Posted in Politics

Evers wounds, maybe kills, consolidation

   January 7, 2009

NorthEscambia.com reports that the Town of Century has withdrawn its support for a plan to consolidate Century, Pensacola and Escambia County under one unified government. Council members are claiming that Escambia All for One misrepresented the initiative.

State Rep. Greg Evers is behind the withdrawal. He has convinced the Century town council that it will have to pay for the consolidation study committee, even though Escambia All for One assured them that the town would have no financial obligation.

Evers – who lives in Okaloosa County – wants to run for Durell Peaden’s state senate seat in 2010. Blocking consolidation in Escambia County wins Evers support of the county workers and law enforcement unions.

Read more.

Share:

Rules for Comments

Your comments are welcomed, but there are some rules to follow:

(1) Be Nice. No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks.

(2) No Harrassing Comments.

(3) No Libel. That’s saying something is not true about someone. Don’t do it.

(4) Keep it clean. Nothing vulgar, obscene, or sexually related. No profanity or obvious substitutions.

(5) I reserve the right to remove any comments that violate our rules or are inappropriate. I am not responsible for what is posted. Comments may not appear right away until they are approved by a moderator.

(6) Limit your comments to the subject in this story only, and limit comments to 1,500 characters or less. Do not post copyrighted material. Comments will not be added to stories that are over five days old.

(7) No posts may advertise a commercial business, political candidate, or political group. Links in a comment aren’t allowed.

8) Commenting too many times may result in your comments not being allowed. Readers will begin to ignore your views.

9) Email me if you believe a comment violates any of these rules, and it will be deleted.