Posted: 02.28.2008 / 10:47 PM EST
This feels like the longest election ever! Yet have the candidates addressed the issues that matter to you? The war, the economy, immigration. Are these the important ‘hot-button issues?’ Dante will be in Clermont, Fla., soon, looking for two bloggers to lead this blog.
Do you have any questions for them? Topics you hope they will address? Start the ball rolling and let them know how you’d like to begin.
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Ann Dupee of Clermont, Fla., serves on Lake County's Tourist Development Council and is treasurer of West Orange Airport Authority. She was also an 11-year elected council member of the City of Clermont. Ms. Dupee and her late husband, George, published the South Lake Press weekly newspaper in Clermont for 25 years. Dupee was inducted into the Lake County Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Ray San Fratello is president of the South Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Clermont, Fla. He has more than 18 years of experience with the chamber of commerce, including stints in central Florida and upstate New York. Mr. San Fratello has served on numerous economic development boards. He has also been involved in school to career partnerships and youth sports activities. San Fratello is married with three children, ages 13, 14, and 18.
Middle-income, retirement age; and baby-boom populations; presence of evangelical and mainline Protestants, fewer Catholics, stable but not booming economies.
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"In Clermont's roughly 10 square miles are eight 18-hole courses. Three of these are connected to the over-55 neighborhoods, Kings Ridge and Summit Green, which hold about one-third of the city's 22,000 people... 'We are the oldest county demographically in central Florida.' "
| Population, income, and education | |
| Population | (2006) 291,197 |
| Median household income | (per year) $38,334 |
| Median age | 47.5 |
| Families in poverty | (%) 6.9% |
| High school graduates | (%) 79.8% |
| Bachelors degree | (%) 16.6% |
| Ethnicity (percent listed for all below) | |
| White | 83.7% |
| Black | 12.3% |
| Latino | 12.1% |
| Native American | 0.6% |
| Bi-racial | 1.2% |
| Asian-Pacific | 2.2% |
| Employment (percent listed for all below) | |
| Military | 0.1% |
| Government | 11.8% |
| Agriculture | 2.8% |
| Professional | 8.1% |
| Trade and services | 35.9% |
(Colors on map represent unique voter communities)
