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Keystone Heights decides: City Council candidate Bobby Brown wants all voices to be heard

By Bruce Hope bruce@opcfla.com
Posted 2/24/21

(In the first installment of a weekly series, candidates for the Keystone Heights City Council will be profiled. This week, Seat 3 candidate Bobby Brown is looking to beat Deirdre Murphy after …

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Keystone Heights decides: City Council candidate Bobby Brown wants all voices to be heard


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(In the first installment of a weekly series, candidates for the Keystone Heights City Council will be profiled. This week, Seat 3 candidate Bobby Brown is looking to beat Deirdre Murphy after incumbent Larry Peoples Sr. withdrew from the race. In the next three weeks, challenger Robin Beaton and Seat 5 incumbent Stephen O. Hart also will be profiled.)

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – Bobby Brown is running Seat Three on the Keystone Heights City Council.
“I’m very active in communities that I live and work in,” said Brown about why he decided to run for the council seat. “Actually, my son, Steve Brown, was a council member here. When he moved out of the city limits, he had to resign because you had to live in the city limits. So, I’m kind of picking up his flank, continuing with the mission.”
Brown, 68, is originally from the panhandle of Florida. The son of two teachers, he has lived in the city for about 14 months but has lived in the area for most of his life. He has never held a city council seat before, so this will be Brown’s first term if elected.
He is retired after working 40 years for Windstream as a telephone engineer. Brown was management for the company which lay fiber optic cable for DSL and home internet. He feels that his management experience in handling budgets and creating teams would serve him well in a role on the city council. Since retiring, Brown has also been a firefighter and now serves as the president of the board of directors of the Melrose Fire Department.
“It’s kind of hard to keep a fire department moving when you’re working off of donations, so I’ve got a lot of experience with that; non-profit organizations and grants,” he said.
The father of three and grandfather of seven love Keystone. His children graduated from Keystone Heights High, and his grandchildren attend the local elementary school.
“I’ve got a lot invested in Keystone. I love the people here,” he said. “The veterans, the senior citizens. The young families. The youth. It’s an organized town. I’d like to help make it better.”
Brown believes in the importance of all of the voices of the people of Keystone. He understands that sometimes, the most important voice may not always be the loudest.
“Being able to work and vote on what is right for this community, as far as the growth, the city’s safety, and serving the public,” said Brown. “The main thing that I want everyone to know that I stand for is, it’s your voice that matters; let it be heard.”