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What this office does
County Commissioner. Duties under Florida law
… (e) COMMISSIONERS. Except when otherwise provided by county charter, the governing body of each county shall be a board of county commissioners composed of five or seven members serving staggered terms of four years. …
(1) The legislative and governing body of a county shall have the power to carry on county government. To the extent not inconsistent with general or special law, this power includes, but is not restricted to, the power to: (a) Adopt its own rules of procedure, select its officers, and set the time and place of its official meetings. (b) Provide for the prosecution and defense of legal causes in behalf of the county or state and retain counsel and set their compensation. (c) Provide and maintain county buildings. …
Where the campaign money comes from
Totals from official campaign finance reports. Occupations and locations are as reported by each contributor.
2024 campaign$61,350 in contributions
Who gave
- Individuals41%
- Businesses58%
- Political committees (PACs)2%
Where contributors live
- Lake County53%
- Elsewhere in Florida36%
- Outside Florida3%
- Not reported7%
Individual contributors by occupation group
- Real estate & construction25%
- Other / Not classified22%
- Retired12%
- Business owners & executives10%
- Government & military8%
- Other23%
Largest contributors
- Gene Smith Properties Inc (Tavares)$1,000
- Angie Langley$1,000
- Sand Court Experts (Eustis)$1,000
- Gene Smith (Tavares)$1,000
- Triangle Construction & Develo (Tavares)$1,000
- Triangle Industrial Park Inc (Tavares)$1,000
- XS Properties LLC (Tavares)$1,000
- William Benham (Astatula)$1,000
How the campaign spent
- Postage & mail44%
- Consulting & staff31%
- Fees & filing11%
- Other / Not described9%
- Signs & printing3%
- Other2%
Source: Lake County Supervisor of Elections campaign reports
In the news
Headlines that name Kirby, with the publisher. We link to coverage; we don't summarize or rate it.
- Davis-Watkins Funeral Homes & Crematory, Jul 14, 2025Obituary for James Kirby Smith
- Dignity Memorial, Apr 27, 2025Carolina Kirby-Smith Obituary - Sandy Springs, GA
- History is Now, Feb 15, 2024US Civil War – The Confederate General Edward Kirby Smith
- Smithsonian Magazine, Jan 10, 2023The Doctor and the Confederate
- Orlando Sentinel, Jul 8, 2021After Lake County rejection, where does statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith go now?
- WJCT News 89.9, Mar 2, 2021Name Change Process Moves Forward at Kirby-Smith Middle School
- WJCT News 89.9, Sep 18, 2020Future Of Florida's Gen. Kirby Smith Confederate Statue Remains Undecided
- Florida Politics, Jul 30, 2019Lake County backs relocation of Edmund Kirby Smith statue to Tavares
- Tallahassee Democrat, Jun 29, 2018Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's last stand will be in Tavares
- Gainesville Sun, Aug 29, 2017School district removes Kirby Smith name
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