The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-18
ARE THE CITY COMMISSIONERS FAIR
WITH THE PEOPLE?

has fit of atavsm when some men made drunken by little
authority imagine themselves to be the entire solar system
when fact they arise to the dignity of falling meteor
tumbing athwart the evening sky.
Like the Bourbon of DID, these men learn nothing forget
nothing but history that without exception those who
fail to heed the voice of the public crushed beyond mbance
of come back.
The City Commissioners of Pensacola have taken stand in
Judgment large majority the taxpayers whose money must
for the selection and instead of giving heed to this sentiment
they sneeringy term these citizens "a bunch
Taxpayers meeting mass to protest against the spending
of their what they consider inadequate investment
outed sneered laughed eered at consigned by
not language to the uemos depths of Putos realm by the
commissioners elected SERVE
SERVE (not mastery the people who elected them.
Not alone are our city commissioners defying houng
danng the citizens who will have the BILL but they
using the to hire attorneys fight the
taxpayers money being diverted the which
those who the taxes believe to be mistake not
Waving the issue whether Paafox Street the
place for the dock SITE
Waving whether part hun
dred eighty thousand dollars whether the entire is
worth hundred tweneght thousand dollars after
by the present of the side of the
when that the site puchasabe only
short time for about hundred and ten thousand
Waving the issue that the by the citizens hasten the
construction Of municipal docks the motive that hundreds of
idle would be work order support themselves
and family and thereby enable them to help the taxes which
they voluntarily had imposed upon them by
in rents and other overhead;
Waving the that the purchase
alone not the abong work but that almost
entire will be swallowed in the purchase of the wharf
so as to make further improvements impossible;
Waving these portents many of even greater
moment.
Why
city commissioners only the
heart they fighting with all the weapons
command taking money which belongs only taxpayers
hire additional counsel to the very able city attorney when the
taxpayers have make employ counsel look
their interests though it the duty of the city commission
and the city attorney to look after them?
If the citizens want referendum and the commissioners
desire carry the wishes of the majority citizens
why do they spend the deprive them of that
right when by doing the commissioners what
majority Of the people want?
Surely there can be no Interior motive in this demand for
buying property defiance of the
public voice.
Surely the will lay themselves open
suspicion that there the pile
officer has right to have there?
Once the public suspicion it viii be
hard aay and they begin to question other which
affairs officials be held under
a cloud, which started is hard to overcome
For the first time in years Pensacola there is concrete
willing put up money to begin an
investigation of things which have heretofore ignored
passed lightly but if heed paid the people
hearing fair play the city commissioners
that the beginning of the end of their hand
like leaving sinking ship those of their ring
toud them and held out the hand of beginning
to they begin to the handwriting the wall
The atteng junction that because they have
practically opposition should not be mistaken by
popularity Their election heretofore
matter of indifference the voter of disgust
let the citizenship of Pensacola be
that they being misreate that their being
Of and the wreckng of the machine
being built up regularly viii be senbance of
the famous pan cake.
The public withstand for much and no more
VIII the heed will they pull down the