Candidate Name: Robert “Bob” Plaisted.
Office Sought: Inverness mayor.
Education: Associate’s degree.
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Occupation: Real Estate Investor.
Community Involvement: Board of Directors Rotary downtown, Nature Coast Ministries, director and founder of Baptist Men and ChristiaBrothers org., Board of directors Nature Coast Ministries.
Top three priorities of campaign: Create an atmosphere to attract quality clean industry that will in turn keep our young folks in the area.Develo a higher degree of recreation in our community.Raise the cultual bar in our community through the arts.
What differentiates you from your opponents? Experience working in the city. 1994 started 4 years on code enforcement which led to 4 years on city council followed by 19 years as mayor which created an ambassadorship throughout the city and into the county,as we!! That experience alone cannot be purchased. A strong understanding of the mechanics is worthy of high level competence in the mayor’s position.
What are your sources of information about local policy issues? Chronicle, Florida League of Cities, Florida Trend, county commission, and the Inverness city manager, with input that comes before him.
