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| Our Coffee with the Commissioner events (like the one above from 2019) typically attract 6-12 residents. The conversations are good, and often certain neighborhood issues get spotlighted, identified, and conveyed to staff for their action immediately. All are welcome and encouraged to participate! |
This Wednesday, January 22nd, we will be holding our 30th Monthly Coffee with a Commissioner event in District 1. Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to attend/participate.
We will be at the Hardee's Restaurant on Pine Forest Road at Wilde Lake Blvd. from 6:30-7:30 AM.
As is typically the case, we will have staff members present to answer specific questions/concerns, each person in attendance will be encouraged to ask questions and provide comment to me and the county staff members that are present.
I look forward to a robust conversation on multiple topics of interest, including:
---Progress on the D1 Library that will be built in the Bellview Community
---Progress on the renovation/modernization of the Beulah Volunteer Firefighter's Station in D1
---Civic Center--next steps
---OLF 8 Master Plan update
---Levy of the 5th cent on the Bed Tax--uses of this revenue
---9-Mile Road Project completion timeline update and associated impacts on D1
---Update on Restore Act Project to Master Plan NW Section of District 1 (precincts 43,5, and 68)
---Results of the Pensacola Young Professionals Quality of Life Survey for 2019--affordability of housing, creation of Children's Services Council, availability of good jobs, direction of county
---Automation of Pensacola Beach Toll Booth--plusses and minuses
---Jail Completion Timeline
---Sidewalk/Drainage projects in Bellview and Beulah
---2022 Mobile Highway upgrade, repaving, and safety upgrades by FDOT
---Status of Beulah Road/Isaacs Lane Interchange FDOT project
We will also live stream the meeting on Facebook for those who are unable to make it to the coffee in person
It's great you are meeting and informing the community locally. I am reticent to bring in the negative about politics as I've heard that doesn't bode well with some people. They want to know what you can do for them and their neighborhood needs and often aren't familiar with all the other politics and competing agendas swirling around.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I am concerned about Underhill using his commissioner page to spread propaganda about the gas tax and further disparaging Lewis Bear backed candidates.(as in you, to get his aide/buddy/voting block elected for D1)
Hopefully people will reason for themselves and not fall prey to his ill conceived contrived logic. It's easy to be deceived by rhetoric. Hopefully voters in D1 realize taxes are what runs the government and recognize the benefit of public transportation for the good of the whole is far reaching.
As a member of the board for the entire county, and solving complex problems over all-- You are the man.
The fifth cent on the TDT will be useful, they have to realize who is pulling Underhill's puppet strings are the hotel owners from Santa Rosa that want tax revenue from Escambia citizens for their own purposes. Escambia's TDT is actually lower than the surrounding counties.
Rick's blog had a good article during the McMillan campaign regarding the mud slinging about the gas tax.
Hopefully more people will watch the meetings and be informed for themselves over time. The mailer was funded by Underhill's PAC. Yes, he was also backed by a PAC and sent negative fliers. It's going to be a long year having a commissioner from D2 stump for his buddy from his own position, similar to Morgan using the LETF funds for his campaign purposes prior.
https://ricksblog.biz/mcmillan-labeled-liberal-for-supporting-gas-tax-to-fund-ecat/
The EMS case for the employee you were sticking up for-- thank you, is on the clerk site filed.
ReplyDeleteI know it was a risk for you, politically as most often CYA and pass the buck but your courage is noted. You are one of the defendants so I don't imagine you will discuss it further, unless it does actually go on the agenda for the March COW but you cam mark it, we will be reading along.
Paying attention to the Administrator also.
cheers! Thanks in advance for posting the facebook live video of your coffee. This D1 election is important overall for the entire county.
Please report on your advisory committee also
ReplyDelete"When we call someone a leader, what we sometimes mean is that they are the best in their particular field; they are inspiring because of how much they accomplish. To be highly accomplished is impressive, but that isn't what leadership is about. True leaders are not just high achievers; they also support the people around them to achieve, and, in certain cases, to become leaders themselves. In other words, true leaders do not create a static group of followers. Rather, they create an environment in which everyone can develop their potential. True leaders don't get so caught up in the forward thrust of their own energy that they forget about others or the larger environment. They set an example with their actions, and they also support others to act. This is why true leadership is so rare."
Thank you Commissioner Bergosh