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week the reality of the worst of our country has to offer has come back to smack me (and all of
us) right in the face. This week Mark Lunsford decided to announce that he is ready to sue our
ORDINANCES
Sheriff's department and county for allegedly not being prudent enough to stop one of our
BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
own scumbags, John Couey, from committing the heinous crime that we know about all too
COMMISSIONERS OF LEVY COUNTY, FL.
well. In short, like the overall theme of America, apparently Mark Lunsford has decided it's
time for him to make some easy money and hit the lottery.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed ordinances approving the adoption of
I can't find the beauty in that. What happened to the "American Dream" of working hard
large scale future land use map amendment to the Levy County Comprehensive Plan as
and making good? Of honor and integrity and respect? I've covered the case for about a year
shown on the map in this advertisement, and text amendment to the Levy County Compre-
as a member of the press and have had on several occasions to be in the personal presence of
hensive Plan and as more fully described in the Ordinance 2008-03 and Ordinance 2008-04,
the Sheriff and the detectives that prosecuted the case. As many times as I've heard Jeff
respectively, whose titles appear below, will be considered for enactment by the Levy
Dawsy speak about the matter is as many times he's given me the impression that he took this
County Board of County Commissioners, at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
crime personally. In the course of covering the Jessica Lunsford case, I've never heard it said
at 6:30 p.m., in the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, Levy County Court-
the Citrus County Sheriff's department did anything less than their best to bring justice and
house, Bronson, Florida.
closure to the ugliest mark on the face of this part of Florida. Ever.
Sure we have lots of sunshine, beautiful plants, a laid back peaceful place that many
O R D I N A N C E NO. 2008-03
people choose to spend the balance of their life. We also unfortunately have the same "free
AN ORDINANCE OF LEVY COUNTY, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163,
ride" attitude that erases so much ambience of our Gulf-view setting sun.
FLORIDA STATUTES, AMENDING THE CONSERVATION ELEMENT, INFRASTRUC-
Hmmm.... the `setting sun' suddenly strikes me as an unfortunate metaphor for our liti-
TURE ELEMENT, AND FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, OF THE LEVY COUNTY COM-
gious society. Please someone yell at Mark Lunsford.Ask him "what are you thinking?"
PREHENSIVE PLAN, PETITION CPA 07-01, FOR APPLICANT FLORIDA POWER COR-
PORATION D.B.A. PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMIT-
Convicted Sex Offender Returned To
TAL; PROVIDINGAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Levy County to Face Charges
O R D I N A N C E NO. 2008 - 04
On February 21, 2008 David Lawrence Emrick was returned to Levy County from Alabama
AN ORDINANCE OF LEVY COUNTY, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163,
to faces criminal charges.
FLORIDASTATUTES,ADOPTINGANAPPROVED LARGE SCALE FUTURE LAND USE
In October Emrick was arrested by Clanton Police on four counts of lewd and lascivious
MAPAMENDMENT TO THE LEVY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM FOR-
battery on a child and one count of interference in child custody. The above charges are from
ESTRY/ RURAL RESIDENTIAL (F/RR) TO PUBLIC USE, PETITION LSA 07-01, FOR
an encountered Emrick had with a Levy County, under age child. Emrick befriended the victim
PROPERTY LOCATED IN SECTIONS 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29,AND 30, TOWNSHIP 16 SOUTH,
through text messaging and had the victim leave her residence, which resulted in hitchhiking
RANGE 17 EAST, LEVY COUNTY, FORAPPLICANT FLORIDAPOWER CORPORATION
to Clanton, Alabama.
D.B.A. PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.; PROVIDINGAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
On February 21, 2008 Levy County Lt. Horne and Deputy Gainey picked up Emrick and
transported him back to Levy County to face the criminal charges.
Emrick is a convicted sexual offender in Collier County on September 30, 1991 for sexual
battery on a child and was living in Okeechobee, Florida.
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