Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Lots of support coming our way. Check out the OCINS web site below. Thanks to all of you who are writing to legislators, contributing to blogs, and in general putting muscle into this campaign to stop the DOH rule. Also, check out the attachment – a real world quotation on a PBTS system installation one of our neighbors obtained. Also includes a rebuttal from a septic system contractor. Slams DOH claims about the cost of installation. Deborah, you rock! Thanks Dominique!

Mike Thomas has received lots of feedback about his column, quite a bit of it from credible and authoritative sources that totally disagree with his “facts.” Don’t know if it will make a difference, but he is certainly aware there is another side different from that espoused by the Orlando Sentinel. Journalism rule 1, do not filter out opposing facts so your opinion is supported, or present personal conclusions as anything other than opinion.

John Byrd, Fred Brummer’s assistant continues to monitor the progress of the DOH activity on rule-making and is keeping everyone posted on this. I will pass information along as I get it.

Note to all – Outreach to other HOA’s. Jim Kohlmann (Bent Oak) has put some time into identifying the zip codes that are impacted. We have obtained from Orange County Neighborhood Services a listing of all HOA’s in the county. I need a couple of volunteers to meet with me and pull together a call list. Jim has volunteered to make the calls once we have identified the targets. Please e-mail me asap if you can help with this Saturday (after 2:00 p.m.), Sunday (after 2:00 p.m), or Monday (after 11:00 a.m.).

Information I received and passed to you about Lake County passing a resolution of protest needs correction – I found out yesterday the commissioners voted to TABLE the resolution. If any of you have contacts in Lake County, please reach out to them and urge them to contact those commissioners and ask them to pass the resolution of protest against implementing the DOH rule.

Please pass along to your e-mail circles. Andrea