Looking For District 2 Candidate

Many people "think" about running and one of the most troubling things they worry about is raising the dollars necessary to run a sucessful campaign against an incumbent.

Please note that we said the were were looking for a person "interested" or "thinking" about running. We will vet and find the true reason for the interest before selecting someone if anyone.

Hopefully we will find the right person, running for the right reasons, not tied to the good ole boys that we can help.

Nothing sinister in our motives. We are looking for a meaningful "Change".

Then you'll have no qualms of sharing the "non-sinister" job description for the position of the candidates you're wanting to vet?

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Then you'll have no qualms of sharing the "non-sinister" job description for the position of the candidates you're wanting to vet?

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Of course not. It is the same job description that is specified in Fla statutes. We just want our candidate to be guided by it.
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Of course not. It is the same job description that is specified in Fla statutes. We just want our candidate to be guided by it.
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You mean to represent the constituents of the county and not hold to the wishes of a small group?

I'm completely lost at where your going with this.

P.S. Does this little group of yours have dues similar to the WCTA?

I am looking for a special individual that is interested in running for the District 2 Commission Seat in 2010.

If you are interested or thinking about making a positive change in Walton County, please send me a private PM.

We have a group willing to work dilligently to raise the necessary dollars to defeat the incumbent commissioner. You must be willing to be veted prior to receiving our support.

Party affiliation is not a litmus test for our support.

I am surprised you have not found y'alls candidate in the mirror each morning! Why are you not Interested, Interested Girl? I think you need look no further!

Make sure possible candidates know they will be vetted and not asked to look after sick animals. ;-)

I would run, but I fear some judge would be asking to confiscate my computer to look for some email which wrobert supposedly sent to my spam box, and while looking, they would uncover a photo of Shelly, revealing his identity.

I would run, but I fear some judge would be asking to confiscate my computer to look for some email which wrobert supposedly sent to my spam box, and while looking, they would uncover a photo of Shelly, revealing his identity.

Another good reason not to run!!!!

I can nominate my father-in-law, if he's not too busy with my adopted sister-in-law. I think District 2 is their neck of the woods.

Whoever does get it, though, needs to replace the bridge across Sandy Creek and open Padgett Road all the way through again. PIA to have to go back out to 183-B and around to 1883.

have him pm me
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It is evident that you don't know my family. As far as paw-in-law knows, pm is what you call the time of day between noon and midnight.

But thank you for asking, because now I can prove that SWGB's theory is incorrect.

Thanks to everyone.

I agree Kenneth Pridgen (R), District 2 Commissioner should let someone else have his seat, but I fail to see how soliticing on SoWal will produce someone to fill that seat. What does the beach have to do with District 2? I think if you really want to make a change, and you are apparently pasionate about it, why don't you run yourself?

Are you trying to pull my leg. I am 73 years old taking Aricept. I do not live in District 2, and do not have any plans to move there. I do believe that we deserve better representation than we currently have in that individual.

We have a candidate now.
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Looking forward to hearing about the candidate, hopefully Iwill be able to support.

Looking forward to hearing about the candidate, hopefully Iwill be able to support.

Don't hold your breath, your coworkers will have to revive you.

Maybe, you never know, but I did not vote for Pridgen before hopefully whoever it is they are better than the current, IMO.

I long for the days when each District elects its own representative.

I long for the days when each District elects its own representative.

God forbid! Stop and think a minute. This way you have some say, though admittedly it may be minimal, in who is elected from other districts. With only one representative from District 5 and us supplying a great portion of the tax dollars, we would be walked on if we went back to the old ways. For us in South Walton the present system renders us much more clout than we would ever have as one district.

Are you trying to pull my leg. I am 73 years old taking Aricept. I do not live in District 2, and do not have any plans to move there. I do believe that we deserve better representation than we currently have in that individual.

We have a candidate now.
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Oh, please tell so we can let the fur fly!!!;-)

God forbid! Stop and think a minute. This way you have some say, though admittedly it may be minimal, in who is elected from other districts. With only one representative from District 5 and us supplying a great portion of the tax dollars, we would be walked on if we went back to the old ways. For us in South Walton the present system renders us much more clout than we would ever have as one district.

I've got news for you, you're being walked all over right now with county wide voting. I would also bet the bank that the districts will not be redrawn after the census.

I've got news for you, you're being walked all over right now with county wide voting. I would also bet the bank that the districts will not be redrawn after the census.

Possibly, but 3 1/2 commissioners from north of the bay vs. 1 1/2 from south of the bay...who would be getting outvoted?

We did go to single-district voting for one, possibly two, elections back in the early '90s (I think - it may have been the '80s). This was when SoWal had only one commissioner, and that commissioner also served Freeport. Sure, we got to pick who it was. However, we had no input as to who else got elected - worse yet, the other 4 members of the BCC didn't have to answer to anyone from down here. We don't have anything now even resembling the good-ol-boy days of that era.

Even if SoWal as a whole can't yet swing an election - and I think last time proved that it can - do we really want commissioners who don't have to account for their actions to all the voters of a county?

Lets use a hypothetical.

We elect a commissioner in the south who wants to spear head a recreational/arts complex (see other thread), but after a few calls from the north complaining about extravagances for the south they back down so as to get re-elected.

How does that scenario benefit South Walton or Walton as a whole?

We don't have statewide voting for our State Representatives.

I long for the days when each District elects its own representative.

Lets use a hypothetical.

We elect a commissioner in the south who wants to spear head a recreational/arts complex (see other thread), but after a few calls from the north complaining about extravagances for the south they back down so as to get re-elected.

How does that scenario benefit South Walton or Walton as a whole?

We don't have statewide voting for our State Representatives.

Enough said.

I've got news for you, you're being walked all over right now with county wide voting. I would also bet the bank that the districts will not be redrawn after the census.

I'll just say this. I totally disagree. But then, you attend BCC meetings and should know.

AndyA, I hear what you are saying, but politely disagree. IMO, we currently don't have any commissioners representing the interests solely of South Walton. District 1 and 5 are split between north and south walton, and even though one commissioner may reside in south walton, she wasn't elected by south walton voters. You can look at the voting records to see that. South Walton should have two Commissioners, designated solely in South Walton, and they should be elected solely by the people in their own districts.

AndyA, I hear what you are saying, but politely disagree. IMO, we currently don't have any commissioners representing the interests solely of South Walton. District 1 and 5 are split between north and south walton, and even though one commissioner may reside in south walton, she wasn't elected by south walton voters. You can look at the voting records to see that. South Walton should have two Commissioners, designated solely in South Walton, and they should be elected solely by the people in their own districts.

Look at her typical months travel form. Spends just as much time in the north, if not more, that the south.