“Acting Campaign Manager for Commissioners Renick and Stewart” The Orlando Sentinel Lake Section liberal columnist, Lauren Ritchie, spoke at a Chamber Alliance March meeting about supporting Amendment #4 during the fall election. Amendment #4 is a Constitutional Amendment, which would require that all requested changes to zoning ordinances or Comprehensive Plan be approved by a [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Why? The Fix is In
On Sunday, The Daily Commercial ran an editorial (Click Here) questioning why Lake County Commissioner Elaine Renick went to Tallahassee to attend a meeting with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) on the County’s proposed new Comprehensive Plan. As The Daily Commercial said, Renick is trying to spin it as if she was only going [...]
Lake County’s February Unemployment Remains over 13.0%
Lake County’s February unemployment rate technically dropped to 13.3% from January’s 13.5% level, but it is due to a reduction in the labor force size. According to the report, Lake County’s labor forced dropped by 445 in February while the actual unemployed only dropped by 360. The drop in the rate appears to be solely [...]
Wage and Labor Problems in Lake County Government
Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. completed and received a records request asking for the name, position, hire date, and hourly rate of every employee at Lake County government. The list was compiled as of March 9, 2010, and it includes a total of 808 people. For full disclosure, Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. will not [...]
South Lake Support for Renick Collapses
“Renick Betrays Clermont, Groveland, and South Lake County” Lake County Commissioner, Elaine Renick, has frantically been calling former South Lake County supporters in tears begging for their assistance. Most government leaders and citizens in South Lake County feel Renick has double-crossed the region by pushing for a Rural Protection Area (“RPA”) in the new Comprehensive [...]
