Commissioner Sebastian Inlet District, District 1

Ok the second of the two Sebastian Inlet Districts I get to vote for. Here the candidates are:

* Jenny Lawton Seal
* David A. Pasley

I could not find websites for either of these candidates. Come on folks, I know it is a dinky local office, but this is 2004. Make yourselfs a freakin one page website saying why you want to be elected… Anyway, both Seal and Pasley were invited to the same debate I mentioned in the previous post about District 5. Only Pasley showed up. And I could not find anything on Seal on the web at all… except an article (again behind annoying registration) on tcpalm.com saying that she… and Sherrie Quarrie… ahd gotten significant campaign donations from a lobbiest for a sand mining company. Apperantly Seal is also the granddaughter of a former commissioner who died recently. In any case, she was a no show and has provided no resources to find what she stands for or anything. Pasley shoed up at the debate, and seemed to do OK. The same editorial I quoted in the last post says of Pasley:

Pasley, an avid fisherman, boater and inlet volunteer, wants the district to reach out to more community organizations and environmental groups. He also believes it could benefit by collaborating with other districts around the state. … Pasley and Culberson are knowledgeable, independent candidates who are committed to improving the inlet’s management and effectiveness. As straight shooters, they deserve a shot at the job.

OK, not too much on him. But his competition didn’t really shows up. And from what I read in the article about donations (it goes on quite a bit) both her and Quarrie look like they are part of a ploy by the sand people (you know, like in Star Wars) to influence how replenishing efforts in the county work and such.

My vote: David A. Pasley