Sunday, October 28, 2012
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights!
1. Dunedin Patch is tracking the money race between City Commission candidates David Carson and Heather Gracy. Check out where the contributions are coming from. 2. A sea turtle who was rescued from shallow water off Honeymoon Island this past summer was released back into the wild this week. We've got some cool photos from Drew's return to sea. 3. A man accused of speeding through a southside Dunedin neighborhood last week was busted with a large baggie of crack cocaine, according to authorities. 4. Dunedin native and Major League Baseball player Bobby Wilson is sure to be back home during spring training this year — the major leaguer was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays this week. 5. Our first-person series from editor Katie Dolac's …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Dunedin Commission Seat 3 candidates David Carson and Heather Gracy are neck and neck in the campaign money race. Who's donating to who? Find out here.
With Dunedin's city elections just two weeks away, political opponents Commissioner David Carson and Heather Gracy are neck and neck in the money race. Gracy is $25 ahead of Carson in campaign fundraising. She has raised $21,345, with notable support coming from past and current Dunedin Fine Art Center board members. Carson has raised $21,320, with $10,000 of the reported funds coming from a loan to himself. Gracy is outspending Carson by a wide margin with $12,360 toward mailers, campaign swag, parties and marketing, nearly two-thirds more than Carson's $4,570. Carson and Gracy are vying for City of Dunedin's Commission Seat 3 on Nov. 6. Follow the links to see a breakdown of some of the candidates' contributions:
Longtime Florida legislator Tom Anderson and several Dunedin Chamber of Commerce board members donated to Commissioner David Carson's re-election campaign.
Dunedin city commission incumbent David Carson is neck and neck with opponent Heather Gracy in the campaign money race. Carson has raised $21,320, which includes a $10,000 loan to himself made in June. He has spent only about $4,570, mostly on printing and design costs. Carson recieved financial support from Tom Anderson, former Dunedin mayor and longtime Florida legislator who Carson recently appointed to the citizen volunteer Board of Finance ($100). Anderson's wife, Alice, also contributed ($100). Carson also received several contributions from people or businesses presently or formerly affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce board, on which Carson once held a seat, to include Jeff Rhoads of Florida Auto Exchange, John McElaney, Terbo…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Candidates were asked: If you could leave one indelible policy mark on Dunedin, what would it be?
This week, we asked the City of Dunedin candidates: Click on the Mayoral Candidates to read their response on the Patch Podium: Click on the Commission Seat 3 candidates to read their response on the Patch Podium: Related Coverage:
Candidates were asked: If you could leave one indelible policy mark on Dunedin, what would it be?
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
This week, we asked the candidates: David Carson responds: As defined an indelible mark is a mark not easily removed. Wow, that is an intense question and really very difficult to answer. As I have said on many occasions this commission works as a team and not one commissioner can change anything without support from other members of the commission. So indelible marks would be success stories shared by the commission as a whole. With that said, I am quite pleased with the changes this commission made as it relates to storm water. Our citizens have historically been left to fend on their own when infrastructure that lies under or on their property needs repair. This infrastructure is used by the City to move storm water from the eastern-…
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Mayoral candidates Dave Eggers and Bob Hackworth and Commission Seat 3 candidates David Carson and Heather Gracy each took a moment on the Patch Podium to address public safety.
This week, we asked the candidates: What do you think is the biggest public safety concern for Dunedin residents, and how do you plan to address it, if you are elected? Click on the candidate's name to read his or her response. Mayor: Commission Seat 3: Related Coverage:
What is the biggest public safety concern for Dunedin residents? Commission Seat 3 candidates answer how they'll go about solving it, if elected this fall.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
This week, we asked the candidates: David Carson responds: A big thank you to the Patch for providing this public service information for the voters of Dunedin. I think there are actually two almost equally important public safety issues facing us in the near future. The first issue appears to be an increase in drug activity and potential gang presence on our south side of town. A couple of years ago the current commission established a south side citizen's committee that has been active and passionate about taking back their neighborhood. This citizen's group has been meeting regularly and is filled with high quality motivated people and I am confident they will make a difference. The sheriff's department has beefed up their attention to…
Sunday, October 14, 2012
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights!
1. The Heather Gracy campaign sent a mailer to Dunedin residents last week accusing her political opponent Commissioner David Carson of back-door politics and cronyism. Do you think it crossed the line? 2. Speaking of Carson, his home was vandalized last weekend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Carson told deputies someone stuck plastic utensils in the ground in his yard, squirted mustard on his garage door and truck and left silly string in the driveway and on his mailbox. 3. Dunedin High singing sensation Nathalie Hernandez's run on the NBC reality show 'The Voice' came to an end earlier this week. The 15-year-old lost in Tuesday night's "battle round" competition against a 24-year-old singer named Aquile. 4. Mayor …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
David Carson's home in the Stirling Heights subdivision was the target of criminal mischief over the weekend, according to the sheriff's office. The commissioner is up for re-election in November.
Dunedin City Commissioner David Carson's home was vandalized over the weekend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Carson told deputies that sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning, someone came to his home in the Stirling Heights subdivision and stuck plastic utensils in the ground in his yard, squirted mustard on his garage door and truck and left silly string in the driveway and on his mailbox. "It wasn't just a drive by," Carson said, noting his house in the back of the subdivision was the only one vandalized. "They were motivated." Carson, who has served in the commission's Seat 3 since 2009 and is up for re-election next month, said he had no idea who might have targeted him or why. He has "no axes to grind," …
Monday, October 8, 2012
The Heather Gracy campaign sent a mailer to Dunedin residents last week accusing her political opponent Commissioner David Carson of back-door politics and cronyism.
The Heather Gracy campaign issued a political attack on David Carson that arrived in many residents' mailboxes last week. The mailer features an unflattering profile photo of Commissioner Carson next to a list questioning his ethics and criticizing his decisions as an elected official. The list also contains claims that Carson is a party to back-door politics and cronyism, while portraying Gracy as honest and void of any conflicts of interest. Heather Gracy said she signed off on the mailers, which began arriving in resdents' mailboxes last week. Gracy declined to reveal how many homes she sent the campaign material to. What do you think? Does the mailer hold merit?
joe liechty
9:55 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
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