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Springs ihemlani says the vote totals in
Much of Tuscawilla,where he won
bra ratio of 2-to-1, vindicated r •
❑Voters kept an r where people know him best w ,
incumbent, opted for a a$know me best, he was sound-
familiar face and voted l3rdefeated," Khemlani said. "1
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'id not have enough time to con- ;
down city ambulances. vyrtce the voters on the west side.
r Lan 9 ellotti Conniff
It is Winter Springs' loss.
That's OK?'
By Will Welton. tangellotti said now is the time row ran a low-key campaign with
or THE SENTINEL STAFF tar the city to stop bickering. neither road signs nor a mailer.
■ "We need to unite and work as a Conniff captured 4,603 votes, or
• Warn. Commissioners should not 66.8 percent, to Harrow's 2,289
WINTER SPRINGS — After a be running out on their own agen- votes,or 33.2 percent.
divisive campaign for City Com- rya,"he said. When asked why he won, Con-
mission, winners say they want to .The only new face on the corn- niff deadpanned: "I got more
unite the board. Mission will be Larry Conniff, 52, votes."
While other elections on 'rues- who takes over Seat 1 when he is Conniff said he will bring an
day may have called for chases- Worn in Dec. 5.John Torcaso,the open mind to the commission and
day m Springs s stayed the course, current commissioner,is retiring. a pledge to work hard.
'Conniff, a business owner and I did not make any frivolous
keeping an incumbent commis- former deputy sheriff, easily de- promises,"Conniff said.
sioner and giving an open seat to teated Elizabeth Harrow, 40. Har- The day after the election,Con-
a longtime political observer.
Any plans for a city-run ambu-
lance service were dead on arrival. dead r�iJ ead I ss u e
Voters overwhelmingly rejected IJ e
the idea in a straw poll.
Commissioner John Langellotti, niff was not basking in the glow of
65, returns to office for a second victory.He was sweating.
full term. Commissioners serve Conniff ran all over town pick- # PRAISE, NOT A PLUG
three-year terms and earn $4,200 ing up his signs. 'THE WEEKEND before the
annually. I went to pick up the signs, so Mention, both Winter Springs
they aggravated people as little as .Commission candidates John Lan-
Langellotti campaigned as a possible,"he said. '�ellatti and Moti Rhemlani had
representative for all the people. One issue the commission wont Mowing statements in their cam-
That push may have helped him consider any longer is a city-run gn material from Mayor John
on the west side of town as he ambulance service. , ash. The quotes seemed to be
edged out Moti Khemlani, 53, More than six out of every 10 4,ndorsements in the Seat 3 race.
president of the Tuscawilla$pme- voters rejected the idea that the Not so, Bush said. The kind
owners Association,for Seat 3. city get into the business of trans- :comments about the candidates'
The incumbent garnered 3,638 porting emergency victims to the ;service were given because"peo-
votes or 50.6 percent,while}them- hospital. -:
fool pulled in 3,555 or 49.4 per- Commissioner John Ferring, ple who run deserve a pat on the
cent. A Tuscawilla resident, Lan- one of the supporters of the ambu- back,"he said.
geliott5's strongest support came lance service, had no problem
from outside of the large country with the results."The people have
club community. spoken,"he said.
Langellotti, another proponent
"I feel pretty good," Langellotti of the ambulance service, said the
said. "I wish the spread had been mention in the straw poll of using
bigger." taxes to support the ambulance
Before the campaign, Khemlani service killed the measure. 9 // 1//3
wrote in the Tuscawilln Today "People did not get the right in- 9
newsletter that Langellotti should formation," he said. However, he
be thrown out of office by the larg- added,"It is a dead issue."
est margin in the city's history.