Yesterday, I dove into the problems facing the sales tax. I started with the biggest one first, the citizen's trust. The meeting did nothing but erode the trust further. You can read that here. Today I want to talk about the next biggest problem... Too Much BOCC Involvement.
That is literally what was going through my head at the "end" this meeting. I had to leave at 330, but most everything was done by then. Oh man.. Where to begin. This is going to be long but loaded with government talk and pointing out process and
Today is the BOCC meeting. Pirates Cove is back on the agenda for a vote to sign the accepted contract. This will require that the county receive approximately $300k in private donations to secure this deal. We will see what Commissioner Kinnard says about this, but pretty certain he feels
Betz Farm
I spent the last few days doing what I love to do... research. At the last meeting, I raised the question to the board... "Where are we at with Betz Farm? It has been 18 months since this board approved the amendment to the contract and at the time
Airport
Last week, I wrote about the response from the county in the Right Rudder lawsuit. In that article, I mentioned that the county filed a counter suit and is suing Right Rudder for not leaving. They are seeking what amounts to an eviction. On October 10th, Right Rudder filed its
At Tuesday's BOCC meeting, we will hear a presentation by Commissioner Davis to hire a company to do "Greenprinting" for Citrus County. She wrote a rather lengthy agenda item, so I will share that with you What exactly is Greenprinting you ask? It is basically an
The Animal Shelter project is officially out to bid. This has been a long time coming and many people are waiting with baited breath for this project to get started. But first.... Bidding. The county officially filed the bid documents on October 11th. The bid deadline is December 10th at
gas tax
I have been hearing citizens question the need for the sales tax by stating something along the lines of: "We have a gas tax, where did all that money go?" So today, I decided to take a look and share that with everyone. Hopefully this helps clear up
Airport
We have an update on the Right Rudder lawsuit against Citrus County. A bit of history for those that missed it. Right Rudder Aviation is the company that operates the airport in Inverness. In May, they were served with a termination letter that terminated their contract with the county over
Yesterday's conversation about the sales tax by the BOCC was great. It is the first time in awhile you could see them working as a team to try to navigate it. In most major decisions, there is one or two people that just can't go along.
Tomorrow will be a very interesting day at the BOCC. Big things on the agenda include regular BOCC items like bids, proclamations and all of that. Special for this meeting: Pirate's Cove contract and the sales tax, with the sales tax being on most people's minds
The results of my survey are completed. I will discuss what they say below. A bit of background first. To start... I did this survey because I felt we needed to see more data. The Chamber did a great job getting the conversation going. They did a great job getting