Comments on: Escambia Children’s Trust Board Can’t Vote Until Governor Appoints Five More Members

By: Sarah N

Sarah N — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:15:03 +0000

Every piece of this Children’s Trust is a duplication of Services. They are aiming to do a bunch of things that are already being done by organizations that already existed and had whatever necessary governmental oversight was necessary. Now Escambia County citizens have voted to create a new, unnecessary group of people whose purpose is more vague than anything else, to raise our property taxes and spend them with almost no oversight on things that were already being done before. And the voters didn’t even get any real say-so in WHO the members of this Trust are! Really, really shady, as far as I’m concerned.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:56:10 +0000

I know I didn’t vote for it.. was surprised it passed really.. as most of this is in the public school system already..

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:32:15 +0000

“Ad Valorem Taxes” come out of YOUR Homeowner’s Taxes over and above the State Requirements.
Homeowners we’ll pay Directly for this; Renters and Leasing folks you’ll pay for it as an indirect cost from the owners in raising your rental and lease fees.
When first advertised and later on the ballot we did NOT see even one thing that is not ALREADY PROVIDED to kids in our Public Schools, Pre-K, and the Multitude of programs they offer including Federal Lunch Programs, breakfast, lunch, other meals.
To us, sitting around the dining room table, discussing this all we saw is a way for a very select group of people to Make Money off Us Homeowners and to rub the fur of one of the multi-millionares who feels they know what is good for we the unwashed masses. One more intrusion into OUR LIVES by the Downtown Crowd. We wish the Governor would not assign enough members and let this mess just wither away.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:25:20 +0000

@Lisa Fuller – You took the word right out of my mouth! I wish people would have fought against this additional tax that only taxes property owners! I was against it all along as I agree that these services are already in place & I’m tired of supporting other people’s kids! If You Cant Feed Them, Don’t Breed Them!!!

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:08:33 +0000

Many voters in this county do not look at the big picture when they vote for these things. Most schools in Escambia County are free or reduced breakfast and lunch. They even have summer feeding programs and food is sent home with needy children for the weekends. Why do we need ANOTHER tax in Escambia County? We don’t. NEVER vote for new taxes on anything.

By: bob

bob — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:48:08 +0000

I agree with Anne. Are these services already provided by the government? What is different or unique about this new bureaucratic/governmental agency. What are they doing that we need or is already in place? Just another governmental agency or bureaucratic to be supported by tax dollars that will be just as dysfunctional as the rest of government???

By: Shaking My Head

Shaking My Head — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:29:52 +0000

Whatever their intentions, don’t think this is going to work out. Dumb people voted for something that we already have. SMDH

By: Sales Pinto

Sales Pinto — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:17:36 +0000

ANOTHER social program to help the needy? Free housing and free food, free medical is not enough? My lord. How about all these people wanting to give away tax payers money, give up their hard earned cash? How about all these people crying for social programs donate their big homes, expensive cars, and luxury meals to the needy? All these elites in Hollywood with all their money should put up or shut up.

By: dishearted

dishearted — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:15:30 +0000

now the gov is involved, now more corruption we the tax payers are already paying for this kind of service.one day people will wake up to what is being done to them and do something about it… just saying

By: Lisa Fuller

Lisa Fuller — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:20:41 +0000

With any luck, all the parties involved will delay their actions and this tax will miss the July 1st deadline and be postponed for another year. This tax should have never passed. The equitable way would have been to present it as a sales tax increase. Everybody who voted for the tax would pay their share to support it. By making it an ad valorem tax increase, large numbers of people voted for it, knowing they would never actually have to pay the tax. That’s just wrong. We’re already paying additional tax on gasoline to subsidize a county bus system most of us don’t use.