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Anthony Davit Candidate Profile

There aren’t many people who can say they’ve visited all seven continents, but at least one of them can be found currently serving on the Windermere Town Council. Anthony Davit — who goes by Tony — has had an extensive military career as an Air Force civil engineer spanning 26 years that took him around the globe. By the time he retired in 2017 as a colonel, he’d been stationed in Italy and Guam, built a compacted-snow runway for a station in Antarctica and, post 9/11, was deployed seven times t...
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Frank Krens Candidate Profile

Frank Krens, 78, has spent a majority of his life calling the town of Windermere home, valuing it for the sense of community he’s seen it inspire not just in others, but himself, as well. “I am definitely happier and more productive, a better person for being involved in this community,” Krens said of the town he discovered nearly 45 years ago.Before retiring in 2013, he had a 47-year career as an aerospace engineer with the U.S. Navy-operated Naval Sea Systems Command in Virginia, and as a dire...
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Windermere Ballot Amendments

The amendments to charter sections C-9, C-10 and C-17 were proposed after District 4 Commissioner George Oliver III filed a lawsuit with Orange County's Ninth Circuit Court over the commission’s 4-1 vote on Nov. 7, 2023, to disqualify him from running in the special election last March for the remainder of his term. Oliver vacated his seat two years into his second four-year term for what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid for mayor. The city commission appointed Ages Hart in M...
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Candidate Profile: Chris Mack

Native Floridian Chris Mack is a seasoned traveler.  He's made his way through Europe, Asia and Central America. But it was a trip to China, nearly 20 years ago, that left an indelible impression. He described censorship in internet cafes where he would go to check his email. He witnessed discrimination against the Falun Gong and Uygher groups for their religious beliefs. He described the society as “remarkably oppressive, shocking.”