By Dale Hart – For Levy Property Appraiser In my campaign, I have stressed fair and equal taxation, as well as transparency. On this year's agricultural exemption approval list, I noticed "HORSE" in caps on…
By Dale Hart- For Property Appraiser From the start, my goal as a candidate for Levy Property Appraiser has been to bring to light the stagnation and wrongful taxation in the office. Given the chance,…
By Linda Dean Cooper Joinn Laboratories CA, Inc., a Chinese-owned company purchased ten parcels of agricultural property in July 2022 totaling 498.50 acres, for $5,500,000. When the property was first purchased it was referred to…
By Linda Dean Cooper While reviewing pay raises and signing authority for County Coordinator Wilbur Dean and Human Resources Director Jacqueline Martin, there appears to be no accountability at the Clerk’s office or BoCC. When…
Opinion By Linda Dean Cooper Commissioner John Meeks's and his entourage's trip to Orlando June 25-27, was paid for by your tax dollars. This was the annual business meeting of the Florida Association of Counties…
By Linda Dean Cooper This first question stems from a Spotlight article and other FB pages about two weeks ago. It concerns Commissioner Rock Meeks's July 2, BoCC absence. He missed roll call, and according…
By Linda Dean Cooper Commissioner Matt Brooks brought up live-streaming BoCC meetings in Tuesday’s regular meeting during commissioner reports and won support from Chair Desiree Mills. Comm. John Meeks Say “Wait for New Clerk Before…
For Immediate Release July 10, 2024 My fellow citizens, In the past 24 hours, I've received numerous inquiries regarding recent reports about our current Property Appraiser, and I feel it's important to address these concerns…
By Linda Dean Cooper Property Appraiser Jason Whistler requested an $ 11,897 budget amendment during the BoCC June 18, 2024, regular meeting. According to the BoCC agenda, the $11,897 increase will be taken from the…
Questions/Opinion by Linda Dean Cooper I never paid much attention to the property appraiser's duties until the sand mine controversy. Those of us who have lived here for generations could not figure out why all…
