Happy Election Day! Midterm elections do not come with a ton of fanfare like a presidential election does. In fact, the turnout in 2024 was 82.91%. The turnout in 2022 was 62.23% here in Citrus County. Huge difference. But that does not mean there are not important positions
Happy Friday! Apologies for not writing anything yesterday. The real job (photography) got in the way and I got pretty busy and did not get a chance to type up anything to share. So we do it today! It was a few weeks ago that commissioner Holly Davis tried to
Today, we are going to go back to the settlement that the county made with former employee Elissa Hofelt. If you need a refresher, here is my article from last week. Today, we are going to get into the lawsuit itself. I am still waiting on my access to PACER,
Happy Tuesday!! Yesterday was the BOCC meeting. Not a whole lot to talk about there, but one thing did get my interest. It appears CoreCivic is wanting to enter into a contract to house ICE detainees at the Citrus County Detention Center that they manage. They need the county'
Good morning and Happy Friday! Today, we are going to talk a bit about a settlement agreement the county commissioners agreed to at the last meeting. Here is the agenda item. And here is the settlement agreement if you wish to read it. Hofelt SettlementHofelt Settlement.pdf677 KBdownload-circle As
Back to Betz Farm for a bit. The other day, The Chronicle ran an article largely from James Dicks. In this article, he talks about the board acting chair, Janet Barek, abruptly ending the meeting after herself and fellow commissioner Holly Davis abstained from voting due to conflicts. Dicks felt
Yesterday was the Comprehensive Plan Open House. I arrived around 6pm and left around 7:30pm. That wasn't because there was that much information given. I actually talked to several people mostly about things not related to the comp plan. The open house was the opposite. There were
It is a Monday... not sure what that means other than a start of a new week. Last week was sort of crazy, so it was good to get a bit of a break in writing. But we are back today with a big conversation. The Comprehensive Plan. Tonight is
Wow... what a meeting yesterday. Let's talk about a few things. 1) It is clear this board does not like this page and the influence is has. Over the weekend and on Monday, I talked about a filibuster opportunity for the meeting. Basically, this would be me and
Happy Monday.. As of this writing (6:54am) we are about 34hrs and 6 mins away from the Betz Farm hearing tomorrow. It is at 5pm for those interested in attending... NOT at 1pm. That is the regular meeting. We had a great turnout on Saturday for the workshop. About
3 more business days until Betz Farm and things are changing every day. Before we get into it, I want to share a community workshop I am hosting on Saturday at the Coastal Region Library (Crystal River). It will be from 10am to 12pm. This workshop is to provide people
We are a week away from what will be one of the biggest land use hearings this county has considered. If I am a betting person, I would bet that we see a hearing that we have never seen before. This will be more than a bunch of people filling