After delaying his ouster for two days, SOE Buddy Johnson finally got around to counting the early votes. In the race for SOE, most of those early votes were cast for Phyllis Busansky, ending Buddy Johnson’s reign as Hillsborough County’s worst SOE ever. The Times sums up Buddy’s five and a half years nicely: His [...]
I’m sure you have heard about the crazy Jim Smith land deal over in Pinellas County. (If not, check that link, or scroll on down past the jump for a truncated blow-by-blow). Anyway, the latest is that a state commission on ethics determined that neither he nor former County Attorney Susan Churuti did [...]
Tax Collector Doug Belden is running against Beverly P. Harris for the Tax Collector office. Your Tax Collector: Collects property taxes for every local government agency with the power to levy taxes. Serves the state as an agent for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Game [...]
First off, what does a Property Appraiser do? The Hillsborough County Property Appraiser is an elected official charged with the duty and responsibility to appraise all of the property in the County. This includes real estate and tangible personal property (the equipment, machinery and fixtures) of businesses. The Property Appraiser prepares the tax roll, but does [...]
