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Commission hands off with consolidation

Rick Outzen May 18, 2009

NorthEscambia.com reports that the Escambia County Commission will not help the Consolidation Commission as it works to develop its plan for unifying the local governments in the county.

â€œI donâ€™t want to spend time; I donâ€™t want to spend minutes, advertisements, and any of those things,â€ said Commissioner Wilson Robertson. â€œI donâ€™t want to have to provide the spaces for them. I just donâ€™t want us by accident to evolve into the lead agencyâ€¦I just donâ€™t want us to take the lead.â€

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”