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Fruehan Is No-Show as Mosquito Control District Raises Tax Rate 10% Above Rollback (Don’t Panic)

September 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Florence Fruehan, the physician facing criminal charges and a member of the Flagler Mosquito Control District, was a no-show at today’s budget hearing of the district, as his mother was ailing.

Cash Resigns at Depleted Mosquito Control As Board Mixes Denial With End to “Frivolous Things”

August 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The East Flagler Mosquito Control District Commission met for the first time this morning since revelations of a financial crisis at the tax-supported agency. Board members sat to the right, with Florence Fruehan in the orange shirt, Commission Chairman Julius Kwiatkowski, and Barbara Sgroi. At the head of the table at the far end sat Mark Positano, named director of the agency today. At the near end was Bill Hockla, surveillance coordinator. (c FlaglerLive)

In their first meeting since revelations of a $1.1 million deficit, Mosquito Control commissioners mixed a sense of denial with vows of being more transparent and in control.

At Flagler’s Troubled Mosquito Control, $115,000-a-Year Director Turns Over Duties to Assistant–But Would Retire In 6 Months

August 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Joe Cash was hired at the Mosquito Control district in December 1978. He's worked there almost uninterruptedly since. (© FlaglerLive)

Director Joe Cash told staffers his last day was Aug. 7, but that he would actually retire in February, sowing confusion about his status. The government agency faces a $1.1 million deficit.

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