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Three good things happened at last Thursday's Town Commission meeting.

Letter to the Editor:

#1, the Town will be able to help repair or build 10 or 11 new homes for Inglis

Re: Don't Push YOUR AGENDA on us, Commissioner Kesterson!

residents in the coming year because the Town 2013 CDBG Grant application, which was

You need to be informed that Commissioner Stephen Kesterson IS NOT the Com-

originally denied, will now be funded after all because funds pledged for other programs

missioner over Zoning and Code Enforcement. You would never know it based on the way

he hit the ground running back in April, 2014. He ASSIGNED an employee, Mr. Charlie

#2, the Town Commission (Commissioners Ely, Kesterson & Morin voting "Yes,"

Botts to perform a survey all up and down Hwy 40 and Hwy 19 within the Town limits and

Commissioner Price "No") took the first step to require Town elected officials to reside in

to report back about whatever violations he could identify, a BIG waste of our tax dollars.

Town after their election. That's right - presently, you have to be a resident to RUN for

and targeting certain people. At the July meeting, where Kesterson had put it on the agenda

office, but do not have to reside in the Town after you're elected, so a candidate could win

to fire him, Charlie got up to speak and made it very clear that one of the first things Kes-

election and then move away, and there's nothing any of us could do about it!

terson "Ordered" him to do was to "GO AFTER Comm. Drew WHITE". The firing took

#3, having seen enough of "interviewing" job applicants at public meetings, the

place at a public meeting!!

Commission is going to review and revise its hiring process. While the goal - we want the

Every month since April, at Reg. meetings, Special ones and workshops, he has "spon-

best people and to hire on merit-is worthy, the process hasn't treated applicants with dignity.

sored" his ideas of what he wants implemented. In May, He began his pursuit of a "Special

The Commission directed the Town Attorney to review and revise the process so that it will

Master" such as they have in Auburndale, which has over 14,000 people. Thank goodness,

both maintain the "say" all Commissioners should have and treat those who apply to work

the other 4 Commissioners finally shot it down in the 10/7/2014 meeting.

for the Town with respect.

The mobile home issue, however, has not gone away, only passed on to the Plan-

Please come out an honor our Veterans this Saturday at 12:00. There will be a parade

ning Commission for it's recommendations. And, yes, it was attacking any mobile homes

and then our New `Veterans Memorial' dedication next to Inglis Town Hall.

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

15 years and older, requiring $500.00 or more in repairs, it must be condemned and re-

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Mayor (727) 362-4788

Glenda Kirkland, Fax: 352-302-5913

moved. If you live in a mobile home, you need to stay on top of the Planning Commission

Email, Tom Russell,Editor:

Letter to the Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: d

and what they are doing and watch as/if it comes back to the Commission.

One thing I expect to happen, possibly is that they go for a total rezoning of the Cason Re: Inglis Commission

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For starters it seems to me that the town employee has absolutely NO business

Inglis Acres area to R-1, which would cause a time period to be put in place when ALL

Mobile homes would have to be gone. Even Greg Kirkland, the Mayor's husband made the showing political biases at work. I'm not in favor of paying her to write political letters to

statement that he would like all of Inglis to be R-1, suggesting he wants to see the day when the editor on town time, and then to pay for ALL those copies she is passing out at town hall

there are NO Mobile homes. And I have e-mails between the Attorney and Kesterson where and town hall meetings.

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It unfortunately is NOT a rumor they are trying to figure out HOW to get rid of our

he is asking if it is possible to go around the Planning Commission regarding any recom-

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trailer homes. In the town hall meeting of Sept. 2, 10014, Commissioner Kesterson makes

mendations they make.

Commissioner Smalldridge has made it very clear that he is livid about Kesterson try- a motion to do this very thing!!!! Go online and listen for yourself, or read the Sept. 17th

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ing to run his Dept. I could only cover a little now--But stay tuned, I am going to make you Newscaster, it is printed word for word. True, it is NOT a law or regulation YET, and true

understand it really IS happening, by using their words and actions which will speak the they can't do that without a super majority commissioners  Getting rid   

 of     voting for it.    of

truth. And a word for Commissioner Kesterson---if you don't like the way our Town looks Sally Price would have given the mayor her 4 "yes,   that  

 ma'am's" and with  they then vote

and only want to change it into your vision of Nirvana---go to Auburndale where they have Smalldridge off, and VOILA, she has the super   as pleases!!! 

 majority and can do  she  

Perception: The mayor sic'ed the IPD and a friend of the chief onto Andrew White,

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the regulations you want--but don't push your agenda on us---GOD BLESS YOU ALL--

and even though he had received a clean bill of health 2 weeks previous, wrote him up

Rhonda Kline, Inglis

for violations. She, the mayor and the attorney ramrodded it through the governor's of-

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fice, claiming he had two felonies when in fact he had only 1 felony littering charge and

1 misdemeanor,the felony charge actually occurred BEFORE Andrew was even a twinkle in

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his father's eye Sad that in this country we are No longer innocent until proven otherwise!

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Using Sally's logic, hiring a hired killer should not find you guilty, because you aren't the

one actually doing the killing!!!!

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The perception is: Waste Pro Contract extended for 3 months, true, BUT she

doesn't explain it was done illegally. And it was slothful and negligent on the part of the

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on Commissioner Kesterson

mayor and commissioners to NOT put out bids in the spring when it was first suggested!!!

Thursday night at the meeting it was interesting how the mayor admitted to living

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in Crystal River at the time she ran for office of mayor and that she had signed the paper

TO SIGN Petitions, please call:

stating that she indeed was a citizen of Inglis, under penalty of law,sheher

 and BOTH  AND 

( 352-302-8556) or (352-507-1408)

husband admitted on record that she did NOT move to Inglis UNTIL she got voted in office.

Two to three weeks ago I ran into the mayor in front of theBBQ place here in 

 town,

OR- From 6-9 PM Wed. night,

she assured me that IF we don't think she is doing a good job as mayor,

 just to let her know,

Follow signs at Hwy 40 & Hwy 19

she will resign! How many folks would that take mayor? And are youina woman

  fact   of

your word? I know I, for  holding

one, won't be  my breath!

OR- E-mail to: rokline@bellsouth.net

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  Carol Gibson, Inglis

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