Lake County Sheriff’s Online Forum Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. would like to welcome you to our third Online Candidate Forum of the year. This forum is for all declared candidates for the Office of Lake County Sheriff. Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders has held his office since 2006; and, his [...]
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Why He Voted Against the Suspension of School Impact Fees
Dr. Tod Howard District 3 Lake County School Board Last week, the Lake County Board ofCountyCommissionersand Lake County School Board voted to suspend school impact fees (in the amount of $9,324) until March of 2013. All but one official supported the suspension-District 3 School Board Member Dr. Tod Howard. Dr. Howard’s vote surprised many of [...]
Eustis and Mount Dora’s Dirty Secrets on Impact Fees
It seems John Drury, the city manager of Tavares, is sending out weekly news releases heralding another large project beginning in the city of Tavares, while sister cities in the Golden Triangle area economically decay with vacant buildings and anti-business reputations. Since the economic turndown, the leadership in Tavares has made bold moves, and they [...]
How Can Lake County’s Economy Improve in 2012?
The single biggest issue in Lake County is the economy, and there seems to be no shortage of opinions on it. This Great Recession will no doubt go down in the annals of history as one of the worst for Florida, and the bitter lessons learned from it will last a lifetime. One lesson learned [...]
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 [...]
