Comments on: Pensacola Businessman Makes Push For Charter Government In Escambia County

By: Clay Eater of the Mudsill

Clay Eater of the Mudsill — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 03:08:15 +0000

Don’t California my Pensacola.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:10:03 +0000

Let me explain this for those that don’t understand:

People who have financial interests in downtown Pensacola would LOVE to tax the people living outside of the city limits in order to spend your money on the downtown projects that will make them rich.

No thank you.

By: John reading

John reading — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:28:55 +0000

Lets PLEASE not go through this farce again. If commissioners fund a study it is t th e same as their prior approval for it.

By: John Magnum

John Magnum — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:24:33 +0000

Hmmm….I agree with the comments earlier about this being a SJW based “diverse” group. Pensacola Politics has always been hungry for money, and that’s what this is, they are looking at bleeding the county coffers. All these pet projects that hemorrhage money and never bring a ROI. Think of the Lovely Parking System Downtown, that discourages folks from coming to town. Or the administrative fees that are higher than the fines for a violation….. Some folks have brought up Santa Rosa and it’s formerly Dry status. I’m going to post something I told a Dry advocate in the early 90s. He claimed that going wet would usher in gambling, prostitution and drugs…..my response, at 17, he and I could get in my car and go find ANY of that at 11am in the morning…. The argument was invalid. The ONLY thing that Santa Rosa being dry protected was the economy of the bars and package liquor stores on the East Side of Escambia County….and guaranteed, that folks would have DUI fatalities IN Santa Rosa County. Prohibition does NOT work folks, it only empowers the Black Market. In conclusion, I state, Follow the Money, because this, this is what this is about.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:08:43 +0000

I don’t have enough info about consolidation or charter governments to have a strong opinion one way or the other.

However, seeing a local business that STRONGLY supports this proposal with very few concrete details on what it would look like in implementation is super sus.

By: North end resident

North end resident — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:16:47 +0000

NO THANK YOU! That’s exactly why I dont live in the city limits of Pensacola.

By: BIG JOHN

BIG JOHN — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 02:15:08 +0000

IT THIS PASS YOU WILL PAY MORE TAXS, LIKE CITY TAX AND COUNTY TAX, AND MAYBE WHO KNOWS, THE SOUTH END HAS TRY THIS BEFORE .I LIVE IN THE COUNTY NOT THE CITY !!!!!!!!!!!! AND I DON’T WONT TO PAY FOR CITY THINGS

By: Deborah Daugherty

Deborah Daugherty — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:46:14 +0000

Oh,Hell No

By: Been through this before

Been through this before — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:23:37 +0000

No, No, No….don’t drink the kool aid that individual was trying to serve. I went through this in GA in the 80s and 90s and the citizens are now trying how to undo that consolidation of county and city. The city was broke and the county had money. The city of Augusta was about bankrupt and wanted the county to save them. So please voters and BOCC do not by into this.

By: Will B Ban

Will B Ban — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:06:22 +0000

Sounds like everyone agrees that it is a no from us.So we need to go to more meetings and make our voices heard instead of commenting here as well.go sit in meeting .I am going to be more active I like my community the way it is and will stand and tell them so.