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Senior Voice of Hernando County • JULY 2020 • 3
The Life and Death of Ready, Free
The Life and Death of
Ready,
Set,
a Small Florida City Set, Estimates.
a Small Florida City
GROW!
GROW!
Landscape

Crape Myrtle Sale going on now!

15% off regular price

(Reg. price:$45.00-$245.00) (Sizes 7 Gallon – 45 Gallon)
By Megan Carella to support the park,” said * Crape Myrtle special/discount CAN NOT be combined w/ military, first responder or
any other advertised special, promotion, sale, coupon or offer. Also discount CAN NOT
Joe Mason of Brooksville, be applied towards plant or landscape installation.
Once upon a time, a city former Weeki Wachee
of mermaids came to be. city attorney. “Since its
The city was formed to incorporation, it’s been

protect, and promote, known as the ‘City of Live
a place that was filled Mermaids.’ That moniker
with exotic creatures gave the park a lot of
and crystal-clear water.
worldwide recognition.

For a while the city – State Rep. Blaise “I’ve done a lot of traveling,
and the park it protected Ingoglia (R-Spring in the U.S. and overseas,” he Catawba (Purple)

– flourished. People came Hill), added. “People ask, ‘where Cinnamon Ruffle (Red/White)
from all over the world are you from?’ They never Dynamite Red (Red)
to see the mermaids and experience heard of Brooksville, but when I say Hopi Pink (Light Pink)
the springs. Other exotic creatures, ‘Weeki Wachee,’ they say, ‘oh yeah, Muskogee (Lavender)
manatees, came to the springs every the place with mermaids.’ I’m afraid Natchez (White)
winter for safety. Raspberry Sundae (Cardinal
we’ve lost part of the fabric of our Reddish Pink)
But now the city is no more. Last community.” Tuscarora (Watermelon Pink)
month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Black Diamond- (Red, White and
Pink varieties)
bill that dissolved the city of Weeki Hill), who spearheaded the effort to

Wachee. The park, the addresses, dissolve the city, doesn’t believe the
and the memories are still intact, city’s demise will affect the park.
however. And the mermaids still
have a safe place to entertain. “Weeki Wachee will always

“In a sense, the city was founded
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