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Friday, May 3, 2024

Lake County Commission invites public to meet candidates for county manager position

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners is inviting the public to a reception to meet the five candidates for the county manager position. The meet and greet will be held on Monday, April 17 at 5 p.m. in the rotunda of the Lake County Administration Building, 315 W. Main St., Tavares.

The public is also invited to attend interviews being conducted during a Board of County Commissioners meeting beginning at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.

The final five candidates are:

  • Jeff Cole – Lake County Public Resources Director; former Chief of Staff St. Johns River Water Management District
  • Roger Hernstadt – former Marco Island City Manager
  • Steve Koontz – Lake County Assistant County Manager/Fiscal and Administrative Services Director; former Lake County Budget Director
  • Michael Rankin – Leesburg Deputy City Manager
  • Randal Vosburg – Highlands County Assistant County Administrator

Lake County’s current County Manager David Heath has announced his retirement for June 2017.

Villagers don’t have gates but the Morse family does

A Village of Country Club Hills resident, in a Letter to the Editor, points out The Villages is not a true gated community, but the Morse family is living behind gates at their compound.

Villager says his Black Lab has been attacked by unleashed dogs

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Dabney resident reports that his Black Lab has been attacked by small unleashed dogs.

The gates are more beneficial than you might think

A Village of Palo Alto resident suggests the gates are of more value than just slowing down traffic. He explains in a Letter to the Editor.

Shockingly light sentence in hit-and-run death

A Village of Antrim Dells resident was shocked to read about the sentence a woman received after a hit-and-run crash on Rolling Acres Road claimed the life of a pedestrian and seriously injured a second man.

They are ruining the reasons people have chosen The Villages

A Village of St. James resident who moved to Florida’s Friendliest Hometown a decade ago, fears The Villages is ruining the reason people chose to buy homes here.