Fisher sworn in to seventh term
Wewahitchka city commissioner Ralph Fisher has once again taken the oath of office, as he embarked Nov, 12 on his seventh consecutive term.
Mayor Phillip Gaskin administered the oath to both Fisher as well as commissioner Brian Cox, who was also elected without opposition, to another four-year term.
Fisher’s beginning of his new term opens another chapter in his participation in municipal leadership and governance, which began with his election to his first term in 2000.
In June 2022, both he and Gaskin received the prestigious John Land Years of Service Award from the Florida League of Cities. Named after one of Florida’s longest-serving mayors, this award honors elected municipal officials who have reached a milestone number of years of service to their city council or commission.
Ralph Fisher and his wife, Patty, have called Wewahitchka home for the past 44 years, raising their family and becoming deeply embedded in the community. They are proud parents of Jason, who lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Ryanne, and their son, Jack.
The Fishers have been prominent figures in the local business community for decades. Together, they own and operate several businesses including the first business he built from the ground up 35 years ago, Fisher’s Building Supply, opened in 1989.
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.