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PAGE 10 - October 10, 2007

THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News

Community Events

Editorial - Opinion - Commentary

This is an open letter to the Mayor and Council of Yankeetown

Flu shots available at the Levy County Health Dept.

September 30, 2007 By Radie Armstrong, Yankeetown

Beginning Oct. 1, flu shots (influenza vaccinations) will be available at the Levy

Where Are All the Volunteers?

County Health Dept. main office and other locations in the county for $20. Call (352) 486-5300,

ext. 248, for an appointment or additional information. The health department accepts Medi-

At the last two Yankeetown meetings (there have been over 200 of these meetings

care Part A & B and is not assinged to a Medicare Managed Care group. Please bring your

in the past year) there was a strident complaint from a committee member. It was that those

Medicare card with you. If you know of someonewho is homebound and has not received

who spoke out against decisions fostered by the Planning and Zoning committee should

their flu shot, please call the health department with the information and they will try to help.

have come forth and taken membership on the committee rather than voice their objections

Meet The Candidates

at town meetings. You might ask yourselves exactly why there is a paucity of those you call

"the opposition" on your committees. Here are a few ideas as to why. Please ponder them.

The Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club will be hosting its' traditional "Meet the

The Mayor appointed people who are united in the mission to defeat Isaac Walton

Candidates" night Tuesday, October 16, 7-9pm at #5 56th Street in Yankeetown. The candi-

Investors (IWI) in their effort to build in Yankeetown. Not everyone in this town lives frozen

dates for Mayor and Town Council in the election on October 30th are invited to attend. The

in time. Some of us work in the real world. We did not move to Yankeetown to live under your

public is invited to arrive early in order to have time to write their questions for the Mayor and

dictate and perception that this is a retirement village or a gated community. We do not want

Town Council candidates on index cards provided at the door. Introductions by and ques-

to conform to your new world order of making this fishing village into "The Villages". The

tions for the candidates for Town Council will occur first, followed by the Mayoral

individualistic nature of Yankeetown is what brought the first people here at the turn of the

candidates. For further information, contact June Proffit at 447-3110.

century and it is what brought the rest of us here later. Who are you to legislate that quirky,

Amateur radio exam, Oct. 13, Williston

independent and colorful nature of Yankeetown inhabitants to meet your planned urban

The Levy County-Amateur Emergency Service is offering an amateur radio license

development standards? Most of us are too independent to vote lock step with you in your

exam on Sat., Oct. 13, starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Williston Community Center located at 50

holy war against the developer.

N.W. Main St. Registration is required by noon Fri., Oct. 12. Please bring with you to the

The folks who brought us stacked committees also waged a vicious campaign

exam: a photo I.D., your Social Security number or FRN, 2 copies of your Amateur Radio

against former Mayor Johannessen. You pestered the state government with thousands of

license (FCC form 660) if you're upgrading, the original and 2 copies of your CSCEs if you're

petitions, complaints and rumors such that the Governor finally ordered a special election.

claiming credit and the license exam fee of $14 (make checks payable to ARRL/VEC). To

So, you and your cohorts bullied the town via exaggerated accounts of off shore bank

accounts, ethical failures and violations of state law, and promoted yourselves to positions

Officials to speak at Republican Club Luncheon in Yankeetown

of councilmember and mayor. After 8 months, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement

The Yankeetown-Inglis Republican Club will meet at 12:00 noon, Sat., Oct. 27, at the

found no truth nor any basis to your baloney and dropped the case. That is because there

Inglis/Yankeetown Lions Club on C.R .40 and 59th Street, Yankeetown. A delicious luncheon

was no truth to the baloney. You wasted FDLE's time and our taxes once again. There was

of Chicken Cordon Bleu will be provided for $5 per person, including beverage and dessert.

never an apology to then-Mayor Johannessen because you opined that FLDE dropped the

A prepared program will be presented by members of the Republican Party of Florida

case and the ball when she resigned. This is not true, of course, but you and your cohorts

(RPOF): Pablo Diaz, Director of Field Operations, and John Davis, Director Minority Out-

stopped at nothing to grind down those who stood up and said, "Hey! That's a danged lie"

reach and Coalitions. Diaz and Davis have been successful with this program and will give

(including your bashing FDLE and their full investigation into every one of your niggling

you the inside scoop of party plans. Reservations are a must; please call Grace at 447-2693 or

little complaints of wrongdoing). I am here to say that the people you victimized into voting

Karen at 447-3640. The public is welcome.

for you will one by one see for themselves your falsehoods for what they are. That day is

Lions Club Events

coming sooner than you had hoped.

October 20th 7 11 pm, Red, White and Blue Dance and Hors d'oeuvres. Attendees

Our fearless leaders and their band of merry men and women love their website

will be asked to wear red, white or blue in the spirit of the event. All candidates are invited to

and rail against fellow town members daily. Why, the Mayor herself runs right out after a

this event sponsored by the Lion's Club. Live entertainment and hor d'oeuvres will be

council meeting and relieves herself by writing mean things about those who witness the

provided. Contact Peggy Page, Alice Box or Karen Goode for a tickets.

depositions of her and her cronies for the lawsuits that IWI are filing against them. Oh, did

October 24th 7 9 pm, Candidates Forum Sponsored by the Lion's Club. Meet and

I tell you that? Yes, the violations of Government in the Sunshine, the interference with

hear candidates speak about the items they feel are important for your future. A question

Continued on page 11 - "Where are All The Volunteers?

and answer session will be provided. Lion's Club 59th St Yankeetown

A.B.A.

October 28th Noon 4 pm, Old Fashioned Political Rally and Ice Cream Social. All

candidates are welcome...Hear what they have to say one last time before casting your

vote...Ice Cream, Hot Dogs, Soft Drinks and Entertainment. Lion's Club- 59th St Yankee-

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