Fiscal Rangers

The Florida Dept. of Education is having a listening tour on new Education Standards, but skipping Lake & other nearby counties. Why?

Here is my FiscalRangers.com article with links to the press release and tour schedule. https://www.fiscalrangers.com/2019/10/florida-standards-common-core-listening-tour-skips-lake-orange-sumter-polk-marion-county-why.html Read more →

Florida Standards (Common Core) Listening Tour skips Lake, Orange, Sumter, Polk & Marion County! WHY?

The Florida Dept. of Education is conducting a review of the Common Core based Florida Education Standards. They are having a listening tour in parts of Florida, but skipping Lake, Orange, Polk, Sumter & Marion Counties. Why? We provide links to information and the press release but have no answer why they are skipping those counties. But we include links where parents can go online and review the second draft of proposed new standards and submit comments. Read more →

Promised improvements to intersection of HWY 19 & Dead River Road in Tavares are canceled

The Developer, D.R. Horton, of a proposed 200 unit development on Dead River Road in Tavares, FL, has canceled the development plans and their planned improvements to the intersection of HWY 19 and Dead River Road. Thus hoped for intersection improvements are canceled. Read more →

Minneola City Council Oct. 1, 2019 Meeting Transparency is lacking due to poor online agenda!

Tonight's Oct. 1, 2019 Minneola, FL City Council meeting is not very transparent because they only posted a 4 page agenda online, have no meeting videos, and don't tell citizens that you have to email the City Clerk and specifically ask for a link to scattered documents (not in one pdf) supporting agenda items. That is not very transparent. Is this agenda method intentional to obfuscate what is happening at meetings? Read more →

Lake County, FL School District Supt. Diane Kornegay gets high marks in Board's evaluation

The Lake County, FL School Board approved the annual evaluation of School Superintendent Diane Kornegay, with a rating of 4.61 out of five. We provide an overview, the official press release and a link to the video of the meeting when the vote took place on Sept. 30, 2019. Read more →

Groveland, FL City Council video uploaded after adopting budget of $69-million

The Groveland, FL City Council met on Sept. 16, 2019, approved a new budget and millage rate, and covered routine issues. We provide an overview of the covered issues and a link to our video of the main City Council meeting. No riots or public demonstrations occurred! Read more →

Lake County, FL Cities are Raking in your Property Tax Cash Up to 18% OVER the Roll-Back rate and not Explaining How Much

September is when Lake County, FL cities discuss and approve new millage and budget figures after property tax valuation reports are out. Most cities except two of 14 in Lake County are increasing millage rates above the "roll-back" rate, thus increasing tax bills to property owners. Read more →

A former US State Dept. Diplomat Explains the downside of Democrat Gun BuyBack programs

A former US State Department Foreign Service Office with experience in Venezuela before the Communists took guns away shares his perspective on the Democrat Communists plan to "buy back" guns. Read more →

Tavares City Council Sept. 4, 2019 meeting video uploaded, including budget and millage approvals

We have uploaded our video of the Sept. 4, 2019 Tavares, FL City Council meeting, including the first required hearing to set the new millage rate and $74-million budget. Read more →

Tavares, FL City Council plans to discuss hiking budget and increasing the millage rate beyond the rollback rate - Friday, Sept. 6

The City Council of Tavares, FL is having their City Council meeting tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 and they will discuss proposed millage and budget figures. If they continue, should they rename the city Spendalot City or Camelot? Residents need to attend the 4pm meeting and provide input. Read more →