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Accident Fees: Do you support or oppose the idea of charging out of town drivers for the accidents they cause?
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Comment: It's irrelevant from where drivers at fault are. People are not held accountable like they should (be) anymore. from DeFuniak Springs, FL by Cesare
Comment: I live one mile west of Milton and have a Milton address and have Milton water system, but do not live in town. They can do whatever they want to do. I will just quite shopping in Milton and go to Pace and Pensacola to do my shopping. If enough of people like myself will do this, then the businesses in Milton may get the city goverment to do something that make sense. That is one of the duties of the police and fire department. from Milton, Fl by Noel
Comment: YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!! from Gulf Breeze Florida by Austin
Comment: You need to be clear about who this affects. When one says "people from out of town" most would think somewhere out of the area. For people like me who do not live in Gulf Breeze Proper but whose address is listed as Gulf Breeze it affects them too. I think this is a really bad idea. One who causes an accident are already charged and billed for the accident. To charge people an additional amount for the same charge seems like double taxation. Also, what if you who owns the car are not in the car, you let a friend drive your car, and they have an accident then is the owner charged the fees? And one unintentional consequence could be that no one calls for police or ambulance services but calls a tow truck and gets out of there. More problems there. I just think it is double taxation. Charged twice for the same accident. Bad, bad, bad idea!!!! from Gulf Breeze, FL by Rachel
Comment: I strongly oppose the proposed fees. What's next? Will we charge out of towners for using our roads? However you look at it, out of towners do pay for our services through taxes. Our local agencies receives federal monies, in the forms of grants or other subsidies. I feel this type of proposal will only deter visitors to our state. Our statewide economy and revenues are already in peril. from Pensacola, FL by Gregory
Comment: why do we have the police and fire depts if not to assist. another way to shaft the public. from pensacola/florida by ed
Comment: I do not agree with user fees for out of town drivers. These jurisdictions already receive funds from the State of Florida for working accidents in their respective areas and freeing up the highway patrol. All residents pay for these funds through taxes they pay. Will these jurisdictions begin refunding the state for the monies they are paid when they also collect from the drivers? Sounds like double dipping to me. from Molino by Max
Comment: How can they charge you for to responding to a wreck. Florida is a no fault state, so how can they say you are at fault. from milton, fl by donna
Comment: You have got to be kidding! I lived in the pensacola area for 38 years , and now live in albabama partly because of the ignorance of officials who say " hey, I have an idea" from atmore,al by joey
Comment: I can understand city government trying to figure out ways to increase revenues. It is ashame the out of town driver has to be the one paying the bill. People from out of town are not familiar with the city they may be passing through. People living there and use the roads every day don't show out of towners respect on the open road. The out of towner may drive a little slower to try and find a turn off road. All the city people need to do is look at the plate on the car and see that it is from out of town and show them a little respect, and not try to run them off the road. from Pensacola by Vincil
Comment: This "new tax" is the City's way of rebeling against the state and the voters for lower property taxes, and if it's not illegal, it should be!
Rather than reducing costs, which all government agencies need to do, they come up with some back door scam to attempt to get the tax money back.
This is not only wrong, it will likely bias law enforcement official who respond to accidents but if they find the non resident at fault, the City will reap additional revenue.
Then, look at the other issue. The city council passes this ordinance and excludes the only people that voted them into their jobs and only people that can vote them out. That and slick way of taxing those who cannot vote against them in future elections.
This is the kind of stuff that goes on in 3rd world counties. from Pace Florida by Donald
Comment: The politicans in this area just don't get the message.
We are tired of being bled dry of our hard earned dollars. I propose a boycott of Milton. Folks should do all their business and shopping in the surrounding towns. from Valparaiso, FL by Donna
Comment: I am very angry with the City of Milton due to this outrageous new charge. As citizens of this State we pay taxes that fund fire / police services. What's next? If someone breaks into my car in Milton will I get charged for an officer to respond? Imagine if the FHP charged fees to investigate traffic crashes. Do you think people would continue you visit this state? Accordingly I will stay out of the city limits of Milton, FL. from Jay / Florida by Darren
Comment: This is a money maker, pure and simple. The police and fire department personell are paid regardless of whether or not they respond to a call. They don't have to buy a new fire truck or hire a cop to cover your accident. They staff per a formula that shows how may police and firemen are needed per 1000 of population. The only increased cost an accident has to it is the gas it takes to get the police or fire truck to the scene. from Outside Milton by Jim
Comment: Pretty soon we will not be able to afford to leave our city or county. They are insane. Don't we have NO-Fault Insurance. You can be sure of one thing, you know who will be at fault. "Biggest Ripoff so". far.
Comment: It is fundimentaly wrong to pay for tax funded police or fire services. Additionally, A red light camera funded with half the fines going to the company that installs and operates the camera is also fundimentally wrong. Would there be any difference than a Police Officer goetting half the fines collected on tickets he/she issues.
I will now refuse to spend any money in Milton Florida and I hope others do the same. from Pace/ Florida by Jim
Comment: No I Do Not SUPPORT This At ALL.. What Is This Place coming too The WORLD, I MEAN from Pace / Fl. by Randy
Comment: Its Highway Robbery. They all ought to be locked up. This wonderful country is being ruined by money hungry towns that think its people owe them everything. People stand up to these people. They are nothing without us. by George
Comment: Consider this, police should not be investigating crashes that do not involve criminal charges. Most crashes don't involve criminal charges. Most traffic tickets are civil infractions. The police should be responsible to clear the road, and have EMS tend to the injured, that's it. The police are only doing the work for insurance companies. Who do you think would charge more for a crash investigation, the police or an insurance company? A simple crash report takes at least an hour of an Officer's time. If it involves injuries, longer then that. from Navarre, FL by Mark
Comment: I strongly opposed this, and I made it well known this morning to the City of Milton, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office, the Board of Commissioners, and the City of Gulf Breeze.
First of all, the City of Milton held the hearing for this "accident fee" charging Monday at 5:00 p.m. when they KNEW that most people were still at work or just getting off work. I was told "Technically, it is after work." They is no way to make it to a City meeting scheduled for 5:00 p.m. unless you work for the City or get off early, and they know that no one can afford to lose pay to attend their 5:00 p.m. meeting. There is absolutely no way to make it to a 5:00 p.m. meeting if you work in Pensacola. This business about holding public meetings/hearings at 9:30 a.m. or 5:00 p.m. when no working person can attend is exactly why they get away with passing these kinds of obsured laws. They need to pass a law prohibiting these types of scheduled meetings. I inquired as to how many people appeared for their 5:00 p.m. public meeting, and I was told there was 1 person who showed up who was opposed, and the gentleman lives in the Milton city limits. He was opposed because of the impact on his "out of city" family who might come to visit him and get in an ACCIDENT in the city limits of Milton, and the City of Milton charging them $235 for the police to respond, plus a $50 administrative fee, and if the fire department had to respond and use the jaws of life or something else, charging them an ADDITIONAL $300 for the fire department plus a $50 administrative fee, for a grand total of $635 for having an ACCIDENT in the Milton City limits and for not living within the city limits. Then I was told that in most cases, your insurance company would pay for this cost of recovery fee. Well, that's real nice of them... while you are charging us to come to our aid as a public service worker find another way to increase our already too high insurance premiums.
I told Ms. Adams if the City of Milton wanted to have a "Cost of Recovery Fee," then they need to stop allowing City of Milton police officers from driving the City's police cars home. I personally heard a Milton City police officer tell a beautician that the benefits of being a city police officer are better than any other officer job, and he lives in Pensacola, works at the City of Milton Police Department, and drives the City police car home from Milton to Pensacola. Today, Ms. Adams confirmed that the police officers do drive the police cars home. They could recover a lot of costs by leaving the police cars at the department and paying for their own gas to go back and forth to work like all the rest of us working people. You don't see the trash collectors driving the garbage trucks home or ambulance drivers driving the ambulances home. If an off duty Milton police officer or fireman gets in an ACCIDENT and lives outside of the city limits, I wonder if the City of Milton will penalized them for living outside the city limits by charging their own workers the "cost of recovery fees?" Or what if a "in city" Milton resident gets in an accident on Avalon, will he be required to pay $350 to the closest fire department (for example, Avalon Mulat to whom is already designated as receiving a portion of my property taxes each year) for having to come to his rescue? Come on... their job is public service~~ to protect and service the public, or did the City of Milton vote to change that at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, too?
Additional "Cost of Recovery Fee" could come in the way of firing those city workers who spend AT LEAST 2 hours hanging out in the city work truck at Marquis Basin doing absolutely nothing while on the time clock.
The City could also recovery costs by dismissing the 3-4 city workers who stand around doing nothing but watching the 1 city worker do all the work. The City could allow some of the inmates to cut the grass, pick up trash, and so forth instead of us having to pay to keep them cool and comfy in the air conditioning in jail.
As a result of this ridiculous City ordinance or whatever you want to call the method of padding their own pockets, I have made the decision to stay out of the city limits of Milton because even if I am extra careful, some idiot using a cell phone, putting on makeup, or reading the newspaper in front of me and not paying attention to his/her driving just might slam on the brakes in front of me causing an accident, but being that I hit him/her from the rear, I would be at fault although he was unable to do 3 or 4 different things while driving.
The Milton city limits begin around Food World/KMart and end at the Blackwater bridge near the courthouse. I consider myself fortunate to have no family or friends living within the city limits of Milton. I was told that Gulf Breeze's city limits begins at the 3 Mile Bridge and ends at the trees near the conservation area. I will shop and bank only in Pea Ridge, Pace, and Pensacola for all of my needs. I will pay the $6.00+ (another rip off) to cross the Garcon Point Toll Bridge and shop at the Wal Mart in Gulf Breeze (it's out of Gulf Breeze's city limits). I will use the County Clerk and Tag offices in Pace or near the Gulf Breeze Zoo. I will pay my Gulf Power bill online instead of dropping it off at the Milton office. I will use the Bagdad post office or drive to Pensacola to mail my packages (never liked the unprofessionalism and extremely slow pace at the Milton post office anyway). I will use I-10 to bypass the Milton city limits all together. As long as you turn left onto Hwy 90 from Avalon, you are out of the Milton city limits, and everything I need to access or do can be achieved by turning left. If every single one of us Milton "out of the city limits" residents took a stand and no longer poured our money into the City of Milton, perhaps all the businesses would take a stand with us, or better yet, maybe they will close their stores in within the city limits of Milton and move elsewhere. Then the City of Milton would only have to tend to the city limit folks, many who walk everywhere anyway.
By the way, do you know what time the City of Gulf Breeze is holding its meeting? I would guess that it will not be at a time when the public can actually attend. It will probably be 9:30 a.m or 5:00 p.m.; thus, this ordinance will likely be passed in Gulf Breeze, too. Guess I'll be going to the beaches in Destin this year.
One final thought, I hope the City Council Members and the City Managers try to set a good example for the rest of us "out of city" drivers by showing us how they will bill us for these public service fees by being the first group of people to incur the "cost of recovery fees." Thank you. from Milton, FL by Jackie
Comment: After hearing of the new Santa Rosa County, Highway Robbery attempt by County law enforcement, and their fire departments, charging out of county people in accidents a $285.00 and a $350 charge if they are at fault in a accident. As bad as things are these idiots are trying to rape people. It’s a shame and disgrace for anyone to try and bring this kind burden upon anyone. I for one live on Quintette Road and just past the county line. I will never go to Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s or Winn Dixie in Santa Rosa County anymore. They were my favorite stores and close together. Now the Escambia is looking at rapeing its people. Im going to Atmore or Brewton, Alabama to shop.
Comment: Don't we support our local Law Enforcement with Property Tax and a County Fire Tax. We can't hardly make ends meet now. I see County Sheriffs and Police cars parked at their homes and they drive them everywhere. Who buys the gas and up-keep on these cars? We do. Look at the Fire Department. They have Crown Victoria's, pickup trucks and drive them everywhere including to their private workplace. Who buys the gas and the up-keep on these? We do. Have you ever seen a Crown Victoria or a pickup truck put out a fire? No. They need to take care of their waste. Leave us alone, we are in BAD Shape. Hungry to. by Harvey
Comment: I will try to avoid driving in Milton. You said "The funds generated from the user fee will go back into the city's general fund which supports the police and fire departments." That means if there is an accident involving a Milton resident and a non-resident, then the Milton Police Department will make more money if the Police say that the non-resident caused the accident.
So, if you are a non-resident and are driving in Milton and a Milton resident runs a red light and crashes into your car, then the Milton Police will be motivated to blame it on you.
Maybe lawyers should keep an eye on this and get ready to file a class action lawsuit. from Fort Walton Beach, FL by Bill
Comment: Yes, I support it. I was the Fire Chief of a Volunteer Fire Dept. in Texas for Five years. We charged our costs of fighting fires to the property owners insurance. It is covered on the home owners policy, and is probably covered on automobile insurance policies. We subcontracted the collection to a company that specializes in that ans paid them a .20 % fee for their services. from Pensacola by James
Comment: I see no problem with charging every person involved in an accident $100. If you are found not at fault, it's a fee you could recover from the at-fault driver's insurance.
Most accidents are the result of poor drivers and there's no reason that they should not pay for a portion of the city services required to clean up after them. Maybe it will make them think about it before tailgating, texting or talking on their cell phone, or lazily drifting slowly in the left lane. from Pensacola, FL by Rick
Comment: Don't they have anything better to do with their time? They can let go a lot of city workers who really don't have much to do anyway to save the city some money; or how about the cops leave the city police cars at work instead of driving them home? Does the city pay for the gas that goes into the police cars that the cops drive home? Why don't they properly budget the money they have already coming in now? How about them cutting their salaries? It is not like the Pensacola/Milton area has great high paying jobs or a low-cost of living where the working class people have an extra $635.00 just sitting in their pockets to give to the City of Milton or the City of Gulf Breeze for being involved in an accident. Do they even know what the definition of accident is? It is not like we drive around wanting to be in an accident, especially in one and at fault. Accidents happen. What are those city council members thinking of (besides themselves of course)? $635.00 per accident is highway robbery, except they have legalized it. They need to hold their public hearings at a time when people, particularly those who work, can attend so we can put a stop to these "representatives" who take care of themselves instead of the people who put them in office to represent us, the people who put money into this community. I will not contribute any more money to the City of Milton or the City of Gulf Breeze if I can help it. Too bad because I really did like the Gulf Breeze area and the Milton Bakery. I'll be going to Pensacola from now on via the interstate for everything I need. Something has to give soon, or we will all be dirt poor begging on the corners. It is a shame what the people of this world have become. from Milton, FL by Leonard
Comment: I work in Pensacola due to the lack of good jobs in Milton, but I bring my hard-earned money home to Milton and spend it in Milton. Not anymore. I'll spend it in Pensacola from now on. from Milton, FL by L.A.
Comment: It's not like the Milton Police Department is overworked or underpaid. If they were so busy, they would not have pulled me over for the only reason of having a silver license plate frame around my car tag. Do your job and protect and serve the community as a public servant is supposed to do without implementing ridiculous "out of city" resident accident fees.
Comment: Our out of town guests is where a great portion of our income comes from. No one intentionally causes an accident. Those individuals are just upset about that accident as we are. If we decide to do this, it may affect our local economy even further by keeping visitors away. from Destin, FL by T
Comment: No more building materials from Lowe's or Home Depot for me. I think they are IDIOTS! by Wayne
Comment: We moved to Milton 10 years ago from Atlanta and chose to live outside the city limits of Milton, mostly for privacy reasons. If the mayor, City Police, and Milton Fire Dept. don't want us in Milton city limits, I will go to Ward Basin Road and go to Pensacola to do my shopping once a week vs. 4 - 5 times in Milton. I feel for the businesses inside the Milton city limits and hope the city residents can maintain the cash flow for the businesses inside the city limits. Maybe they are doing me a favor. I have always considered myself a resident of Milton, however, the city officials have somehow divided us from city residents. I now consider myself a resident of East Milton. Thanks! from Milton, FL by Dolores
Comment: When most people were out working and they couldn’t be there to oppose their Milton City Council voted on this new police and fire department ripoff the out of town visitors fee’s led by city manager Donna Adams. Very Sneaking. The people of Milton deserve better. I am very opposed to this ripoff.. Write Ms. Donna Adams and tell her what you think. I will never spend money there again. citymanager@mymiltonflorida.com by Ruby
Comment: Since the City of Milton and City of Gulf Breeze want to make more money off of non-city residents, why don't government officials do something constructive like deleting that large portion of school taxes off the property tax bills they collect from people who have no children in school or who have no children at all? Why don't the officials collect school taxes from only those people who have children in school? I don't live in the city limits, but there are Milton schools within the Milton city limits to which I contribute every single year when I pay my tax bill, and I have no children at all. Of course, we would never see them do something like this because they might have to take a reduction in their salaries or give up something else beneficial to themselves. Not too long ago, no one wanted to fund the ECAT bus system. They wanted the people who rode the bus to pay higher bus fares. Isn't all of this really the same thing? If you live in the city limits, you have the conveniences of everything right in your area, and you enjoy the city benefits. People who live outside the city limits pay more in many ways to commute to the city whether it is to shop, to bank, or to work, and now the city council, the mayor, and other officials want to charge those who live out of the city limits more for coming into the city and getting into an accident? Add insult to injury. They need to learn how to manage the funds they take from us already. All they do is take, take, take from us. The Garcon Point Toll Bridge is a prime example. If officials knew how to properly manage the money we contribute now, that bridge would have been paid out a long time ago. Over $3 bucks one way is extremely expensive. I thought tolls were to pay for the bridge, and then it was removed. I can't ever see those money hungry officials removing the toll, but they could greatly reduce the tolls and still maintain that bridge. Plus, they would probably make more money at $0.50 to $1 one way because more people would use the toll bridge. We need to oppose these kinds of actions taken by the people we vote into office. Next, they will want to bill us for responding to a home invasion at our home, bill a rape victim for reporting an assault, bill you for looking for or locating your missing child. This absurd law opens up way too many avenues for them to charge us for other public protections and public service. What goes around, comes around. Good luck, Milton city limit businesses. Looks like you're going to need it based on some of these responses. I, too, will no longer be shopping or conducting business within the Milton city limits. from Milton, FL by Hope
Comment: After reading some of the responses, I would like to make one more quick comment for clarity according to my conversation with Ms. Adams on yesterday. This law does not apply only to out of state visitors or out of town guests. THIS LAW AFFECTS YOU AND ME WHO DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MILTON (from the right of Avalon by KMart to the bridge by the courthouse). Here is a link to the city boundary map:
http://www.ci.milton.fl.us/city_services/planning/City%20of%20Milton%20Boundary%20Map.pdf
If you don't LIVE within the orange lines, you are considered a "non-resident" driver or "out-of-city" driver, and you are affected. Everything to the left of Avalon is outside of the Milton city limits. Therefore, you can shop at Wal Mart and Lowes. If you are a Milton resident and live by WalMart, have your accident by WalMart or Lowes, and you will not be charged by the City of Milton because that area is outside the city limits according to Ms. Adams. But, if you live by WalMart, are traveling to Bealls or any other store from Food World to the bridge by the courthouse to shop, are involved in an ACCIDENT, and are found to be at fault, you, a "non city limit" resident (because you live outside the Milton city limits), WILL BE charged. Who is more at risk of being involved in an ACCIDENT within the city limits of Milton or the City of Gulf Breeze ~~ you and me or an out-of-town visitor? You and I are because we travel that road more often than someone just visiting our area. Besides, when you really look at what is located within the city limits of Milton, there's really not much there for out-of-town visitors to do anyway. Statistically, the Milton residents, whether you live inside the city limits or outside the city limits, drive these roads daily so it will be you and I who will pay the price under this absurd law, not out of state or out of town people. Thank you. from Milton, FL by Jackie
Comment: INSANE/this is so unconstitutional!!!
So the people of Milton to go to other cities & state & cause accidents & not pay----
WHAT HAVE PEOPLE AMOUNTED TOO?
HUNGRY FOR MONEY AND VERY GREEDY!!!!!
Comment: I can see this leading to major abuse. Blame will be placed on non-residents to increase City revenue. It amounts to another traffic trap from Pensacola/ FL by Jim
Comment: Its not very inviting to the towns events, to know they may be fined IF THEY ARE NOT A TOWN RESIDENT. How do we know whos at fault? may lean toward revenue. from Milton by Brenda
Comment: Why not, drain every penny (just like blood) we can from the tourists. The more we take the more they stay away and then the beaches belong to us, AGAIN !!! from Pensacola, Florida by D
Comment: I stongly appose the fees as the insurance companies will be liable to pay these fees as part of the accident costs. That's just what Florida needs, higher car insurance rates. It will also impact our tourisim as travelers will avoid our area and spend their money elsewhere. I for one will not visit and spend my money anywhere where the cities are trying to balance it's budget at my expense. These cities need to learn the same lessons we are as individuals, cut costs and trim fat from their payroles instead of extortion from visitors. We pay enough in taxes without this taxation (fees) without representation. I don't remember anyone voting on these fees. from Crestview,Fl by Roy
Comment: Check around the Fire service is charging fees in Escambia to respond. This is the trend since the tax referendum.
Comment: The city should be required to post a sign at city limits advising drivers of this law. from Cantonment, FL by Don
Comment: milton and gulf breeze have lost their senses. triple a will put this out and people will avoid their towns. we will shop in pace and avoid milton at all costs. from chumuckla fl by jay
Comment: What do they want? Everybody to stay in their own little city and not visit their relatives? That is just obsurd when we have different types of events and friends in places we have to go to. Who's fault is it when a man is driving thru the city of Milton and has a Stroke causing an accident. I think it is just crazy to fine someone from another city just because they have an accident. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE PAID TO DO! ! ! ! Not just write TICKETS! ! !
from Pensacola, FL by Thomas
Comment: escambia county offcials should weigh in on the gulf breeze matter. people have to go thru gulf breeze to get to pensacola beach. tourism will drop. from pace by jay
Comment: What happens when the fire department respond, but they are not needed? If this passes, I bet all agencies will respond just to get the extra dollars. from Pace, Fl by N
Comment: What's next, a surcharge on breathing? Are the powers that be trying to attract more traffic to the area, or are they just wanting to return to the "wilderness"? Seems to me that word gets around, people (especially Floridians) will start avoiding Milton like the plague. from Mary Esther, FL. by Tom
Comment: What next? Charge us to write a ticket? If that's the case, I never pay for anything I don't want so they might as well keep their tickets and find another job because I really want need them! We'll just have to become armed citizens and take care of ourselves. A 5 year concealed weapons permit is a lot cheaper than getting into an accident in the Milton city limits, which could take an extra $635.00 out of my pocket in addition to a wrecked car, damage to my body, and an increase in my insurance premiums. Not only am I no longer shopping, driving, or doing business within the city limits of Milton upon learning of this stupid law, I also informed my church today that I will no longer be able to attend because it is over 20 miles to bypass the Milton city limits. Pensacola is only 14 miles from me. Therefore, I will attend the Pensacola church. Also, in today's paper, we, including us Milton residents who do not reside in the city limits of Milton, were referred to as outsiders. Monday, I am contacting the post office to find out if I change my address as Garcon Point, FL, instead of Milton, FL, if they will still deliver my mail. Never liked saying I was from Milton, FL, anyway! Looks like the City of Milton might have cut off its nose to spite its face. I hope the City of Milton, the City of Gulf Breeze, and any other city that places this type of burden on its "outsider" residents, our family members & friends, and visitors reap what they sow. from Milton, FL
Comment: It shows me that this little town will stoop to any means for a Dollar. They have no intention of tightening up like the people are having to do. People of Milton they will target you next. Now they are raping their neighbors. by Bill
Comment: How many times have you seen or had an accident and the "judge" was the deputy on the scene. Determining who was at fault and indicating that he had to find someone responsible. So now if you are in the unfortunate position of having an accident the services already taxed and paid for will be thrust upon you for your "guilt". I read that someone said it would reduce accidents but they call them "accidents" for a reason. Is there anywhere a person can go anymore where you aren't taxed on every issue available? from Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos by Don
Comment: Instead of Milton robbing its neighbors, why don't the people in Milton fire its Mayor and Ms. Donna Adams. Who needs them? They are big waste of money and then Milton wouldn't need to rob their neighbors. by Alice
Comment: All Venders entering Milton's City limits. Milton has a possible $600.00+ fee hanging over your head if you have a accident in their city. So everytime you enter Milton's charge them a Milton rippoff recovery fee. I am or im not doing anymore business with them. by William
Comment: EVERYONE THAT CAUSES an accident should pay not just out of town drivers... EMS, Fire, FHP, local police have to respond to stupid people who get into accidents. Therefore the law should be if you get into an accident you pay! from Milton by John
Comment: Put up signs at the city limits and warn people they may be robbed before leaving Milton city limits. from Pace by Randy
Comment: I do alot of shopping in Milton and my family lives there, but this will definitely make me reconsider my time in Milton. from alabama
Comment: I am a local Businessman that collects and pays sales taxes in Santa Rosa county. Why would the city of Gulf Breeze do something so anti tourist. The tourist make up the majority of all business income in this area. An accident is an accident. Are publicly paid employees supposed to sit on their duffs and not do anything?? This is a cross between laziness and run away silliness in polictics. I would hate to lose all of our tourism to Gulf Shores because of some silly accident fee. Bad enough that Gulf Shores is already cutting into our tourist industry as it is!!!!n DON'T GIVE TOURIST ANOTHER EXCUSE TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS AREA!!! from Pensacola, Fl by Rickie
Comment: No that would be Discrimination .every one pays taxes in there community. Move to a community that fits your life style, and safety protocol. from cleves ohio by sir thomas
Comment: I do not think this is a good thing. All they are doing is discouraging people to visit their city. I conduct business in Milton and Gulf Breeze for work but I live in Pensacola. I will not take my business there in the future. Think about that. from Pensacola, Fl by Lisa
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