Vince Robertiello, a New Jersey native, retired to Florida 12 years ago after a career as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor and a communicator and public relations specialist for major corporations including Continental Oil Co., now Conoco-Phillips. His career took off in 1953 after he returned from active duty in the Korean War as a S/Sgt. in the U.S. Army.
In Florida, he has lived on the Barrier Islands beaches for 10 years and was a political writer for several beach newspapers including the Beach Beacon and the Barrier Islands Gazette, both of which he edited. He has been a close observer of local government and how it works and has translated technical language into layman's language, explaining issues and the complexities of small town elected people working together for the good of all.
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This article appears in Aug 12-18, 2009.