bewildered

bewildered — Wed, 23 May 2018 13:19:13 +0000

Great idea. I hope no kids get lost, get sexually molested or get into some other kind of trouble while venturing out on their own. ECAT would be in a heap of legal trouble in today’s society where everything is someone else’s fault and brings in $$$.