On this primary election day in Polk County, you've got to give HUGE kudos to Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards and her staff. Right after Hurricane Charley and all the destruction it caused across eastern Polk, especially in the Lake Wales/Fort Meade area, there was talk of a number of precients possibly being switched, with the possibility of using portable trailers and generators. Thankfully, only a handful of people are still without power, and only three precient locations have been changed: Two in Frostproof (that use the same location) had to switch because the usual location at First Baptist Church is housing students from Ben Hill Griffin Elementary School while it is being repaired. And voters at the Winter Haven Senior Centre simply have to go across the street to the Winter Haven Garden Centre due to air quality conditions due to damage (possible mold spores).

I remember when Lori first ran for SOE after leaving the Legislature, a victim of term limits. There was some doubt as to wheather she was really up to it, or if she was simply waiting for another office in Tallahassee. She has done an excellent job in the office, respected among her peers. You GO GIRL!