This thread would have been more beneficial for me if it was more focused more on the policy differences between the potential candidates.

Normally some ones party affiliation would affect my decision but not so much on the local level. The last thing I want is a politician who is a rubber stamp.

Or his vote is bought and paid for

November
 

Hopefully we all want what is right, and not what greed dictates when selection time comes.

What Oren did was what was right in his own mind. Greed and gobbling money he already doesn’t need didn’t drive him to turn down the back pay due him.

Wiley also wants is right by being informative and even devoting time to his analysis of progress here. It appears he thinks he is right by supporting the developer and more business through his videos as advertisements to move to the villages which isn’t always a bad thing.

Many want a balance, not a heavy handed government. We just want a fair balance. This fall should be interesting.

Government works best, when there's diversity of opinion, goals and perspectives.

In Florida, if an appeal has been taken from a judgment of guilty in the trial court, that conviction does not become final until the judgment of the lower court has been finally affirmed by the appellate courts.

Felony conviction on appeal, voting | My Florida Legal

So what happened since?

+10,000 new homes.

New roads, new Villages/homes, multiple golf course s, Middleton and 3 new Charter Schools built or under way.

Eastport well under way.

+20,000 jobs retained.

Sumter County property taxes reduced 9% substantially because +10,000 new homes sold.

Over $5 billion in new home revenue resulting in over $50 million in new incremental property taxes to the county.

Mega industrial site approved projected to bring more than 25,000 jobs to Sumter on the Monarch Ranch, to prepare the 2,866 acres for 16 million square feet of industrial uses.

25,000 jobs to Sumter on the Monarch Ranch | dailycommercial.com

The Developer is already trying to stop him from being elected. I hope he does get elected but the Develper will be after him again for suire.

Seems Oren just rides the “anti-developer” train and does little else. Don Wiley was a great, independent commissioner in the past, and will be great again! Don has integrity and holds the respect of most Villagers. When you bring up his name, you get nothing but positive responses.

His most impressive occupation in his background:

Reactor Controls Leading Chief Petty Officer
US Navy
Jul 1979 - Jul 1999 · 20 yrs 1 mo
(LinkedIn)

Went thru the election when three guys went to replace the developers three stooges and saw how the whole thing played out so history is on my side.

Day after day the sun ragged on the candidates to replace the stooges.

So far Wiley and the other two developer candidates have received about $ 85,000 in contributions. Now Miller has about $ 4000.

Do you see a trend starting?

It’s about character once a Democrat always a Democrat. Remember they don’t work for you.

On a local level do not think that party affiliation is that important.

Also as we get older we do tend to see the world differently

:shrug: Maybe it's just me...... I thought this reply was pretty sophomoric. I then looked it up and now I am convinced it is.

From Merriam-Webster:

sophomoric

1
: conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
a sophomoric argument
2
: lacking in maturity, taste, or judgment
sophomoric humor

SMH and YMMV :oops: Name calling seems to take away from your argument.