New Starke city clerk fighting for full authority 

Judge Tatum Davis administered the oath of office to commissioners Janice Moritimer, and Dimple Overstreet and City Clerk Chrissy Thompson Tuesday night. While Mortimer is returning for another term, this is Overstreet's first. Thompson, a former commissioner, is now taking on the role of clerk, and still trying to figure out what that role will be.

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] A day before she was to be sworn in as Starke’s new city clerk, Chrissy Thompson was still fighting for the full power she says the city charter provides her position. According to Thompson, the city — in its recent adoption of its city manager ordinance — had placed her…

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