Having work for the County as a private contractor for 18 years and as an employee of the Property Appraiser office,retiring in 2017, as a Field Appraiser, I have over 32 years experience with Citrus County.
My father, Bernard L. Gregory enlisted in the Service after Pearl
Harbor, he joined the 101st Airborne, The Screaming Eagles, and jump on D
Day in Normandy, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge, when the
Commander told the Nazi Commander who had our troops surrounded and
asked to surrender by the Nazi commander, "NUTS", here is the US ARMY official
details: This is the English version of the message: "December 22nd 1944
To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne. The fortune
of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne
have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored
units have crossed the river Our the near Ortheuville, have taken Marche
and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet.
Libramont is in German hands. There is only one possibility to save the
encircled U.S.A troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable
surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two
hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note. If
this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six
heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and
near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this
two hours’ term. All the serious civilian losses caused by this
artillery fire would not correspond with the wellknown American
humanity. The German Commander." The Division Operations Officer, Lt.
Col. Harry Kinnard recalled that McAulliffe initially asked, "They want
to surrender?" Moore told him, "No sir, they want us to surrender."
McAulliffe arose and erupted in anger, which shocked those looking on.
He took the paper, looked at it, said "Us surrender, aw nuts!" and
dropped it on the floor. Maj. Jones was dismissed. McAulliffe then left
the Headquarters to go congratulate a unit on the Western perimeter that
had successfully taken out a German road block earlier that morning.
When Jones left the Headquarters, he went back to the F Company Command
Post and spoke with the two German officers. When he returned to his
Regimental Headquarters, he phoned the division headquarters. Upon
returning to the division headquarters, McAulliffe was informed that
Jones had phoned to say that the two German officers were still waiting
at the F Company Command Post. Since they brought a formal demand they
felt they were entitled to a formal reply and they were to return to the
German lines two hours after delivering their message. McAulliffe asked
that Col. Harper be summoned to the Division Headquarters. Harper, who
was still inspecting his units’ positions, was contacted by radio. When
Harper arrived at the Headquarters, he was asked to wait outside of the
closed door to McAulliffe’s quarters. Inside, in the presence of his
staff, McAulliffe wondered aloud, "Well, I don’t know what to tell
them." At that point, Kinnard said, "What you said initially would be
hard to beat." McAulliffe asked "What do you mean?" Kinnard, said, "Sir,
you said nuts." All members of the staff enthusiastically agreed, so
McAulliffe wrote it down on a message pad and said, "Have it typed up."
The reply was typed up, centered on a full sheet of paper. It read:
"December 22, 1944 To the German Commander, N U T S ! The American
Commander" Our family military experience doesn’t not end there, after
the Irag invasion of Kuwait Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the
invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990.
Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and
Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to
intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to
withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began
with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm.
After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air
and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire
on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either
surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially
considered an unqualified success for the international coalition,
simmering conflict in the troubled region led to a second Gulf War–known
as the Iraq War–that began in 2003. My son James Gregory, joined the
Army, he was not sent sent overseas during Desert Storm, Zachary Gregory
was in Irag after the fall of the Twin Towers and served 16 months over
there and my grandson Mark Gregory who joined the Marines and served
two 8 months tours in Iraq. They all are in this video at the National
Cemetery in Bushnell, FL David Gregory Donate Now Prove local Fake News Wrong
Post Script: Dad had a total of 69 jumps from a perfectly good airplane! And he also fought in the Korean War as tank commander.
I believe in AMERICA, I believe in AMERICAN VALUES, and Americans are
the greatest people on earth! We’ve always risen to the occasion,
whether it is militarily or aid for natural disasters! Knowing right
from wrong seems to be in everyone’s makeup even when the propaganda
machines try to make it not so, yet there are those who choose to ignore
the natural laws. Most Americans respect and love this country, would
die for it and have died for it, yet there are those who only give lip
service to our flag, our nation, our people, while they plot to
circumvent the laws, break the laws and con the people, it is these
people that put a stain on all of us, it is these people who degrade all
of us while degrading our form of government and it is these people who
degrade the brave men and women who have fought and died to preserve
our freedoms given us through the Constitution and all the laws derived
from it. We as a nation have weathered many storms, we as Citrus County
Citizens have done the same, but the cream of the crop has not always
risen to the top, for difficult times it has taken straightforward talk,
telling it like it is, to stir those who have lost faith in the system
and in themselves, to stir them to the belief that they too can have a
piece of the pie, they too can participate in a fair and balanced
government, that they too do not have to be the wealthiest to clean a
dirty house! Divide and conquer is the underlying theme of today’s world
both on the national scene and local scene, it’s all a game to many,
while laughing, mocking and betraying the trust of the people who have
elected them. I’ve seen it first hand and it disgusts me as I’m sure it
does you! This is not what our forefathers fought for nor it is what our
brave men and women who have fought countless wars for, as the Nation
is torn with the proceedings in Washington, Citrus is torn with those
who thumb their noses at you the voters while making a mockery of our
local government and those elected who followed the laws of the land.
Make no mistake my fellow Citizens; those who violate the laws of the land will have no place in my administration!
I’m David Gregory Republican Candidate for Citrus County Property
Appraiser. Man of the People for the People, a Constitutional office
should have someone who follows the Constitution and Florida Statutes,
you can’t pick and choose the laws you follow! I’m the man in the power
chair nothings stops me don’t let anything stop you!
I retired from the Property Appraisers office in 2017 after 14 years,
as a Field Appraiser, having been crossed trained in all the positions
of the office, I’m am the best choice for Citrus County Property
Appraiser!
The link below is to my Campaign Donation Page it will open in a new browser window, it’s safe and secure!!
This letter was the response from the Ethics Commission in 2010, I wanted to run for County Commission, taking care that all my T's were crossed and I's dotted beforehand when I received the letter I asked the Property Appraiser Geoffrey Greene if he had any problem with my running and he said absolutely not, then as he was leaving the Crystal River office, he said, almost as an afterthought, that he would have to ask Leslie Cook about it. A few hours later before closing time he called and said "no, I couldn't run" I asked why and he just repeated the phrase and hung up.
During my last 4 years before retirement I had asked Leslie Cook on at least 3 occasions to allow me to run for County Commission and finally for School Board and each time he said no. The good thing is I had a intermediary doing the communications because it was always risky asking Cook anything or sticking your head into his open office door and wishing him a good morning because you never knew how it would be taken, countless employees over the years who said the wrong thing to him at anytime would be let go then or sometime later in the future. He did this to numerous employees even when he was Melanie Hensley second in command.
You will ascertain that Leslie Cook is a nasty person and not knowledgeable and this post will address how he is wrong in the interpretation of Florida Statute 212.313 (10)(a) the Chronicle is also wrong with it's hasty editorial, it appears they are Citrus County version of FAKE NEWS.
Because of the shenanigans of crooked politicians and the "good ole boys" violations of Florida Statutes The Department of Homeland Security is now overseeing all the Supervisor of Election offices in the State of Florida.
Geoffrey Greene and Leslie Cook, more on that later!