BOCC
So after the last meeting where the BOCC hijacked the sales tax process, I decided to do a survey to see if the citizens would support what has been proposed. Well... let's just say.. not looking good. Here is the question that I asked. The proposed sales tax
BOCC
Random thoughts on this Monday while I await for some records to add to the Crystal River Saga. That is turning out to be a bit interesting. 1) Betz Farm - Still no response from the BOCC regarding Betz Farm. As mentioned previously, I may have found a way to
Transparency
A little about me. I LOVE mystery/spy/legal type movies. Even though I can often tell you the end of most of the movies less than halfway through (my wife hates this), I find it all intriguing. I like to see how everything happens and how it all falls
Back to our regularly scheduled programming... Citrus County. Tuesday looks to be a snoozer at the BOCC meeting. The big thing of the day will be the hearing for the RV park. I'll dive into that another day. There is notice of the public hearing regarding the sales
I had something planned entirely different for today. I was going to jump back into the sales tax conversation since the agenda item popped up for the public hearing in 2 or so weeks. But I saw something this morning that stopped me in my tracks and I just shook
crystal river
Man oh man... where to begin. First, I apologize that this is long. I try to do summaries for those that do not want to read 2000 words, but this cannot really be summarized like that. So read to the end for the full picture.. For the first time in
crystal river
Here is an update to the Crystal River City Manager Saga.. Over the weekend, I have had several people reach out to me regarding this. I will never reveal sources unless 1) its a public record document or 2) they tell me that I can name them. In this instance,
crystal river
I don't talk about the cities too often, but when something big is happening, it gets my attention. That is the case here. Over the last weekend, I was told that there is movement behind the scenes to remove Audra Curts as the city manager of Crystal River.
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