As part of our regular ‘Meet The Candidates’ feature every election cycle, Washington County Commissioner Todd Abbott sat down with ‘Real Florida Magazine’ recently to discuss his eight years in office and his current campaign to retain the seat of District 4 Commissioner.
Todd Abbott has lived in Washington County, Florida for 36 years, moving here after being born on the Long Beach, California Navy Base in 1963. With two children and three grandchildren, Abbott is vested in the community, and has owned two debt-free businesses for the past 30 years.
A 1981 graduate of Chipley High School, Abbott attended Florida Panhandle Technical College and was elected as Washington County District 4 Commissioner in 2010 and 2014.
Todd Abbott served for two years as a Tri-County Community Council Board Member, 14 years in the Chipley Kiwanis Club, 5 years as a board member for the Farm Bureau Federation, 9 years as Baseball coach for the City of Chipley, 9 years as Republican Party Board Member, served as a 4H youth Sponsor, Council on Aging Benefactor, NRA Member and benefactor, Chipley High School Benefactor, Roulhac Middle School Benefactor, Kate M. Smith Elementary School Benefactor, Vernon High School Benefactor, Vernon Middle School Benefactor, and Vernon Elementary School Benefactor and served on the Florida Cattleman’s Association.
Abbott has been endorsed by:
• Mr. Allan Bense – President of Gulf Asphalt Company and Former Speaker of the House for the State of Florida
• Mr. Derwin White – Owner at GAC Contractors
• Mr. Griff Godfrey – Former Owner of Napa Auto Parts and Chipley Executive Director the Wells Estate
• Mr. Brad Drake – Florida House of Representative – Representing the 5th District
• Mr. Ole Ellis – past Economic Development Director, City of Chipley Administrator, Chamber of Commerce Director
• Ms. Zena Corbin – Local Business Owner, Committee Woman for the Republican Party of Washington County
• Mr. Don and Mrs. Rena Harrell – Local Business Owners – Commercial and Residential Properties
• Dr. Samuel Miller – Local Business Owner
• Mr. Leon and Mrs. Anne Ward – Local Business Owners
• Mr. Hulan Carter- Former Washington County Commissioner, Local Business Owner
• Mrs. Gloria Potts – Local Business Owner
• Mr. Terry Ellis – Former Plant Manager of West Point Home, Former Executive Director of Economic Development Board, Retiring Long-Time School Board member of Washington County, Director of Product Development and sales for West Point Home
• Sister Blackmon Milligan – Attorney
• Republican Party Of Washington County
• JD, Delisha & Tice Kilgore – Owner operator Chipley Badcock and More
• Harry & Carole Fleener – retired
• Matt Fuqua – Attorney
• Kevin, Robin & Seth Pemberton Owner operators Bonifay Badcock and More
• George Fisher – business owner and president of cattleman’s association
along with many other business owners and community leaders.
Abbott says, ‘A county should be run as a business, and, working with the board of county commissioners, we have succeeded in paying down the county debt, and we are slated to be debt-free in this fiscal year.
This has been possible by eliminating waste and maximizing the potential of all County offices and departments, thereby balancing the budget and being good stewards of the county taxes.
As your County Commissioner I look forward to continuing to work with the team we have assembled to further improve life for Washington County’.
‘Over the past eight years we have improved roads in Washington county, balanced the budget and devised a plan to be debt free this calendar year, and we have overseen improvements to many of our natural resources, buildings, and assets.
These three elements will remain key and the focus of my position on the Board of County Commissioners of Washington county, going forward’, Abbott finishes.
More about Todd Abbott can be found at www.ToddAbbottForCommissioner.com.
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