In November of 2006, the month that Elaine Renick and Linda Stewart were elected as Lake County Commissioners, the unemployment rate in Lake County was 3.5%. Lake County was prosperous and work could be easily found; but, no growth zealots and environmental extremists coupled with fat and happy apathetic voters combined to usher in the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
BREAKING NEWS! LPA Member Keith Schue Guilty!
On August 18, 2009, Ron Collodi, Director of Lake County Code Enforcement, notified Keith Schue, Land Planning Agency (LPA) Secretary and Board Member that he, indeed, violated the Lake County Lobbyist Ordinance (click here to see letter). Collodi said the following in his Conclusions of Law: “A review of the complaint package and Mr. Schue’s [...]
Florida’s Negative Growth
The University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research reported last week that Florida’s population declined by 58,000 people, which is the first decline since 1946 when military personnel left the State following World War II. For many years, Florida was averaging more than 1,000 new residents per day, and governments throughout the State, [...]
The Political Chameleon – Cindy Barrow
On August 7, 2009, one of our bloggers at www.lakecountygov.info said the following, “I believe Cindy Barrow changed her party affiliation to that of a registered Republican. Watch her for further political aspirations. Ambition is a word which defines her greatly.” So, we contacted the Lake County Supervisor of Elections Office headed by Emogene Stegall [...]
