Downtown businessman John Peacock has sent the board members the below, 7-page document for discussion at our November 9th Committee of the Whole.
I believe he will be seeking the Board's "blessing" on the formation of a charter study committee.
As I have stated publicly---I'm willing to listen to what is presented--but I do not support a "strong" elected County Executive---nor am I necessarily "sold" on the idea that Escambia County needs to be a charter county.
There are plusses and minuses to both forms of county governance.
So if the committee wants to form and present options and ideas that are non-binding recommendations they can do so anytime; they don't need our permission to do so--and to request a board vote on this or a straw vote should in no way signify support for whatever such a committee pulls out of the process....
Nevertheless, I look forward to the discussion. See his proposal to start their process, below.
