Governor appoints Croom to county commission
Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Anthony Croom, Jr. to represent District 3 on Franklin County Board of County Commissioners.
Croom, 36, a Republican, fills the position vacated by the death of Noah Lockley, Jr. who passed away at age 72 on Nov. 14.
Croom works as district safety and security administrator for the Franklin County Schools. Previously, he was a lieutenant with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, a special agent with the state’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and a sergeant for the Apalachicola Police Department.
Croom attended Chipola State College.
Lockley’s term was set to expire in 2024, so an election will be held in the fall for a full four-year term.
A Democrat, Elinor Mount-Simmons, 66, has said she plans to seek her party’s nomination for the seat at the Aug. 24 primary.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.