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DeSantis Signs $90 Billion Budget, Cuts $2.1 Million From Escambia Projects
June 22, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state budget on Friday.
Items cut from the over $90 billion budget included $2.1 million for two projects in Escambia County. DeSantis cut $600,000 toward improvements on West Cervantes Street and $1.5 million to be used toward the expansion of the ST Engineering Campus at the Pensacola International Airport.
The new fiscal year budget begins July 1 and represents a 2.5% increase over the current year.
The budget includes $21.8 billion for education. That’s up $783 million or about $243 per student. There is $37.7 billion for heath care, up $527 million.
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8 Responses to “DeSantis Signs $90 Billion Budget, Cuts $2.1 Million From Escambia Projects”
JT let’s not give the Governor the crown so early in his term. Other cuts to programs state wide may change lives as near Century Blvd. 2.1 million could have ceeated jobs and even save at least one life. So we need to know what was approved and more important in other counties. Maybe a new golf course or lower tax on cigars.
He suspended funding on West Cervantes Street. Apparently he doesn’t realize that The Panhandle is a part of Florida. Could it be he’s not interested in the voters on this end or he’s ignorant to what’s really going on in Escambia County.
He suspended funding to improve West Cervantes St. Apparently he doesn’t realize that The Panhandle is part of Florida or he’s just ignorant as to what’s going on in lives of the citizens of North West Florida.
@SW, Tabby & Paul, why are you upset over what the Gov. cut from the budget? It doesn’t affect the north end of the county in any way. In fact, he’s saving we, the taxpayers, money instead of spending it.
I am glad we have a Governor that doesn’t rubber stamp our spending into oblivion. Yes he cut the spending on two projects in the area, but how many were funded? I think Desantis has used a more common sense approach to governing Florida. I feel like he has crossed party lines on numerous important issues instead of serving only the republican side of the isle. I think he has been the best Governor we have had in a while.
SW – Joining Alabama is out of the question…damn ! but DeSantis is pretty impressed with his self – not good…
I’m in Molino and I’d vote for that. There’d have to be a mandatory, unable to revise, amend, or alter in any way, population cap.
The northern halves of NW FL counties should secede from FL and either join AL or form our own state. Between farming and oil, we’d be ok.
Even our BOCC forgets that there is life north of Molino.