Tough, hard choices for commission

The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission has some tough decisions ahead. Those decisions deal with trying to figure out what to do with a courthouse that was built in 1959 that is aging and has issues.

We attended Tuesday's administrative workshop and the news was scary. We go to the courthouse several times a week and we see the falling ceilings.

We were in the courthouse in December, 2015, when a heating pipe busted open and flooded much of the courthouse. That busted pipe may be a blessing in disguise because it helped reveal multiple problems with the old building.

The commission has some...