County Property Appraisals Out Of Line In 2008 property values went down on Hernando Beach by 19.7 percent, although homeowners here on average are getting in the $260,000-range and lower for these homes that they sell. Market values are $40,000 to $80,000 higher than they should be. I complain every year but to no avail. ...more

March 7, 2009

Three guest speakers are scheduled for the Highlands County Homeowners Association meeting Monday morning. ...more

February 9, 2009

Even though a zoning hearing master has recommended approval of a 153-foot-tall cell phone tower on St. Cloud Avenue, Valrico residents are poised to attend a Hillsborough County land-use meeting Tuesday to oppose it. ...more

February 4, 2009

School district staffers are headed back to the negotiating table to haggle a lower price on land for future school sites. ...more

November 19, 2008

Florida voters last January approved Amendment One, which mandated an extra $25,000 homestead exemption on top of an existing $25,000 tax exemption on homestead properties. ...more

November 11, 2008

Property Appraiser Rob Turner likes to remind residents: He doesn't set taxes. Still, it doesn't keep critics like Democratic challenger Ken Ayers from accusing the three-term Republican incumbent of taxing people out of their homes. ...more

October 19, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The effects of Amendment 1 on property appraisals, as well as other community issues, will be addressed Thursday when the Bay Crest Park Civic Association holds its quarterly general membership meeting. ...more

May 24, 2008