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Memories flood in as Erin nears 30

5/1/2025

 
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Happy Friday! A favorite Erin story:

The three of us were headed to Fort Lauderdale for the weekend. Erin was very young, and the occasion was a very important statewide writer’s conference.

The Chronicle paid for me to attend and a hotel room for the Wrights. Erin and her mom entertained themselves while I received great writing tips from Florida’s best newspaper reporters.


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Time to take the chat much deeper

4/30/2025

 
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Happy Thursday! Ready for an invite?

Today we formally kick off the inaugural Just Wright Citrus subscriber’s page to take our conversations to another level.

The JWC Inner Circle is an opportunity to go even deeper on the subjects in Citrus County that matter to us most. (Thanks to JWC reader Chris Blydenburgh for that excellent name suggestion.)


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Ethically speaking, we're doing OK

4/29/2025

 
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It’s Wednesday, so let’s discuss ethics.

I had a pleasant Cattle Dog chat Tuesday with a longtime friend who is very caught up in reading about the 491 mess. He, like many others, encouraged me to keep it going.

He also suggested a blog on journalistic ethics. “I think people would be very interested in the rules you live by,” my friend said.


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Truth is fleeting in the 491 mess

4/28/2025

 
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Happy Tuesday! Let’s discuss my favorite subject.

I hope readers caught Editor Jim’s column in the weekend Chronicle regarding the 491 mess. In it, he chastises Commissioners Janet Barek and Diana Finegan for making hay over what most agree was a highly improper act.

This paragraph stopped me:


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Spoils to the victor in pickleball

4/27/2025

 
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Happy Monday! Let’s talk a little about pickle politics.
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The county had a nice ceremony Friday morning to open six new pickleball courts in Beverly Hills. The ribbon was cut and the courts filled with happy pickleball persons.

Well, not everyone was happy.


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Buddy's help needed for this choice

4/24/2025

 
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The pressure is overwhelming.

It’s keeping me up at night. I really want to do the right thing, you know? Regardless of my decision, someone will be disappointed.

Three-plus years into Just Wright Citrus, and I’m pretty sure this is the most challenging situation yet.


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A cool, refreshing drink of water

4/23/2025

 
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Happy Thursday! Welcome to my Earth Day blog.

Yes, I realize the actual Earth Day was Tuesday. I was a little preoccupied that day, but didn’t want the week to end without a chat about water.

Several weeks back, various environmental groups invited media types for a boat tour of King’s Bay. Their point was to show the degradation effects of higher sea levels and runoff on coastal islands, waterways, and seagrasses.


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Weighing discipline in the 491 mess

4/22/2025

 
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It’s Wednesday, so let’s talk about discipline.

Not the discipline I ignore in my intake of Cattle Dog frozen hot chocolates.

No, the discipline that occurs at work. The discipline that many are calling for in wake of the 491 mess.


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It's the plan to cure all our ills

4/21/2025

 
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Time to take a look at the See-Eye-Pea.

You’ll recall (or won’t) me writing about the Capital Improvement Program, or CIP for short. It’s basically a five-year plan for budgeting big-ticket purchases, construction projects, and the like.

The County Commission will discuss the CIP at its meeting today. They’ll vote on the final version with the budget in September. Here's the report.


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Leaders needed to curtail 491 mess

4/20/2025

 
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Happy Easter Monday! Have a refreshing weekend? I did, and now we’re raring to go on our new favorite subject.

The 491 mess.

That’s what I’m calling it from here on out: the 491 mess. It’s not really an issue, and I don’t think it’s reached scandal stage. Although we could get there if certain people keep pretending it never happened.


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