This is from Cheilie Doyel, the widow of Judge Bob Doyel. Bob was a lifetime leader in the Polk County Democratic Party. He ran for numerous state and county offices after a long and successful career as a Family Court Judge.
“I wanted to let you know that Bob’s celebration of life will be held at the American Legion in Winter Haven on Saturday, March 15, at 11:00 a.m. The Legion building overlooks Lake Silver.
On April 1, 2025, special elections will take place to fill two vacant seats in Florida’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. The vacancies are in Congressional District 1 (CD-1) in the state’s western Panhandle, and Congressional District 6 (CD-6) extending from Jacksonville to Daytona along the Eastern Florida Coast. While Republicans hold a significant advantage in voter registration in these districts, a Democratic victory in these elections could potentially shift the US House majority from Republican to Democrat this year.
Below are some ways you can help the Democratic candidates in these special elections.
Support Gay Valimont in the CD-1 Special Election.
You can get involved with her campaign by following the links below:
Mobilize Events https://www.mobilize.us/gayforcongress/
Campaign website https://gayforcongress.com/
Support Josh Weil in the CD-6 Special Election.
You can get involved with his campaign by following the links below:
Mobilize Events https://www.mobilize.us/joshweilforcongressionaldistrict6/
Campaign website https://www.joshweil.us/
The Florida Democratic party CD-1 and CD-6 Volunteer Hub has more virtual and in-person events from the campaigns, the FDP, DECs, and external partners:
CD-1 & CD-6 Volunteer Hub https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1go96YVXxq5_pr8Ux1yzZjdPAEm08huDeJgydi4l9byQ/edit?gid=18227111#gid=18227111
There are three board seats open in the upcoming election.
President Larry Anson and Director Jim Edge are completing their terms and their seats are up along with the seat previously vacated by former Vice President Marie Sepe.
Five residents have stepped up to the plate and have submitted their resumes for review: Larry Anson, Jim Edge, Carl Warren, Faye Davis and Gene Foster. There are community wide meet and greets scheduled for all residents to attend and ask questions of the prospective candidates: Wednesday, January 8th from 10-1 in the Ballroom.
Thursday January 23rd from 4-7 in the Palms and
Tuesday February 4th from 10-1 in the Palms.
All candidates have been invited. Please free your calendar to attend one of these important meetings. This is your opportunity to get all the information you need to make an informed decision on who will represent us. Voting will take place between February 10-21. The top candidates will be announced in the February 25th annual meeting in the Ballroom at 10:00. Watch for upcoming emails with important information on the details of when and how to vote.
The deadline to register for electronic voting is January 10th. Voting electronically is the easiest, most efficient and cost effective way to make your voices heard. If you haven’t already registered for electronic voting, please consider signing up now.
Click the link for the electronic voting, registration, and election process:
https://mailchi.mp/evergreen-lm/important-election-information-12-20-24?e=1e11891229
Serving on an HOA is a thankless job. These are residents that have stepped up to the plate to VOLUNTEER their time to work for the community in order to help make it the best place to live. They have a huge task of making decisions that impact all of us and in a community of this size, it’s impossible to make every single person happy. Are they perfect? Of course not, but they strive to do what’s best and correct any mistakes along the way. I commend all of those who have chosen to run, but I am saddened by the fact that in a community of over 5400 homes, we are only able to get 5 people willing to put themselves out there. There are many vocal residents who complain about the BOD members on a regular basis and claim they know the right way to do things but when the time comes to actually show what they can do to help us, they seem to be silent. We need people actually willing to do the work, not just complain about those who do. Our BOD members represent us and work for us. We need to support them in their efforts. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.
Please join us at our next membership meeting on Wednesday, January 8 starting at 6:30pm in the Ballroom or Zoom. The topics of discussion will be leadership opportunities with the Club, most urgently the Officer and Director positions scheduled for vote at our March 12 membership meeting.
The following positions are scheduled for election to 2-year terms: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Chair, Ways & Means Chair, and Publicity Chair. Which position is best for YOU?
See our current board here. It’s time for new leaders. The Club needs YOU.
Note: only current paid members will be eligible to run for positions or vote in our March Club elections.
If you haven’t yet renewed your annual membership for 2025 you can print and mail the form from our website https://solivitademocrats.org/club-membership/ with your check, or submit your payment online from there (click Donate), or come to the January 8 meeting, or see us at the Solivita Market on Monday mornings, or at the Solivita Club Expo on Saturday, January 18 from 10am to 1pm.
Brian Fillette
President, Solivita Democratic Club
president@solivitademocrats.org
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A proposed Order approving the Distribution Plan that was filed on Dec. 8 was to be submitted to the Court on Dec. 18, 2024. Once we receive the signed Order, a Notice will be sent by the Class Administrator via US Mail to each Class Member which includes your name, address of record, your claim number, instructions on what you need to do if a homeowner is deceased or you need a name or address change, the amount of Club Fee payments you made as reported to the Class Administrator by Taylor Morrison, etc.
There will be a deadline to respond to the Class Administrator, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS NOTICE IN YOUR MAIL!! (See address below.) The Distribution Plan includes a partial distribution so we can get some of your refund to you while Taylor Morrison’s appeal goes through the court.
On Dec 2, 2024, TM filed a Notice of Appeal appealing the amount of prevailing party attorney fees awarded (approx $23 million). In response, on Dec. 17, 2024, we filed a cross appeal, appealing the denial of a claim for “fees on fees.” What that means is, for the time our attorneys had to prepare and go to court to get the Class their prevailing party fees, we want TM to have to pay for that time and those costs too. Had TM not appealed first, it is likely we would not have cross appealed.
That process may take some time. Once the appellate court has ruled, an additional distribution can be made. Please don’t ask for specific numbers at this time.
Watch for mail from:
Wishing you Happy Holidays!
Brenda Taylor
The Polk Democratic Party is reaching out to all REGISTERED Democrats in Polk County to become a State Committee Person. Although we hope that eventually the people who become SCP’s will want to become members of the Polk County DEC after a time, they do not have to be a DEC member to run for the office. We will be electing up to 10 SCP’s to the DEC.
Please sign up here for all relevant information to be able to run for this office.
