PICTURE QUOTE SAYS TALKS AFTER MEETING?????

D A M N!!!!!!!!

I am an "independent" thinker, no need to belong to any party that does not espouse my views politically. So, I simply can't vote in the "partisan" races.

Have you signed up yet to volunteer for anything ?? Are we not going hunting??? I was simply trying to fulfill your wish.

You have no clue what this City was like BFD = before Don Findell & more Gov't.

Living was a whole lot simpler when we had what we voted for.....A City Clerk form of Gov't

" More Gov't is not the solution to the problem, more Gov't IS the problem...Ronald Reagan ".... A great leader.

Enough said....time to move on........

Non-Realist You are correct, I made a mistake. Point still remains the same, we all pay very little for what we get back from Lake Helen. As far as me being a liberal, you are wrong. I am a registered republican and I vote republican. To think that you and I are members of the same party does not bring me any joy. My wife and I came from an area where taxes were very high and services were few. The politicians were highly paid and at times paid off. The politicians here receive very little compensation and still have to deal with people like you. My friend you and I both moved here knowing the situation and knowing there were still un-paved roads. As I said before, we did not come here to cause grief for others or to have the City change to our liking. We came here because we liked what was already here. Odd that you pay very little and expect so much. The things that you wish for obviously would not be paid for out of you pocket. You call me a liberal yet you are the one who wishes others to pay for things you want. It appears to me that you are the true liberal, pay very little and ask for others to support you wishes. Now that is a true liberal. It does not take long to figure out that you really are not very intelligent. If after this you seek a reply you will not recieve one, I am headed south to my grandson's graduation party.

Let's see....in one post you say you pay under a thousand HERE in taxes, then you say you pay four times more than me.

Which way is it ? You don't really know.

" Annoy a liberal...argue with FACTS & LOGIC"

The light ??? what a clown.

I pay my taxes to THE COUNTY.

You obviously lived "down south" too long to do correct math.

Why no response yet to your invitation to go hunting???

You speak like a man with an alligator mouth and a parakeet butt.

Under $500 a year and you are complaining. That is laughable. I pay over $2,200 to a City for a single lot down south. When I lived there I paid over $550 a month to the same city for local taxes, water that I was forced to buy, a wastewater system I was forced to use, and trash pickup. To top it off, if I watered my lawn I was charged a wastewater fee for every gallon of water I used. I would think that you would be pleased with your local government here, we are. We have so many nice amenities for such a small town and the roads are not in bad shape and our taxes are low in comparison to other areas. Let us do some math here. You pay under $500 per year to Lake Helen. That means that you pay under $1.35 a day. Let us look at something else. Last I heard it cost about $2.4 million to pave one mile of a two lane rural road with a five inch shoulder in Florida. It currently cost about $485,000 for resurfacing of one mile of a two lane rural road with a five inch shoulder in Florida. At $500 per year it would take 4,800 years for your taxes to pay for one mile of a new road and 970 years for your taxes to pay for one mile of road resurfacing. If anyone should be complaining it should be my wife and I, we pay four times what you are paying. We didn't come here to cause grief for others. We appreciated what the forefathers of Lake Helen had created and we liked the fact that there was local government rule. Stand down my friend, you have no room to complain. For now I must take my wife to dinner, I hope that you will see the light my friend.

Hey wannabe redneck,

I was at the horse arena....WORKING, not just for a visit. Why do you think it looks maintained ( arena) and the irrigation works on the trees & the arena ??? I also then went and fished for a while in NSB.

As for taxes, yep mine are miniscule, ( less than $500) ergo, I don't ask for anymore than one road paved PER YEAR.

What about that invite to go hunting??? I was sure you'd back away from that, no need for YOU TO MAKE THAT THREAT AGAIN, cause I'm willing to take you up on it.

As for Ms. Muir....well, no need to go there, her property speaks for itself. I took a class at DBCC with you back 15 years ago, so I know who you are and what you stand for. If you would like to dictate the discourse of this blog....buy the Beacon.

BTW...it's name is Macy Park, and yes, I did quite a bit of volunteer work on that public park too. I am willing to compare my hours of volunteer work to anybody. I've done, and continue to do my share. Can you say that Eunice or wannabe redneck???

Realist, please watch your language and keep your vulgar comments to yourself. This forum is for intelligent discussion, and is no place for calling other posters "fool" and "dipwad".

Please be civil.

Realist have you ever ran for office? or Do you just sit back and complain about those who have stepped up? In your opinion is there anyone in governement who has ever done a good job? Odd that you should complain in one breath about the City not paving roads when in the other breath you tell us you are going to the City's Equestrian Center that was built within the last few years by the City. I have not been in Lake Helen for 13 years, but I have seen a lot done within the few years that I have been here. When my grandchildren visit, my wife and I enjoy taking them to the area parks and we have taken them to Cafe a few times. My wife has enjoyed the Tennis Courts and I have fished off of the dock at the Kicklighter Road park. We have used the parks and other public amenities here many times. We lived and worked all over South Florida, we have never seen a community that offers so much for so little. By the way Realist, just how much is your annual City tax bill. Ours is under a thousand. Cheap for what we get out of it. I am pleased with the amount of work that I have seen done around Lake Helen. The streets and parks are maintained nicely. As for my sleeping habits, I often go fishing and shrimping at night. If you must know, the company I once owned did commercial remodeling work. Much of our work had to be done at night when the businesses we were working on were slow. So yes I do have a so called normal sleeping pattern.

It's folks like SoFlRedneck that believe the commission is diligent in it's duties. Why then do they wait ?? years to do this? This should have been in place already and not contingent upon the status of the economy. Lou Benton, discuss your town business during the meeting fool, not afterwards in private. This is why you were voted out and this is an example of how all business is done in this town. The meetings only formalize the choices made at the Kangaroo picnic table and Creative Arts Café.

Redneck,

You can find me anytime you like...today...spending my time at the equestrian center....working for the saddle club.

I have resided here for 13 years, so don't try to tell me how much people simply complain. Issues??? you fool, read the agenda. You think that warrants commission action? you dipwad. You obviously don't sleep like normal people, based on the time of your blog.

So, redneck wannabe....find me today...we'll set up that hunting trip..please, I would love it !!! Maybe I could take you in my boat...we fish 3 times a week, and golf two, so don't ever think you are the only person who can retire, it's just that some of us were intelligent enough to accomplish it at a younger age, before senility started seeping in.

Anyway redneck wannabe...time to put your bravado to the test...step up.

I for one would be happy to see the city pave a street once a year.

I am pleased with Lake Helen's efforts to deal with these issues. Appears that we have a good group up there looking out for us. I am sure that Realist is part of the "All Talk and No Real Action" group. Realist you are no realist. All you do is complain about everything. I didn't move up here to cause problems for others and to complain. I moved up here because I like this town and I like most of the people here. I didn't come here to cause waves and tell people how to live. I for one want to thank our leaders here in Lake Helen for their hard work and willingness to serve us. It is nice to know I can enjoy my retirement and spend my days fishing while you guys are tending to the business of the City for us. Don't listen to idiots who only wish to sit back complain. There is little you can do to make them happy. They have little in their life. They get cheap thrills out of this. I wish I could talk a few of them into going hunting with me. I would take them way out into the Everglades.

The City Commission is so worried about money.

Yeah, right, just look at the agenda for the meeting on the 7th....what a waste of money !!!

It's obviously time to go back to meetings once a month when the agenda is nothing more than pomp & circumstance.