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Consolidated Government Meeting Tonight; All For One Names Supporters
January 20, 2009
A public meeting tonight will give North Escambia residents the chance to learn more about Escambia All for One, the group pushing for a consolidated government in Escambia County. Meanwhile, All for One has released a list of supporters.
The meeting will be held at the 5:30 at the Walnut Hill Community Center on Highway 97. All for One representatives will be on hand to “clarify the purpose of the proposed legislation to allow the creation of a commission to study consolidation”, according to a press release from the group. The release states that Escambia County District 5 Commissioner Kevin White will attend the meeting.
The Northwest Florida legislative delegation will meet Friday night to discuss the latest draft of the legislation support by All for One. That legislation would create a commission to draft a consolidated government plan to be presented to the the county’s voters in 2010.
The group has made a list of supporters available. Click here to download the All for One supporter list (pdf).
Escambia County, the City of Pensacola and the Town of Century all passed resolutions in favor of the consolidation. But the Town of Century later backed out and rescinded their support, with town officials saying that they were misled by All for One.
“We think consolidated government would bring a number of benefits to the community, including a reduction in duplication of services, lower taxes and job creation,” said Jason Crawford, co-chairman of All for One. “The purpose of these meetings is to talk about the benefits of consolidation and to hear from the public.”
Another informational meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 5:30 at New World Landing in Pensacola. The legislative delegation meeting will be held at 6:00 Friday night at the WSRE Amos Theatre on the campus of Pensacola Junior College. Both meeting are open to the public.
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t his comes up every two years. I do have the answer to combing the two governments. but first the people of Pensacola needs to vote on tearing up the city charter,and also the money to provide countywide bus services,For the entire county and not just three trips daily to Century. ALL FOR ONE means all for one area.the pensacola area. So all the county revenue can be monopolized be the city. They must think people are nbrain dead.