OK, the Sebastian Inlet apperantly is an “special area” that contains large parts of Brevard County as well as parts of Indian River County. It has commisioners that are elected at large from within there. But it is still divided into sub-districts. I don’t fully understand, but we get to vote for it. There are three candidates:
Of the three, Jim Culberson’s site is the only one that actually mentions this campaign. Bob Hartman talks a lot about a run for Tax Collector, but he apperantly lost that in the primaries. It mentions that his WIFE is currently on the Sebastian Inlet Commission. What is this, a consolation prize after losing the other race? [EDIT: His wife WAS on the commission, she apperantly passed away earlier this year.] Sherri’s is all about her as a real estate agent. Nothing about this.
In googling for more information on this race, the only place I could find covering this was tcpalm.com which required a really annoying registration. I did it, because I wanted to find info on this race. But if anybody from tcpalm ever reads this, be assured that I won’t be back to your site again for a long time. Anyway… I won’t bother linking to them because of the registration issue, but they did have some info… Candidate profiles for Culberson and Quarrie… none for Bob Hartman… and a link to a low quality video with almost completely unintelligible audio where they talked to Culberson and Quarrie, along with a David Pasley, who is running in a different District for the same commission.
The Commision is all about maintaining the Sebastian Inlet waterway. OK. Got it. From the profiles on tcpalm.com, and what little I could understand of the “debate” on there, Culberson and Quarrie don’t seem to actually differ on too much.
On this, I will immediately discount Bob Hartman. He is a no show. He did not participate in the debate, nor give tcpalm a profile. Nor does he have anything at all on his own website about running for this office. (At least not that I can find.)
Amoung the other two, I will go for Jim Culberson. He actually has a website describing why he wants to be a commisioner and his expertese in the area. He’s involved in the local historical commission and recreation committees, etc. From what I could hear of the debate (the sound got a bit better as it continued), he is the more articulate of the two on his beliefs on how to deal with the issues surrounding the inlet. His degree is in Marine Biology. He knows his stuff. The tcpall.com editorial on this race and the District 1 race said:
Culberson, who has written a detailed history of the Sebastian Inlet, says the district needs to be more responsive and open to the public. He knows whereof he speaks, as he regularly attends board meetings. … Quarrie’s interests appear more scattered. She talks about turtle nesting and national security, but offers few substantive insights or proposals. On technical matters, she seems out of her depth compared with Culberson.
This reinforced the opinion I had alread reached.
My vote: Jim Culberson
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