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ACTION: ASK COMMISSIONERS TO KEEP BUSACCA. CALL OR EMAIL BY MONDAY,JAN. 26.FACT: Peggy Busacca became County Manager in 2005. She was AssistantCounty Manager for 7 years prior to that. As County Manager, Peggyguides a budget of 987 million dollars and 3000 county employees.Peggy works closely with the County Commissioners and is supported bya Finance Department. Florida Today reported (11-23-08),"Tallahassee-ordered tax cuts last year forced the county to cut it'sbudget $12 million and Busacca's advice steered the county commissionto the best possible solution..." On Nov. 25, 2008, as a last minuteadd-on to the commission agenda, brand new Commissioner TrudieInfantini asked that Peggy Busacca be fired. Commissioners decided totable discussion until the Jan. 27, 2009 meeting. More on Busacca: http://www.brevardcounty.us/county_manager/
OPINION from Micco Homeowners Association (MHOA): "Those of us whoheard Peggy Busacca speak at MHOA know she is very knowledgeable inBrevard County matters. Peggy has been a prudent and wise CountyManager and has alot of experience in Brevard county government. Withthe county and the country in a budget crisis, we need Peggy'sexperience to guide Brevard -- it would be wrong to try to "break in"a new person at this time. We need stability in Brevard Countygovernment especially with 3 new commissioners this year. It seemsonly reasonable that Commissioner Infantini would provide herconstituents (us) with justification for such rash and drasticdemands."Other local activists who have worked with the County for yearstestify to Busacca's qualifications and ability to execute the job.Commissioner Infantini has criticized Busacca's budgeting abilities,but to our knowledge has not identified any actions for which someonecould be fired. Rumors abound that commissioners seek to directlycontrol county operations (something prohibited by county charter) byfiring department heads and hiring their own people. ACTION: Please email or call each commissioner by Monday, Jan.26.Tell them to Keep Peggy Busacca as County Manager. District one: Robin Fisher - 321-264-50 D1.Commissioner@brevardcounty.us
District two: Chuck Nelson - 321-455-1334
D2.Commissioner@brevardcounty.us
District three: Trudie Infantini - 321-952-6300
D3.Commissioner@brevardcounty.us
District four: Mary Bolin - 321-633-2044
D4.Commissioner@brevardcounty.us
District five: Andy Anderson - 321-253-6611
D5.Commissioner@brevardcounty.us

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