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Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn cruised to re-election and Barry Mansfield unseated Councilman Brent Malever. The runoff for District 3 will be in November.

Four Ocala city council seats were up for grabs in Tuesday’s election.

Mayoral position For the mayor's seat, incumbent Kent Guinn is seeking another term. He is being challenged by Manal Fakhoury. District 1 In District 1, incumbent Brent Malever is seeking another term. Attempting to unseat Malever is Barry Mansfield. District 3 In District 3, a third incumbent, Jay A. Musleh, is looking to remain on the council. He is being challenged by Tyler Schlichter and Russell "Rusty" Juergens. District 4 In District 4, there are six candidates: Kristen Dreyer, Alexander Everts, Barbara Fitos, Lori Gregory, Curtis Jones and Kevin Lopez. This is a special electi...

Ocala City Council asks why fire chief was fired, council president cites fireable offense Julia Laude © Provided by Gainesville WCJB-TV Former Fire Chief Shane Alexander sat in the front row during Tuesday nights Ocala City council meeting. One of the main discussions of the meeting was on his termination. To keep up with the latest local news subscribe to our TV20 newsletter OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - It was a fiery discussion at Tuesday night’s Ocala City Council meeting. It was just about split in the number of people who spoke in favor of both the former fire chief and Ci...

Lawyer says Alexander was defamed Lawyer Paul Donnelly sat beside his client, Alexander, at the meeting. He told the council that Alexander's character had been "defamed" by unfounded allegations spelled out in his termination letter. He said Alexander was not given due process or an opportunity to be heard before he was fired.  Donnelly said the city administration's decision to fire Alexander was "a profound mistake." He said Alexander wants to stay in Ocala. Alexander had been fire chief since October 2018. He had received glowing remarks from Assistant City Manager Ken Whitehead and ...