Escambia County v. City of Pensacola

OVERTON, Justice.

This cause is before this Court on petition to review a decision of the First District Court of Appeal reported as Escambia County v. City of Pensacola, 448 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). The district court found that county-wide revenues, which are derived from both city and county taxpayers, cannot be used to fund the county sheriff’s road patrol and the local road system in the unincorporated area of the county because the services provide no real and substantial benefit to the City of Pensacola and its residents. We find conflict with our recent decision in Town of Palm…