Comments on: Mayor promises council will discuss Pensacola Promise

By: Anony

Anony — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:26:05 +0000

Anon-don’t hold your breath, the repayment on the CMP will be $90M

By: anon

anon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:16:19 +0000

This approach may have worked in other cities but I bet no city ever started one in the midst of a severe economic downturn with 10%+ national unemployment. I’d rather see some first responders added to the workforce with that money.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:09 +0000

Hey Rick, did you word your last post like that on purpose or does it just read like the below to only me?
is the “novel approach for Pensacola” to make it work? LOLOLOLOLLLLOOLOL

By: James

James — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:08 +0000

I’ll keep an open mind, but from what I’ve seen, almost every community that offers this has private sector funding. When DeWeese originally proposed this idea, I think she wanted to use money from the sale of city property to the airport. In the interim, the city counci has spent that money on parades & other “stuff” that the community pressured them to approve. If the city manager can find new money to make this work, great. But if other services have to be cut, I will remain skeptical.

By: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:58:57 +0000

I also want to add. Let’s do this plan differently. Instead of figuring out how we can’t do it, let’s figure out how to make it work. It’s a novel approach for Pensacola.

By: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:47 +0000

Let’s see the presentation before we close our minds. This could be a catalyst to draw people to move within the city limits. It’s not a new idea, but one that has worked in other cities.

By: Anonymoose

Anonymoose — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:43 +0000

Jeff, unless Maren has found a new funding source and she’s not going to consider reaching out to younger children first, I’ll pass. The original funding source as I understood from her original proposal was a one-time transfer of funds from the airport to the city, correct? Also, read my post above. We’d be wasting our money sending other family’s children to college if they have to go off to work somewhere else. Wait….I just got it. We are Mexico in this whole arrangement, aren’t we? The underlying goal is to send all of our younger citizens off to other, more wealthy cities and they’ll send us a percentage of their paychecks. I can’t believe I was so blinded by my principles of free market economics to see the bigger picture.

By: Jeff DeWeese

Jeff DeWeese — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:20:06 +0000

Before you jumpt to conclusions, the plan will not take $1 from any current operations. Wait and see before you slam it

By: Anonymoose

Anonymoose — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:54 +0000

Jeeperman, you made my point. We’re putting the cart before the horse with a college payment plan for students in our area. The intentions are good, but it isn’t rational.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:05 +0000

Another new program for education while we fund a huge budget for the school board.
Why is the school board not making this proposal with their budget?

Meanwhile the council and mayor remind us to expect cuts to current city services.

Does Ms. DeWeese still believe after reviewing the recent budget that this city can afford to fund education benefits?

There is a Florida prepaid college fund that I paid since my child was an infant. It’s a good plan, if one budgets for their childs education and plans.