I think the citizens are much better served by that board of directors than for us five commissioners to oversee that service. Those differences aside, Phillips and McLendon hold similar views on impact fees and economic development. Both support raising the decade-old impact fees to the level that a consultant has recommended, and both oppose county funding for the Economic Development Council. Phillips and McLendon also have both expressed their concerns about one of the Economic Development Council's most controversial clients, the Brown Schools, which opened a residential facility earlier this year for troubled youth at the former Heritage Hospital in Lecanto. The County Commission is the legislative and policy setting body for Citrus County.
Commissioners represent a district but are elected by voters countywide.
District 3 includes Lecanto, Beverly Hills and Pine Ridge. Ben Hill Griffin Inc. Phillips took time away to raise her daughter and volunteer in the school system. She earned her associate's degree in liberal arts from Central Florida Community College in 1989. She is married and has two children. County Commission salary, commercial property rental payment, bank interest.