Quincee Messersmith responds
Dear Donna,
I would hope that someone with your professional background (Retired Geologist at Florida Department of Environmental Protection and worked at Gulf Oil) and intellect (Studied Geology at University of Florida) would want to get involved in the process all of the time and not just during the election cycle.
I have been and always will be deeply involved in the community. The truth is, those like yourself have become a pawn of the handful of dissenters in this county that have a hidden agenda to throw temper tantrums when they choose to ignore the law.
Higher taxes and faster growth seem to be the flair of this campaign cycle, and that could not be further from the truth. In the whole state of Florida, there are only eight counties that have lower taxes! Faster Growth? What is that? Please consider doing your research about the policies and procedures to any change in the comp plan. When citizens care enough to be involved, they would know that traffic studies, environmental impact and education population measures are all included in the planning and zoning process.
In closing, I don’t claim, I know that I cannot and will not take a public position on a quasi-judicial issue. Misguided and wildly out-of-touch is the perfect analogy of what those of you have claimed can change through aditorials, propped candidates and other means to disguise the truth because it doesn’t fit your mantra. To address your concerns, we already have an impact fee ordinance, there is no such thing as reckless growth, our effluent water is being treated to some of the highest AWT standards available, and our taxes are some of the lowest in the state. These are just a few of the reasons we choose to call Wakulla home.
Please let me know if there are any other concerns that you have.
Quincee Messersmith