I was gone for a few days last week, so today, you get a special Saturday edition. We are talking about the Betz Farm contract coming back for discussion on Tuesday. Batsel sent another letter, which we will cover below in a minute. But before we do all that... Let&
My my my.. Things are getting wild in this Betz Farm saga. I had planned on something different today regarding the agenda item for Tuesday, but I realized its not quite ready yet, so will be doing that tomorrow most likely. Apologies for those looking forward to that. Today we
Something is not sitting right with me in regards to Betz Farm. It is coming back up on the agenda next meeting due to new information that they received. That new information... a new letter from Dix Development attorney Rob Batsel "demanding" a few things and pointing out
On Tuesday afternoons, following a BOCC meeting the week prior, I sit an wait for the BOCC agenda to drop. I always like to see what is going to be talked about at the next meeting and bring it to the attention of the public who may not see it
The Tuscany Ranch agreement has been sent to me. It has been about 10 months since the hearing at the BOCC and the approval on a 3-2 vote back in July of 2025. You can read some of what I have written about it in the past here. For those
We are back.. I apologize for being pretty quiet last week. I took a trip to Dallas for a photography conference late Wednesday evening and came back late Friday night. I did not have much time to do anything related to this page for those days and the weekend was
Today is BOCC Tuesday. As mentioned last week, there are a few agenda items that are out of whack. We will see how the board addresses those things. Hopefully my packages I am expecting arrive early today so I can head down to the meeting, otherwise, I am watching online
Good morning! Since the campaign contribution reports came out, there has been some chatter about developers providing funding to the commissioners. This was a thing during the 2024 elections as well. State laws are clear. Individuals and corporations have the ability to donate up to $1,000 each. If someone
Happy Friday!! Today we are going to do our 3rd Meet the Candidate article. This time, I sat down with the incumbent for District 2, Diana Finegan. This was the longest conversation to date. We sat and chatted for 2.5 hours. Never expected it to go that long, but
Yesterday we talked about the BOCC agenda and how there was an item on there that did not have backup material as required by the Administrative Regulations. Today, we are going to talk about an agenda item that is completely missing. The final Impact Fee Hearing You see, on March
I have a question. The Citrus County Commission meeting agenda is posted on Tuesday afternoons, generally before 5pm the week before the meeting. This was done yesterday, although it came late, closer to 630pm when I saw it pop up. The county has administrative regulations on how items are added
I have a question. I assume there will be litigation regarding Betz Farm now that the termination letter has been sent to James Dicks and his Bravo Group. I assume the attorney that will be working on that is the one that has been working the Betz Farm deal... Rob