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Our viewpoint: School funding increases good, but there's still room for improvement

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Hazel Covington just needs $132 to pay her electric bill from two months ago.Covington, who has been on sabbatical from her job since she found out six months ago that she has breast cancer, went to the Metro Action Commission for help in staying on top of her bills. The commission offers financial assistance of up to $550 once a year to low-income families who can't pay their energy bills, their housing or property tax expenses or their prescription costs.

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Only two companies met the submission deadline Monday.

With the passing of Monday's deadline, the county has three offers for Murdock Village: Two from Kitson & Partners, and, according to Commissioner Tom Moore, one from Tramell-Webb Partners.

Only two companies -- neither of them surprises -- made formal offers for Murdock Village by Monday's 5 p.m. deadline.

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Escambia County voters get their last shot today at deciding on the proposed half-cent sales tax for health care.

Taxes and health care -- two of the hottest topics going. It should provoke a massive turnout ... but, unfortunately, that would be a surprise.

We urge those still undecided about voting to get out there and do it. At a time when the challenges facing this community are growing, we need a more engaged electorate.

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Pensacola City Manager Tom Bonfield is recommending that the City Council increase six building permit fees to cut down on city subsidies for local development.

It's an attempt to make development pay for services the city has been subsidizing for years. For example, last year the city paid $1.37 million to provide building inspection services. That's about $472,000 more than was collected through building permit fees. Taxpayers are picking up the remaining tab.

"That's a bunch of money, almost a half a million dollars, out of taxpayers' pockets that they are not getting," said City Councilman Jack Nobles. "I think this is the right thing to do. We need to look at all of our services to consider what it's costing the city to do them."

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