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Doug smith runs for re-election District 1
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015
Sunny side up!
Lisa Barry
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MARTIN COUNTY — County Commissioner Doug Smith is running for re-election in District 1, looking to extend his now 15-year influence in the county. “Job creation is significantly important to our economy and our residents,” Smith said. “We need to be getting out of the way of businesses. We need to allow them an atmosphere that promotes their ability to grow.” Since serving on the County Commission since 2000, Smith said he has seen the business development board empowered to work with businesses and create new jobs. But in recent years, the same development board has been stifled. “There are significant barriers that have been put up by this current County Commission majority, we need to reduce and remove some of those barriers,” Smith said. Over the course of three years, Smith said, it has become a struggle for big and small businesses alike to get anything done in Martin County due to “invasive” rules that apply to everything from the simplest to most complex of permits. “We ought to be able to still have a very controlled atmosphere, but within reasonable limits. We still ought to be able to have good job growth and business growth,”
See SMITH page 2
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer John Klatt, Air National Guard aerobatic pilot, flies inverted infront of the plane I was in piloted by Bill Stein while being photgraphed by a chase plane at sunset, Thursday, Oct. 29 in preparation for the annual Stuart Air Show.
Snyder makes a bid to stay Sheriff Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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MARTIN COUNTY — Sheriff William Snyder has announced his candidacy for reelection in 2016. “I have a resume and background commensurate to this job,” he said. “I have to run on my record here.” Snyder edged out candidates
David Dees and John “Ski” Pietruszewski in the 2012 Republican primary and went on to a win over write-in candidate Trent Wetherald in the general election. He’s the county’s eighth sheriff. Snyder took the oath of office in January 2013, about 30 years after starting his law-enforcement career in Miami. After a 20-year career in Miami Snyder moved to Martin Coun-
ty in 1993. He worked at the Sheriff’s Office under Robert Crowder. He was the department’s chief criminal investigator and was promoted to director of law enforcement. Snyder was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2006 and served there for six years, winning two reelections.
See SNYDER page 16
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