Mount Dora candidates file petitions for council seats and mayor
Mount Dora voters face a Dec. 14 municipal election with nine potential candidates. Gary Hopcraft, 23, an art major at Florida Technological University, lives with his father in Mount Dora and is interning in Winter Garden. Margaret Lofroos, longtime city politician and Callero Realty associate, says she will hold regular city hall hours if elected. Two council seats are won by four nominees, with John Coffield and Maureen Mancini among the entrants. November 22 is the petition deadline requiring 25 registered voter signatures.
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Mount Dorans
Gary Hopcraft
Margaret Lofroos
Mount Dora
Gary Hopecraft
Normandy Drive
Harry Hopcraft
Florida Technological University
Winter Garden
Tenth Avenue
Callero Realty
City Hall
John Coffield
Maureen Mancini
Mancini
Rollins College
Rosen Nolich Tiapionteoy
City hires new caterer for Mount Dora Community Building
Sylvia Cook retires at year end and Squires Hope restaurant wins the catering contract after public interviews. City Building Inspector John Cain says seven inquiries, three finalists Lee's Country Pub Marys Maryland Fried Chicken and Squires Hope were discussed with input from Lions Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. Councilman C O Lott attended the Nov 14 meeting where the decision was made unanimously for Squires Hope.
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Sylvia Cook
Mount Dora
Squires Hope Restaurant
John Cain
Lee’s Country Pub
Mary’s Maryland Fried Chicken
Squires Hope
C. O. Lott
Cain
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Tey
Lott
Mount Dora Weather Records No Rainfall Noted
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station reports no precipitation since November 9, with total yearly rainfall standing at 35.61 inches.
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Mount Dora
Pan
City ends angle parking downtown in Mount Dora
Mount Dora city council voted to abolish angle parking on Donnelly Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues after planters were damaged by autos. Parallel parking will be marked next week. Moratorium relief requests were denied. Library Park sale plans debated with ballot option defeated.
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Jeanne Mahaffey
Donnelly Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Mount Dora
Frank Clifton
Sugges
Coun
Robert Locke
Council
R. C. Howell
Margaret Carson
Park Board
Library Park
Brandon Wald
Carson
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City
Jack Matsche
Howell
Carl Adams
Clayton Street
Liberty Avenue
Jeff Ray III
Putnam
Jefferson G. Ray III
David R. Edgerton
Library Board
Reepening
Mount Dora Public Library
Ninth Avenue
John C. Howard
Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Vernon L. Conner
Howard
National Council of State Garden Clubs Inc
New
Vernon &. Conner
John C. Howake
Metra
Circle
Arnie Johnson
Garden Club ‘Circle
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