Leesburg Commission Candidate District #4 Left Tavares Police Department in 2002 Under Cloud Trueman “Jay” Hurley is currently a candidate for Leesburg City Commission District #4. Hurley is a local businessman who was once a City of Tavares police officer. Information was passed to our blog claiming that Hurley was forced out of his job [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Housing Affordability 101 Impact Fees = Foreclosures
Very strong evidence suggests that Lake County and the State of Florida may be suffering through their worst foreclosure period in history, as a direct result of impact fees and their affect on affordability. The evidence suggests a direct correlation of impact fees to foreclosures nationally, with the most recent foreclosure and impact fee reports [...]
The School Board’s $93,100 Impact Fee Study
Yet another Bad Decision During their meeting on June 14, 2010, the Lake County School Board approved a contract with Henderson, Young and Company (HYC) for a school impact fee study that will cost taxpayers $93,100 ($64,300 for the study and $28,800 for presentations). HYC was also responsible for the 2007 school impact fee study. [...]
Lake’s Economic Plan Should Be Burned
By Mid-March 2011, We Need a New Plan On February 26, 2008, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners passed Lake County’s Economic Plan, “Building Bridges for Economic Development in Lake County, Florida,” which was developed by a consulting group, T.I.P. Strategies, Inc., at a cost of $114,670 to taxpayers. The plan has been in [...]
