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Old 08-21-2024, 12:22 PM
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Thank you.

While it may have seemed unfair, it was what was required under Florida law and the state constitution, Governor DeSantis did the right thing in following the law and I support his actions as we are a State and a country governed by our laws. The question to this day that still sits in my mind on the entire issue is that there was an election held after my initial appointment by the Governor and the people of Sumter County again, as they had done 2 years prior, voiced their opinion and exercised their rights as citizens to chose their leaders; how was it justified to overturn this election? The only answer I ever received from the attorneys was "it should have never happened", an unacceptable answer, you cannot change history. This is of course now all history itself and there is nothing that can be done to change it, so we shall move past this and look forward to tomorrow.
You always seem to forget DW.....that ‘initially’ you were the Governors.....second choice! (see below)


Wiley will replace Diane Spencer in the District 5 seat on the board.

Spencer was appointed by DeSantis back in March to fill the seat left vacant by Oren Miller, who was suspended while awaiting trial on a felony perjury charge.

Spencer was initially slated to finish the four-year terms of former Commissioner Miller, who won office in November 2020 after defeating an incumbent in the Republican Primary. But, she put in her resignation letter after less than two weeks in office, citing a medical emergency, according to The Villages Daily Sun. Spencer also withdrew her candidacy for the District 5 seat.