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O M G! Autumn starts on Monday! And gotta say that today we have had super weather. Like, I went out to the back yard to water my plants and my glasses did not steam up.

So, I got local stuff to talk about. If you are reading, in say……North Dakota….you might not really be into it. But…

Citrus County Board of County Commissioners are considering putting a $10 charge for using four boat ramps in the county. The money is supposed to go to upgrading current boat ramps, parking, and creating new boat ramps.

Lordy…..we need all of that. But…..

Those boat ramps should not be in Old Homosassa. Our river is already distressed. It can’t take much more. And parking? If you live here or boat here or party here….there is no place to put parking.

So…..concerned citizens started a petition. And lots of people have been signing it. And it caught the ear of one of the commissioners. Jeff Kinnard. He is not even “our” commissioner. But he is the sponsor of the idea.

And he was alerted to our concerns last Wednesday and came to the civic club on Sunday to meet with the concerned citizens. And I want to add that it was his birthday. And he was scheduled to have lunch with his mother. (Gotta love anyone that schedules a birthday lunch with his mom!)

Terry opened the meeting with pretty much the same message we give for every meeting..there will be no arguing or fighting and there will be respect. There was some pissing and moaning at the meeting. But it didn’t get out of hand.

And Commissioner Kinnard has called Terry at least three times to discuss further and get contact info.

And we have potholes filled in. Not just at the boat ramp, but at a lot of the secondary roads.

We were out walking yesterday morning and the mother of a friend stopped us on her way to work and asked if we had anything to do with getting the giant car eating pothole filled on her street. Well, kinda, maybe, but not really. That would be Commissioner Kinnard that actually listened to us and wanted to make our community better!

Have to say I love where I live and love that we can change things with a lot of help of a bunch of concerned citizens. I am still against the boat ramp fee at this point. I think that it is necessary but there a lot of details to work out before it happens And I also know that none of the money will come to Old Homosassa. Seriously people. There is no available property to turn into parking and our river does not need another boat ramp.

The learning center is booming. Ten kids and six volunteers for our little Homosassa Ukers. Six years old through twelve. They are learning their chords with the goal of learning “Lava” so they can play it at the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival. The art session also has ten kids and they will be displaying some of their work at the festival, too. Four kids in the piano lessons with a waiting list. (We can only have four kids because each gets a 1/2 hour lesson–that’s all the time we have!)

Have a great weekend!

Kathy