Meet and Greet

Wednesday night, after a quick “HOA” meeting at the Shed, Terry and I attended a “Meet and Greet” at the Homosassa Civic Center for JJ Kenney.  He’s our county commissioner.  Plus the chairman of the board.

JJ Kenney
Commissioner John JJ Kenney

We stayed for a little over an hour and there were only about 6 other people that attended.  And one dog.  One really nice therapy dog that helps out at the library and reads to the kids.  (Well, maybe the dog really doesn’t read.)  The dog was REALLY HAPPY to see all of us.  Can you believe I didn’t get a picture of that adorable dog.  Think it was a springer spaniel.  So cute.

Anyhow, I’m off track.  Commissioner Kenney took our questions and gave pretty good answers.  Not necessarily the answers we wanted to hear but they were answers!  He also took notes which is perhaps a good sign.

We are getting sidewalks.  One driving force is for the local Old Homosassa residents to get to the library on Grover Cleveland Blvd. and use the many services available.  One woman pointed out that there wasn’t a sidewalk on Grover Cleveland.  Interesting.

The biggest concerns were unanimously the plight of the Homosassa River and the springs in our county.  Of course, at least five of the other six people that were attending the meeting were from the River Alliance Club so that would be a topic of interest. 

The commissioner mentioned that they are planning to build a boat ramp on the barge canal which could relieve some of the boat traffic on the Homosassa River.  I don’t believe that’s going to help.  My thoughts are who is going to go all the way north to the barge canal?  Not scallopers.  Maybe fishing people and they are already using the existing boat ramp there.  The barge canal is just not “cool” like Old Homosassa.  We have motels, restaurants, bars, and fun plus it’s not far from the Suncoast Parkway which makes it an easy drive from Tampa.  That’s what brings the scallopers here. 

The meeting was interesting and it made me give some thought to actually getting involved in some of these groups.  I met Bill Garvin and Jim Bitters who are some of our local activists that I read about in the newspaper occasionally.  And I plan to actually step up and take part.  This is my home, I’m concerned about our waterways, and I should be involved. 

There may be tirades in the future!

July 1st Shout Out!

Thought I’d start out the month by doing a little shout out….

First, Rosie Rendules, friend and neighbor, is running for the Homosassa Special Water District board.  Go Rosie!

I couldn’t find any pics of just Rosie, but here’s a group pic from earlier this year.  We were all dressed up fancy schmancy that night.

Group
That’s Rosie way over on the right….

Rosie is also working on saving the Old Homosassa Water Tower that was scheduled for demolition.  If you want to help out with the effort, go out to Facebook and search for “Save Homosassa Water Tower”.  There’s a group that Marian MacRae started called Old Homosassa Historical Preservation Society (OHHPS). They are currently working on making the group nonprofit. They are also planning on putting up a website.  If you want to help out, ask to join through Facebook. 

I met a couple of people down at the Shed this week that have been following my blog.  I was so glad that they came up and introduced themselves.  Made my day!  They are looking for property in the area and stumbled across my website.  Fun!

Myra Kevin
Me, Myra and Kevin. Future new neighbors!

We rode our bikes to the River Fest Friday night.  Crazy, right? Terry had lots of lights on the bikes. Everything would have been fine if I just hadn’t had that last glass of wine.  Yes, I fell off on my way home while we were cutting through the woods. I landed in a big pile of fluffy weeds.  No harm.  I just like to admit that I’m occasionally really stupid!

This Saturday is the 2nd Annual Mullet Toss at the Old Mill Tavern.  We’ll be riding our bikes, again, but this event takes place during the day.  I should be okay!  The money goes to the Homosassa Elementary school. 

And last shout out is to Paul and Sue, wherever you are.  Here’s some photos of your new neighbor’s property!

Paul and Sue's yard
From your front yard…
Gate
That gates’s gonna keep out the bad guys!
Close up
And close up! Looking forward to the next upgrade!