Total contributions and expenditures:
Sheriff
- Jared Miller – monetary $78,479.28,
in-kind $6,800, expenditures $51,361.76 - Armand ‘Army’ Reyes – monetary $4,325, in-kind $64.50, expenditures $3,805.41
Property appraiser will finish term in office, but drops reelection bid
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Wakulla County Property Appraiser Ed Brimner announced in a press release on Friday morning that he was withdrawing his candidacy for re-election.
Brimner said in the press release that it was “personal reasons.” In a brief phone interview with the Sun on Friday, he acknowledged an incident with a county human resources employee in which he was “exceedingly rude” in front of his whole staff.
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The full text of Brimner’s statement withdrawing from the race:
“Effective immediately, I am withdrawing from the Wakulla County Property Appraiser race for personal reasons.
Back to school
Monday, Aug. 12, started another school year, and students at Shadeville Elementary School were back in class. Superintendent of Schools Bobby Pearce said of the first day: “It was a good day. Good start.” He noted it appeared the district had unofficially increased enrollment by about 90 students. It was the first student increase since 2019. (Photo special to The Sun)
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
After a couple of years of work, the Wakulla Sands Golf Course is scheduled to open on Friday, Aug. 16 – kicking off with a golf tournament.
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Editor
Since the sudden resignation of St. Marks City Manager Zoe Mansfield and city clerk Ethel Jefferson two weeks ago, the city commission voted to appoint Mayor Steve Remke as acting city manager.
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Editor
The Wakulla County Property Appraiser’s Office spent some $230,000 in 2021 and 2022 to purchase a computer-assisted mass appraisal system from a company called Vision.
When the system didn’t work, the office bought another system in 2023 from a company called GSA for $241,520.
By RACHEL PIENTA
4-H Director
Each school year, University of Florida faculty located at the Wakulla Extension office in Crawfordville offer school enrichment programming to all our area schools.
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News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Recovery from Hurricane Debby will continue for weeks, but some people in the rural Big Bend were quickly back on their feet after going through a second lethal landfall in less than a year.
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Local author Sabine Spencer has published a novel, “Distant Prayers,” and will hold a planned reading at the Wakulla County Public Library on Sept. 5.
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