Tiny Town Drama: After Mayor of Marineland — Population 9 — Dies, New Mayor Appoints Commissioner Amid Legal Questions

Tiny town drama: After mayor of Marineland — population 9 — dies, new mayor appoints commissioner amid legal questions

An emergency public meeting to discuss who would lead the town of Marineland — the smallest town in Florida with a population of 9, according to the most recent census — turned ugly Wednesday with multiple attorneys, members of the public and the new mayor attacking each other.

Politics get ugly after mayor's death in tiny Marineland

An emergency public meeting to discuss who would lead the town of Marineland — the smallest town in Florida with a population of 9 — turned ugly Wednesday with multiple attorneys, members of the public and the new mayor attacking one another. It all started when Gary Inks, the mayor of the town of Marineland, died over the weekend at age 79. His death was mourned by those who knew him, but it also sparked controversy about what comes next in the…