Comments on: City Narrows Police Headquarters List to Five Properties

By: Mr. Entropy

Mr. Entropy — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:12:21 +0000

Kickbacks are already gotten/exhausted from the Northsheister Mall property.

New palm massaging is underway for the police station and site selection is depending on who kicks back the most.

If any downtown city property should have been deemed outdated it should have been Fire Station 1. It is and has been against code in that the dorms, offices and everything else open directly into the engine bay/garage. There needs to be 2-hour fire-rating walls between the garage and all personnel spaces ESPECIALLY the dorms with sprinklers/foam in the engine bay as well. On top of that, most of the spaces have little or no emergency exit except through the engine bay.

And yet, the police station is deemed to be the most needy.

By: Snidely Whiplash

Snidely Whiplash — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:23:43 +0000

In reply to Old Cop. The Northwood Centre does provide our Mayor, elected Commissioners, and upper level City employees the richest opportunity to quietly engage in their nefarious, historical, and in their minds God given rights to enrich themselves at the taxpayer expense. I put the odds at the Northwood winning this bogus pre- determined "selection" at around 126.333% to Zero% for the remaining 4 properties.

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:53:05 +0000

The law enforcement rank-and-file and taxpayers deserve a new state-of-the-art facility. I hope a lot of expertise goes into the decision and not selfish self-serving political reasons.

We have a state attorney and elected officials who fight crime by partying in Amelia Island, a sheriff who sways the Gillum investigation with his thumb on the scale, elected officials who don’t live in their district, a mayor who is out doing shameless self-promotion car commercials, a City Commissioner texting his cohort, a County Manager who participates in corruption with Waste Pro, Gary Yordon, and Scott Maddox, and the City failing to do a nationwide search for a city manager.

Can it get any more dysfunctional? Are we putting the cart before the horse by not getting our house in order before we proceed?

By: News Maven

News Maven — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:47:36 +0000

In reply to Cyndi.

Won’t happen.
No donut shops on the southside.
Heck, the Fake Newsocrat is only 2 blocks from Krispy Kreme; if only the required acreage had been a little smaller.

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 03:14:13 +0000

I wish they would put it down on South Monroe. It may cost more but it is close to us and I believe it will help deter crime in our neighborhood. The people who were against it when it was first proposed do not live down here so their opinion should be valued less than those of us who are down here.

By: F.A.R.T.ly Yours

F.A.R.T.ly Yours — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:21:33 +0000

Mark my word; the site will end up where they started this whole party: Towne South Shopping Center, 2525 S. Monroe Street. Wait and see, then ask me how I know….; FBI – follow the bucks….; the old guard is still running this show. Watch.

By: News Maven

News Maven — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:17:31 +0000

In reply to Old Cop.

Exactly.
Couldn’t have said it better.
The Fake Newsocrat desperately needs to sell their nearly-empty mausoleum on Magnolia Drive, but it’s just a hair under the minimum of 9 acres required for the new cop shop.

Too bad for GutNett.

By: Old Cop

Old Cop — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:36:22 +0000

Everyone who is paying attention knows it’s a done deal for Northwood Centre. That has already been decided and staff evaluations of other locations will ensure that decision remains constant. Or, it will come in a close second, but the lowest bid will be rejected or discarded for some reason. That’s why the city rushed to bid on the property and smothered all other bidders. All of the discussions and negotiations are not being conducted in the open, regardless of assertions to the contrary. In politics, transparency darkens for family, for friendship, for political support, and just plain financial benefit.

By: EconEstate

EconEstate — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:18:29 +0000

Northwood is truly the best option and physical location. It’s a blank slate with easy access to all parts of the City. Current TPD location should be sold for urban infill development or expand Lake Ella park-like amenities.

By: TONY

TONY — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:30:33 +0000

The •Towne South Shopping Center, 2525 S. Monroe Street should be forgotten about altogether since it would and WILL BE way to costly and a HUGE WASTE of Money.