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But then I come home; to the Citrus and Levy County area; to the place I’ve called home

for 15 years. My community. A place that can and one day will be made to look just as torn

up as many of the places I’ve been sent to. Instead of the ‘one for all and all for one’ com-

munity attitude I’ve just come from, mine is a community that is trying to tear itself apart.

A community that airs its shortcomings in judgment in a way that brought the entire world

to its door to laugh out loud. Compared to the communities that rally together and fix their

problems together, mine is a community the prints every ugly little truth and finger pointing

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about each other in public; I am afraid I have to say, compared to the communities I’ve seen

struggling with real issues, this community sounds little a bunch of little kids squabbling

over who has the best sandwich for lunch.

Do you 170 S.E. 136 Court, Dunnellon, Florida Maybe you should ask

19 really think un-incorporating Inglis will save money? 34431

the residents of the un-incorporated towns in and around Miami such as Hileah or Cutler

PHONE: (352) 422-3953

Bay. They are still served by Miami’s finest (Miami-Dade County PD) but with a difference,

FAX: (800) 385-6736

they have NO SAY where and how much coverage they get. Do you think Levy County S.O.

is going to cover the goodAIL: fclark126@yahoo.com think the average Inglis

EM people of Inglis without a fee? Do you

resident will be able to tell LCSO how and when to patrol? Finally, do you really think that

LCSO will have as vested interest in Inglis as Inglis’ own PD? Do you think ANY outside

service entity will have as much vested interest in Inglis as Inglis itself?

PJ is a short-haired tiger/white 6-7 month

The saddest part for me is not who will do what should the town vote itself out of a gov-

old kitten. He is very sweet and playful. He

erning entity, the sad part is that instead of working together, Inglis just doesn’t seem to be

gets along with other cats and dogs. When

“My name is Gina, from Missouri. I m

able to get it together. This bickering has been going on for years! To me, that is a more fun-

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Pj got to his foster home he was limping on

a 3 y.o, s.f. Pekinese, cream and tan spotted

damental concern that any other. When a hurricane comes to this area, and it will, working

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one of his back legs. When he was checked

sweethart. I love to snuggle, play with my

together will be a life and death situation that will need to be met by the entire community,

out by the doctor they took x-rays and he

meaning EVERYONE. Hereforyou, gentle reader, to think about: if this

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toys, go for walks, and I m crate trained. I

actually had a broken hip. He has had or-

am pretty well housebroken, but need some-

small community cannot work its problemsout during peaceful times, incorporated or not

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thopedic surgery and is doing great. He has

one to work with that a little longer. No

incorporated will not make any difference when the time comes for a response to a calamity

been tested for feline leukemia/aids, been

children. Phone, A Humane Society of Cen-

that will need a coordinated community-wide effort. Divided we will falter. It really DOES

dewormed, has had all his shots, has been

tral FL. Pet Rescue, Inc. 527.9050, leave a

neutered, and is on flea prevention. If inter-

message for a call back, later. See our other

ested in this handsome boy please contact

available pets at our adoptions, and our

his foster mom Tanya at smalls98789@

adoption schedule on www.AHumaneSoci-

gmail.com or 352-697-5657.

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Election Challenge - Continued from page 1

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side of the issue might take a legal stance, but his duty was to look at the legality of the stat-

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         

utes and not favor either side. The petitions must be certified, Fugate said, before the town

commission can move ahead. According to Fugate, the Levy County Supervisor of Elec-

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tions, Connie Asbell, was out sick all week with the flu, and as of Friday afternoon at 4:30,

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the petitions had not been certified. He said Asbell has 30 days to complete the certification,

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and the town commission cannot act on the matter until the certification is completed. Then,

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the commission needs to vote on the issue and the town must advertise the issue for 5 weeks

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prior to the election, in order to place the amendments on the ballot, and the petitioning

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group had waited too late to accomplish this. Fugate said, in his opinion, this was the wrong

way to ammend the Town Charter.

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When the meeting opened to the public, the lead speaker was Michael Peters, who

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legally challenged the March 9 town election as being outside the time set in Article V of

the Town Charter: “Holding of elections of not more than (3) three weeks, and not less than

two (2) weeks before the 1st of April each year.” Chapter 22-4 ends with “The election shall

be between March 11 and March 18 of each year.” The upcoming Inglis Town Election is

scheduled for March 9th.

Sally Price, Realtor

Some of the following speakers were life-long residents who spoke of their fam-

ily as living in Inglis from the inception of the town, and they were now being taxed out

of business. Some long-time attendees of town meetings agreed that people of the town

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should be able to vote one way or the other, that’s the way democracy works, to get the is-

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