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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1972
Page
4
A local referendum asks whether the Lake County superintendent of schools should be elected or appointed. Supporters favor appointment for professional standards while opponents fear electorate accountability. The nonbinding straw vote guides the school board, which will must follow the voters' choice.
The piece urges residents of Mount Dora and Leesburg to support a single United Appeal that funds 12 organizations including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Red Cross Children's Home Salvation Army and local crisis centers. It emphasizes rising costs and asks readers to donate any amount from 1 to 1000 to aid beneficiaries nationwide and locally.
Editorial urges a yes vote on Questions 1 and 2 on the upcoming ballot. It explains Question 1 would authorize up to 200 million in bonds for endangered lands and 40 million for recreation lands with no new taxes. Question 2 would amend the constitution to allow selling bonds to fund recreation land acquisition and facilities upgrades.
Letters to the editor urge a favorable vote on two statewide bond questions in the November ballot. Question 1 would issue bonds to acquire environmentally endangered and recreation lands, enabling the Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act. Question 2 would issue bonds to purchase recreation lands, with retirement funded from existing state sources.
In Lake County Florida Sheriff Willis McCall wins the Democratic nomination by a narrow margin evading a runoff by 124 votes. Republican challenger Guy Bliss a former Mount Dora mayor and Detroit detective may mount a challenge as about 12 000 Republicans reside in the county and Democrats turn against McCall after years of controversy.
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