Flo Water Reform Committee Meets

By Mac Shadix

The Flo Water Reform Committee met on Monday night, February 19^th to introduce their consolidated slate of candidates to the committee and to the public. Ninety people attended the meeting in the Buffalo Civic Center to meet the four candidates. Each candidate spoke briefly about their qualifications and about their hopes for Flo Community Water Supply System.

The Reform Committee was formed in January as a result of concerned citizens meeting to discuss recent problems with Flo Water Supply Corporation including; bankruptcy, brown water in a part of the system, multiple line breaks and boil water notices, strained relations with neighboring water systems and concerns about the way meetings were managed and the denial of invoices and records to members and directors and other issues.

The candidates chosen are opposing two of the three appointed current directors who are up for election. Director Richard Moran who has been butting heads with the current administration by seeking change is a member of the Reform Committee. The other three Reform Committee candidates are; Jimmy Davis, Ken Jones and Bob Boettcher. These candidates have agreed to seek new officers for Flo Water, to replace President Gary Bell, Vice President Bobby Pittman who is not seeking reelection, and Secretary-Treasurer Ann Boykin if the Reform Committee achieves a majority on the new Board.

See the Buffalo Press interviews and photos of all the candidates in today’s paper.

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