In yesterday’s The Right Side of the Lake we reported on the various local participation programs in Lake County; unfortunately, our Cracker Jack staff made a serious error: We forgot Umatilla. We are extremely happy to report that one of Lake County’s smallest cities has a local preference program to help its local workers and [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Local Government Slow to Assist Local Businesses
Across the state of Florida, local jurisdictions are implementing local preference policies to ensure that local businesses – that hire local people and pay local taxes – have a fair shot in earning government work. Miami Gardens, Orange County, Ocala, Gainesville, and Lee County are just a few of the jurisdictions that have local preference [...]
Sean Parks’ Option #5 Map the Best
Currently displayed at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares and online (Click to View) are the five redistricting maps that the Lake County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) will consider adopting. The BCC is asking for public input and comments before they make a decision, and our group is weighing in with its recommendation. There [...]
Lake Schools Making National News for the Wrong Reasons
During the Rush Limbaugh national radio show on Friday, guest host Mark Davis discussed the gay marriage Facebook controversy of Jerry Buell, a 54 year old Mount Dora High School teacher. The former teacher of the year award recipient expressed his disgust through Facebook comments when he saw a national news report on legalizing gay [...]
Councilman Eppich Lifts the Curtain on Mount Dora Government
Tom Eppich Mount Dora Councilman “Mount Dora’s city management operates for the benefit of city employees instead of the citizens,” said Tom Eppich, a first term At-Large Mount Dora Councilman, describing the dysfunction in Mount Dora city government. Eppich went further in his criticism saying, “Important things that matter, the City Manager Michael Quinn sides [...]
