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Commissioner Drinda Merritt’s

WANT YOUR TAX DOLLARS MANAGED WISELY?

Report Card

WANT FULL TRANSPARENCY WITH YOUR TOWN

BUSINESS?

The following is based on audio/minutes of meetings and live

communication at Town Hall property. This is a Performance review

WANT HIGH ATTORNEY FEES REDUCED?

based on the following Categories.____Grade

WANT POLICE “MESS” FIXED?

WANT CHEAPER WATER AND A MAX. BREAKAGE FEE?

1. Accountability: - Dec 2010, Revenue funds ($468.0) misplaced

due to lack of control.___________Grade F

WANT REDUCED/NO FRANCHISE FEES ON YOUR BILLS?

2. Knowledge of Job:-Jan 2011, Confirmed not working on

WANT TAXES LOWERED BY REDUCED MILLAGE RATE?

River.________________________Grade F

3. Attention Span: - Feb 2011, Too busy on sewer project- Not

River.________________________Grade F

WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR TOWN STAFF?

4. Behavior: April 2011, Un-Christian like spewing of “F” word

at T.H. park/lot.________________Grade F

WANT RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES ADDRESSED?

5. Refunds: May 2011, Voted “No” to return water deposit.

WANT NEW JOBS IN INGLIS?

Passed 4 to 1.__________________Grade F

WANT TOWN HALL OPEN ALL WEEK LONG?

6. Property Ownership: No property, No taxes, No pain for

Drinda._______________________Grade F

WANT RESPECT IN TOWN MEETINGS?

7. Budget: Aug 2011, voted No to reduce taxes= No Pain for

WANT LEADERSHIP THAT LISTENS?

Drinda._______________________Grade F

8. Fire & Storm Water Assessments: Sept 2011, voted Yes to

tax.__________________________ Grade F

Vote for us & any of these are possible.

9. Right to Vote: Feb 2012, only Commissioner to

We will listen to you.

vote No.______________________ Grade F

10. Extra Credit: Performs non commissioner tasks,

VOTE KIRKLAND AND WHITE

Computer & Quilting class________Grade A

INGLIS COMMISSION

Our families have lived in Inglis over 100 years

Consensus:******** Failed to Perform, Others More Likely to

Succeed.________________Grade F

Paid Political Advertisement Paid For and Approved by Glenda Kirkland, 50 Hawthorne Dr., Inglis Fl 34449

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and Michael Andrew White, 947 Hwy 40 E, Inglis FL 34449

Paid for By William A. Monteverde, Inglis Fl. 34449

Squawk Box

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Re-Elect Dick Kellman

I guess you Inglisians think getting a good laugh at Inglis is a good thing. How

Inglis Town Commission

about those people sworn to serve and protect? Sure they’re sworn to serve and protect. But

wow, do you think they really could feel a hundred percent about a town that advertises with

blinking billboards how much they wish them gone?

Here we go again!! Two years ago, at election time, a group of local dis-

Hey, here’s a good one - why not volunteer your services as a designated driver?

sidents were actively trying to DISSOLVE THE TOWN OF INGLIS. The

This is another way people could keep themselves occupied in a productive way while

helping others in the town. If enough people would volunteer in this capacity, the bars and

same group is back at it again only now its to dissolve the INGLIS POLICE

restaurants would be booming, lives would potentially be saved, and it would likely allevi-

DEPARTMENT. Before voting on this critical issue, please consider what

ate the complaints about the police department arresting drunken drivers. Drunken drivers

effect this action could have on the future of our Town, and who you would

are arrested just about everywhere, not just in Inglis, Florida, people.

like to have representing your interests during the troubled days ahead.

When I covered the same situation for this newspaper in Crystal River, there were

no signs; no neon lights. The political battles were fought in chambers, town hall rooms, and

Vote Tuesday, March 13th

yes, in the press.

Sometimes, when I think about how publicly visible Inglis and Yankeetown are -

Political Announcement Paid for and Approved By Richard Kellman, Candidate for Inglis Town Commission (NP)

the zany international devil issue, or the more serious graft and corruption issues, I wonder

Hickory Island will provide a FREE ride

if I am seeing public democracy brilliance or a town of childish squabblers that might ought

to keep things a little lower keyed.

from your home to Town Hall, to any

But for now, it’s the signs. Not just a few stapled onto telephone poles. No, big

ones that blink and flash and draw our attention away from the job at hand. In Citrus County,

we have the sign ordinance thugs who strictly enforce that kind of thing. Regardless of the

registered Inglis Voter on March 13th.

politics, the zaniness, or the seriousness of the issues gripping Inglis, if anyone is injured

because they were reading YOUR SILLY SIGNS instead of driving, no one anywhere will

Call 352-220-8337

be laughing. SMH...

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