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VOL 15 No. 28
May 13, 2015
Peggy Meyers: ‘We won’ The post office boxes will stay in Holmes Beach after a grass roots effort and a Congressman’s help. BY PAT COPELAND SUN STAFF WRITER | pcopeland@amisun.com
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HOLMES BEACH – Her voice said it all. “We won,” declared Peggy Meyers on Tuesday. That’s the day she got the e-mail from USPS (United States Post Office) officials stating, “Based on traffic issues, lack of parking at the USPS branches and the additional information that was presented at the community meeting, your We proved request to add PO boxes to the our case Holmes Beach CPU (contract postal unit) is granted.” easily, and “We proved our case easily, and they did the right thing,” they did the Meyers said. “I am pleased that the USPS right thing.” will maintain full service in Holmes Beach and continue to provide residents in our area Peggy Meyers with convenient, efficient postal Contract holder service,” U.S. Congressman Vern Buchanan said. The issue began when contract holders Meyers and Jack Jackson said they planned to retire, and USPS officials said they could keep the CPU, but not the 230
Above, the banner at the Holmes Beach Post Office announces the victory. Below, Peggy Meyers and Jack Jackson are all smiles after the USPS decision.
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Recall election heads for finish line Registered city voters who have not voted by mail can vote in person at the Annie Silver Community Center from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19. BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
BRADENTON BEACH – The outcome of the recall election now lies in the hands of the city voters who will
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determine whether Mayor Bill Shearon remains in office or is replaced by Vice Mayor Jack Clarke. Shearon’s supporters have now exhausted the legal and administrative challenges they presented in their unsuccessful efforts to have Clarke removed from the ballot. On Tuesday, May 5, Judge Gilbert Smith denied John Metz’s request for a temporary injunction that would have halted the election. When issuing his verbal order, Smith said Metz failed to meet the burden of proof.
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Afterwards Clarke said, “I’m gratified by the court’s decision. I can now focus 100 percent on what I anticipate will be a successful campaign. I cannot speak highly enough of Attorney Mogensen and her paralegal Mr. Barfield. They provided the best possible representa-
tion in this case.” On Friday, Smith followed up with a written order that said the court could only issue an injunction if the requesting party demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable harm, unavailability of an adequate legal remedy, a substantial likelihood of the original suit succeeding on its merits and considerations of the public interest that supported an injunction. see recall, page 33
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