Avon Park Councilman Parke Sutherland Talks with Protesters

I have yet to form an opinion whether any of the city council members have performed (or failed to perform) such that they should be recalled; nonetheless, recall is a tool of the citizens and that process has begun in Avon Park. Without expressing support or dissent for Councilman Parke Sutherland (I'm not an AP resident), I commend him for showing up to the pre-council meeting Save Avon Park rally (a separate movement from the recall but obviously intertwined due to their respective natures) to talk to anybody who wanted to ask him questions face to face.

Some have already said that that's easy for him considering he's not statutorily eligible for recall at this moment, but I disagree. He's still a councilman and his taking a "risk" by opening himself up but, that's what he was elected to do: work for the public.

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• Avon Park City Council
• Highlands County
• Florida
• City of Charm
• recall
• Save Avon Park
• Patricia Austin
• Parke Sutherland
• julian deleon
• sharon schuler
• brenda gray
• paul miller
• terry heston