If you own property in Highlands County you should have received, or soon will be receiving, your tax bill in the mail from the Highlands County Tax Collector's Office. ...more

November 5, 2009

I am strongly opposed to any creation of new taxing districts, a.k.a. taxing methods such as MTSU, to specialize the collection of taxes for EMS, countywide fire rescue, public schools or any such purpose. ...more

April 23, 2009

As expected, the Hernando School Board has hired an attorney to go after what the district claims is nearly $1 million in back taxes owed by the owners of Brooksville and Spring Hill Regional hospitals. ...more

January 23, 2009

The Hernando County School District intends to seek property taxes from Brooksville Regional Hospital for the value of the building and the county-owned land on which it sits, school officials said Thursday. ...more

January 9, 2009

The heart of the campaign season brings lots of questions, some terrific, some irrelevant, most of them pertaining to the issues at hand. Consider the race for Pasco County schools superintendent, in which two bright, accomplished and politically savvy candidates are in a showdown over nothing less than the trajectory of public education in Florida's 11th-largest school district. ...more

October 24, 2008

After public comment against it, the Sebring City Council voted to ease into a fire assessment implementing it at the 1 percent level. ...more

August 30, 2008

Some think District's equipment would not remain in Spring Hill if independence is denied. ...more

July 25, 2008

The debate about the Election Day referendum appeared resolved two months ago. ...more

July 25, 2008

It's best to have a cushion, just in case. That's the word from the members of Brooksville's City Council, who voted 5-0 Monday during their regular meeting to take a conservative approach to this year's budget process by starting with a tentative millage rate of 7 mills, just as they did last year. ...more

July 22, 2008

After the presentation of raising taxes to protect land at the Highlands County Commission meeting, I remain opposed to this idea, in any form. I am opposed to paying any additional ad-valorem taxes, non-ad-valorem taxes, designated assessments, or designated fees for land conservation projects. It remains important that county commissioners deny land use changes that infringe on wet lands or conservation lands. Buying up land to create preserves is an idea that I will not support. Buying land from private owners takes these lands off the county tax rolls. ...more

June 19, 2008