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Tarpon Commission Candidates Attend Forum
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Published: February 16, 2008
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - With a little less than a month before the municipal election, three candidates for a lone seat on the City Commission met Thursday afternoon at the Rotary Club of Tarpon Springs Forum.
The three candidates in the March 11 municipal election – Tod Eckhouse, a real estate agent; Susan Slattery, a mortgage broker; and Herb Elliott, an attorney – are all running for Seat 2, which Commissioner David Archie must vacate because of the term limit in the city charter.
Eckhouse, a member of the city's Planning and Zoning Board, said he supports private property rights and less city regulation of land-use matters.
He wants more effective promotion of the city's economy, historic preservation and revitalization.
Eckhouse said he is a strong supporter of the city's efforts to create its own drinking water supply.
Slattery, a lifelong resident and 1982 graduate of Tarpon Springs High School, said she wants the city and Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce to do a better job promoting the historic character of the Sponge Docks tourist district and developing the downtown business area.
The city should promote environmentally friendly initiatives to save money and preserve the environment, Slattery told the Rotarians. She opposes the development of condominium complexes along the Anclote River.
Elliott, a former Tarpon Springs city attorney, said he would bring knowledge and experience of city government to the position. During his 14 years as city attorney, he wrote much of the municipal charter and later was involved in the charter review process, he said.
Elliott said he can bring a historic perspective to the City Commission, having defended Tarpon Springs through many of its toughest legal battles.
The candidates will meet again at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, at the Tarpon Springs Community Center, 400 S. Walton Ave. The forum will be presented by the Tarpon Springs Democratic Club.
In addition to the City Commission race, Tarpon Springs voters on March 11 will decide the fate of three proposed amendments to the Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital lease between the city and the nonprofit Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation.
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