Reader in Dispute Over Statements Concerning Howard Kessler 

Publisher, Wakulla.com: 

My name is Hugh Taylor.

Earlier this month I received a very disturbing email from a Mr. Ed. Brimner, a commissioner in Wakulla County, Florida. I wanted to reply.  Since he wrote on a county computer I requested his address list.  This is one reply.  There may be others.  He certainly deserves more.

This email is not about personalities, nor is it about Mr. Brimner's feelings or views.  This is about facts.  He has said he would reverse himself if presented with the facts.  Well, he has been presented the facts on different occasions, but has refused to correct his mistakes.

 * Brimner mentioned that another commissioner, Howard Kessler, MD, made the motion to renew the contract of the old county administrator and extend his severance time.  This is false.  I refer you to the 2/6/06 board vote.  Maxie Lawhon passed the gavel and made the motion.

* He also stated that under his tenure, only advanced septic tank systems were approved for new subdivisions.  This is not true.  The Park subdivision was approved with regular septic tanks in May of 2005, and in the Tallahassee Democrat series on Wakulla Springs, the reporter found that only 2 permits for advanced septic tanks had been issued in the county as a whole.

* Brimner suggests that he could have obtained lower taxes and suggests that Dr. Kessler cost the county a lot of money.  If you want, go to the final budget hearing C/D and you can hear Dr. Kessler trying to get some help lowering the taxes.  No cooperation from Mr. Brimner, however.  For him to suggest otherwise is not true and the facts are readily available on the C/D.

Ironically, Mr. Brimner is a sitting commissioner who should know better, but for some reason is trying to poison the water against Dr. Kessler.  I wanted to tell people the truth and where the information can be verified.  Mr. Brimner said that presented with the facts he would reverse himself.  Unfortunately as of this date he has not.

Thank you for your time.  The next sound you hear might be the other shoe dropping . . . 'Cause there's more.

Hugh Taylor
Crawfordville

This article originally published on October 22, 2006.

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