Comments on: Escambia County’s Chief Budget Officer Submits Resignation

By: Klondike Kid

Klondike Kid — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:32:04 +0000

I remember a time 20 years ago when I was an employee of a regulatory arm of county government. The group of commissioners at the time were up to all sorts of things, with a lot of their friends . Everywhere I went in the course of my job , people would say ” You better do what I want or I’ll call my buddy ” , referring to 1 or more of the commissioners. Then miraculously , 3 of 5 removed from office & at least 2 jailed. Then ,all of a sudden , like in the Forrest Gump memes nobody had a “buddy” anymore. Not saying any of the current commissioners should be jailed , but sometimes a shakeup of “power brokers” can be a good thing.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:01:07 +0000

Get rid of the commissioners…..an obvious solution. They have NO IDEA how to run a County. Those blunderheads cause good people to leave this County then they throw in one of their “yes men” to handle the job for them. The fact that the commissioners started their illegal 401k program and now must pay the County back should be a BIG eye-opener for all of us!

Good luck to you, Ms McClure.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:49:28 +0000

The City/County political system is broken. It was a good ol’ boys system for ever it seems. Now it’s who has the most money behind the scenes power structure and the People are paying the price for having such a incompetent line of political leadership at the helm and processes that are beyond archaic. There’s been talk before and it seems now it the time to eliminate the two political systems and make ‘one consolidated governance’ for all of Escambia County. The growth of this area and the constant political games demand change!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 23:00:38 +0000

Everyone is bailing out of that dumpster fire.

By: Dewayne

Dewayne — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:36:21 +0000

In the past 200 years here in Escambia county when it became on July 17th…
Everyone here complained they dont get what they want.
Every single blow to the county with blame and accusations have held the county back.
Still 200 years later no one likes anyone and everyone trys to come up with the lowest blow to compete with each other on how low we can go.
Nothings changed in 200 years.
Same old bickering,voting,complaining..nothing new here.
A 200 year old soap opera perpetuated by all citizens, regardless or party ,color or view.
People have to change throughout..all citizens…
Accept a failure that you created.
Blame yourself when you think you are a notch above all.
Vanity kills

In 200 years your childrens grandchildrens children will be saying and doing the same thing.
Be proud of what you have accomplished now. You be very proud.

You now have bragging rights!!!!

By: Trisha B

Trisha B — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:10:50 +0000

I know this young lady and she will not compromise her honesty and integrity. Please elect different people for commissioner next term. We need new blood!!!

By: Nothing New

Nothing New — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:50:09 +0000

Nothing new under the sun.

Gilley installed her “people,” Gilley got fired.

All of Gilley’s people are having a fit–quitting or making their best play for future employment.

And Pam Childers appears to be drunk with powers she does not possess.

Stay on your lane, Comptroller.

By: Mr.Metoo

Mr.Metoo — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:49:28 +0000

@ concerned…some days it takes my family hours to decide where and what we will have for dinner. How would this everybody vote for every thing in the county work? Not for the republic we live in.

By: CJ Lewis

CJ Lewis — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:01:10 +0000

I watched the budget workshops. McClure did a really good job. When I oversaw a $700 million budget in the Pentagon for three years, I would have liked to have had someone of her ability and backbone working for me. In fact, I did. She’s every bit as good. That said, the BOCC is ridiculous. They didn’t seem to take the budget workshop seriously many times saying that they would eventually get around to talking about this or that “in September.” At one point, Bergosh asserted that county revenues exceeded expenses. He applauded himself and the BOCC for their “financial stewardship.” It was as if Bergosh and the other board members were on a different planet from McClure who seemed a master of the big picture and the details too. She then had to explain that the county was projected to spend more than it was projected to get in revenues. A recurring theme was that the BOCC has not giving “its” direction to staff. At one point, Bergosh discussed being overwhelmed by the amount of information. McClure countered said that she had tried to schedule meetings with him and the others. Bergosh threw McClure under the bus blaming her for it not being his priority to meet with her to discuss the budget. Bergosh told McClure that he would meet with her before the September budget hearing. That would make me want to resign too. The BOCC is hopeless.

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:32:00 +0000

WE NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE OF ALL THESE GUYS….Especially the guys who have made agreements to vote and stick together no matter what to get what they want for their district. The games these fools play never ends. VOTE THEM ALL OUT IN THEIR NEXT CYCLE AND INSIST ON TERM LIMITS!!!