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Wednesday March 4, 2009
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
Newscaster Publishing
Mike Moore - Correspondent
Squawk Box Inverness
Grow House
With Darryl Diamond
Shut Down
Standing naked in front of the county
commission
This is third in a se-
By CCSO
ries of articles identifying items
that any prospective new dis-
trict 3 commissioner needs to
A
25-year-old
address. With this impending
Inverness man was arrested by
fresh start, this seems to be a
the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-
perfect time for a "sprucing up"
fice (CCSO), Feb. 27, when an
of the county re zoning process. In one re-
arrest warrant was served on
cent case involving yours truly, the people
him related to undercovers
wielding police powers showed a tremendous
buys of cannabis and ectasy
lack of common sense, and an astonishing
from him, earlier in the month of
Steven
fact is that in some cases, a simple re zoning,
February, according to one of Torregrosa
is taking the county years to "Get ‘er Done".
the arrest reports. Steven An-
This along with some county work-
thony Torregrosa, 920 Yale Ln., Inverness, was
Not walking enough? The Withlachoochee Trail in Inverness has a new diversion for those
ers that are evidently over worked and possi-
charged with possession of cannabis, pos-
who want to exercise more than their feet; a multi-station fitness area just south of the red
bly underpaid, is hurting business people try-
session of cannabis with intent to sell, sale of
caboose and Liberty Park. The area is a dedicated "Tobacco Free" zone and convenient to
ing to open businesses in south Levy county.
a controlled substance and sale of cannabis.
access near Wallace Brooks park. Photo by Mike Moore. More on this see page 4.
As an investor, and a professional
His bond was set at $25,000.
Robber Hits Hernando
licensed real estate investment consultant I
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have personally spoke to other south Levy
Yankeetown
county investors, and have personally seen
Convenience Store
the county hold up, and overly complicate
commercial development, sometimes for no
Gets Bert J
rational reason at all.
(Hernando) Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,Feb. 24th a robbery was
There may be a simple way to cor-
reported at the Liberty Gas station’s Kwik Stop convenience store, 6695
rect this problem, but sadly none of the three
Harris Notice
N. Carl G. Rose Highway (SR 200).
candidates that Charlie Crist interviewed last
The suspect entered the store and approached the clerk to pay for
month have any connection to the Town of
some beef jerky he had picked up. As the clerk opened the cash drawer
Inglis. The Inglis Town Government may have
From IWI
to make the transaction, the lone suspect lunged toward the drawer and
clues to help the county, with it’s many as-
pulled out an undisclosed amount of cash. The clerk wrestled briefly
tute, and hard working commissioners mov-
with the robber, who then fled northeast from the store on foot.
Lawsuit Possible
ing to get it‘s re zoning procedure down Pat.
The suspect never displayed a weapon during the commission of
I am proud to be part a Town that is embrac-
the crime, and the clerk was unharmed except for some slight pain in his
According to Jim Sherwood, Man-
ing controlled commercial growth with an ap-
left arm.
aging Member of Izaak Walton Investors, his
Dilip Patel
proximate three month process for simple re
The Sheriff’s Office responded with ground units and K-9 teams to
company has delivered formal notice to Yan-
Liberty Clerk
zonings. We have even set back our plan-
canvass the area, with negative results. Crime scene technicians pro-
keetown of its claim for compensation under
ning commission meeting dates so re zonings
cessed the scene for evidence.
Florida’s Bert J. Harris, Jr. Private Property
can be advertised and then voted on by the
The clerk told deputies the suspect appeared to be a Hispanic male, approximately six
Rights Protection Act. The notice alleges that
regular commission within weeks. If you can
feet tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap with a skull logo, dark-
the Yankeetown government during its three
not get your re zoning on the first reading,
colored jacket, blue jeans and a blue bandana around his neck.
years of a building moratorium has amended
you can count on the town planner, the
The Liberty Gas station experienced an earlier robbery on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008,when
its Comprehensive Plan effectively down zon-
Mayor, and one of our commissioners (Usu-
the same clerk was accosted by three men who robbed the store at gunpoint. Two of the three
ing and placing other restrictions on IWI’s
ally Bill Lake) to be available to walk you
suspects were taken into custody and charged with armed
property resulting in a loss of property value
through the rest of the process.
robbery, while a juvenile was charged with accessory af-
in excess of $50,000,000.
On the county level you could count
ter the fact to armed robbery. The third suspect in that
A Bert J. Harris claim is when a spe-
on Tony Parker to help but apparently not
case remains at large. Anyone with information about the
cific action by a governmental entity has in-
always for free. I’m personally approaching
identity of the suspect in Tuesday’s robbery or the crime
ordinately burdened an existing use of real
two years on a simple rezoning that was in
itself is asked to call 911 or 726-1121 right away.
property or a vested right to a specific use of
full compliance with both county zoning and
real property, the property owner of that real
Daylight Saving Time "Spring Ahead"
Daylight
county planning departments, and is found
property is entitled to relief, which may in-
in an MSD which is a county designated com-
clude compensation for the actual loss to the
mercial growth corridor. This district is on U.S.
fair market value of the real property caused
19 just north of town. As my land has a high
by such governmental action.
chance of being annexed in the foreseeable
Among other things, during the 180-
Sunday, March 8, at 2:00 am, Time Changes to 3:00 am
Sunday,
Liberty robbery suspect
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Continued on page 2 - Yankeetown Served
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