Action Alert Sent to FiscalRangers.com List regarding North Lake County Hospital District

This was sent by email today:

Action Alert for FiscalRangers.com fiscal conservative readers in Lake County

 Regarding just passed Lake County Local bill HB-1299 (aka S-2016)

 Everyone:  Please take action to notify the two Senators below by phone and email  to ensure that Florida Senate Bill 2016 is ADDED to the voting schedule for the Senate and voted on by the entire Senate as part of the local laws vote.  Some Senators may try to “pull” the bill from the Senate voting schedule so it never gets before the Senate to vote on it.

 Lake County local bill HB-1299 was just approved unanimously by the entire Florida House ( 116 to 0) after going through three committees.   It is the bill that was supported by five of the six members of the Lake County legislator delegation.   It now will go with other local bills to the Florida Senate for a vote.

 The bill, written by local Lake County Rep. Larry Metz, revises

40 year old Florida legislation and provides significantly better accountability, spending rules, oversight requirements and other features to ensure there is a true public purpose for about $8-10-million in property taxes collected from North Lake property owners.   That money has previously been given to three named private non-profit corporations without any competitive bidding, and without any spending rules to define how the funds should be spent to benefit the public.

 

You can click HERE to see many articles written about the North Lake County Hospital District lack of oversight.

 All recipients are encouraged to visit the websites of the Senators below (and any other Senators you know) and email and call them to support S-2016 AND ensure timely scheduling of the S-2016 for a full vote of the Senate and to ensure there are no delays in scheduling the vote.

Senate President Mike Haridopolis  (who controls the voting schedule) can be reached at:   (321) 752-3131    AND EMAIL HIM AT:   [email protected]  

Lake County Senator Alan Hays can be reached at:  (850) 487-5014    AND EMAIL HIM AT:    [email protected]  

 This blog will keep Lake County residents up to date on the status of S-2016, since it is an important fiscal reform bill followed by many North Lake County taxpayers and the media (Orlando Sentinel, Channel 9 Orlando, Fox Orlando & Daily Commercial).

Vance Jochim

Lake County Fiscal Rangers

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