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Pinellas argues it doesn’t owe Pasco taxes. It just paid them anyway.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFor nearly a decade, Pinellas County’s government has argued that it shouldn’t have to pay taxes on land it owns in Pasco County. The county still believes it’s immune from taxation, and the ...
Could a Florida tax dispute throw county immunity law into chaos?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week, a pair of attorneys who work for Pinellas County headed north to Tallahassee, to give arguments in a state Supreme Court case about whether or not their government should pay taxes ...
Pinellas banned a controversial loan program. Now it’s here anyway.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFor years, Florida counties have sought to curb a controversial loan program that has become infamous for burying unsuspecting homeowners under insurmountable property tax bills. Pinellas County ...
Hillsborough balks at renewed PACE home-energy loans
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA home-energy loan program that has come under scrutiny for saddling people with debt they can’t afford might not be able to restart in Hillsborough...
Hillsborough battles driver’s license appointment fraud
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Office is altering its operations after discovering scammers booked blocks of driver license appointments and then attempted to sell the availability ...
Pinellas government explores move that would transform downtown Clearwater
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter more than a century of Pinellas County government operating in downtown Clearwater, officials...
Pinellas HR director resigns amid accusations of retaliation, favoritism
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCLEARWATER — Pinellas County’s human resources director abruptly resigned Thursday amid scrutiny from the board that employs her, in yet another moment of tumult for a department rocked by instability ...
Palm Beach County sues PACE provider after it refuses to abide by consumer protection rules
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe county seeks an emergency injunction to prevent Florida Pace Funding Agency from doing business...
What is Form 6? Here's why so many elected city officials are abruptly resigning across Florida
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoYou might be excused for wondering if a strange disease that only affects local government officials...
High number of concealed weapons licenses issued in Lake, Marion counties
Daily Commercial via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 2.61 million people had Florida concealed weapons licenses as of Nov. 30, according to the...
