Has Long History as Liberal Activist and No Growth Supporter North Lake Hospital Tax District member Marilyn Bainter filed suit against her own board, Lake County’s taxing authority, the Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Florida Hospital Waterman, and Lifestream Behavior Center seeking to abolish the special tax given to local hospitals to pay for indigent care [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Democrats At Fault for Delayed Tax Refunds
IRS Will Not Accept Millions of Returns until February 14th The Citizens for Better Government normally does not get entangled in national issues, but there is a minor tremor among the people that will soon rumbling into a major earthquake. Make sure you have the facts on whom to blame and why. President Obama and [...]
Transportation Impact Fee Suspension Should Be First Step
Last week the Lake County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to extend the suspension of transportation impact fees until March of 2012. This suspension was absolutely critical if Lake County has any hopes of firing its economic engines. Commissioner Jimmy Conner initiated the suspension earlier in the month, and there was virtually no opposition [...]
Wow! Lake County School District Purchases 716 iPads for $344,844!
Stolen iPad from Clermont Middle School In December, Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. was contacted by a reader of our newsletter, who said that Principal Bill Miller of Leesburg High School proudly announced that LHS had been awarded $700,000 to improve education, and that LHS had purchased six iPads for school administrators. In a follow-up [...]
The Lake County “NO” Permit Department
New County Manager Must Change the Culture of “NO” In All Departments Just ask any homeowner or business owner who has fought to get a building permit from Lake County, and they’ll quickly tell you that the process to obtain one must have been created by Satan himself. Those who have gone through the process [...]
