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Rather than unpacking orders of law enforcement equipment, wartime memorabilia, guns and knives as they have been for the past 36 years, Suzanne Miller and Olivia Cason are packing up boxes of their inventory as they prepare to retire and close the shop they’ve run since 1985.
Miller and Cason started M&C Army Surplus, 626 NW 13th St. in Gainesville, after they both worked at North Florida Regional Medical Center Miller as a registered nurse, and Cason as a bookkeeper.
One Christmas, Cason invited Miller, originally from Canada, to spend the holiday with her family and the two bonded over an interest in military equipment and history. Cason’s older brother had experience running army surplus stores, while Miller recounted that her father had been a World War II prisoner of war.
A mix of familiar and new faces were sworn into office last Tuesday afternoon to take over a number of elected county positions.
In front of a judge and crowd of masked onlookers at the front of the Alachua County courthouse, the newly elected officials took the oath of office to lead one of the following departments: Supervisor of Elections, Tax Collector, State Attorney, Property Appraiser, Public Defender, Clerk of Court and Sheriff’s Office.
While a few seats were won by longstanding elected officials, a few were won by new people.
Former Assistant State Attorney Brian Kramer officially took over for the departing Bill Cervone who’s held the seat for 20 years.