Fiscal Rangers

Our Review of the Oct. 30, 2019 Tavares, FL Comprehensive Plan 2040 Workshop - lots of Agenda 21 stuff!

The latest workshop of the Tavares, FL Comprehensive Plan 2040 Committee was held on Oct. 30, 2019.  This overview is based upon my fiscal conservative, reduced taxation philosophy.  We provide a link to a video of the meeting, the agenda, relevant documents, the Powerpoint and our opinion on the bias in the meeting. Tavares area property owners beware. Read more →

Howey-in-the-Hills Town Council meeting Oct. 28, 2019 erupts into anger, bad audit, de-annexation?

A brief review of the Oct. 28, 2019 Howey-in-the-Hills, FL town council meeting with anger eruptions, talk of de-annexation, a bad audit report (my opinion), and other issues. Link meeting video included when uploaded. Read more →

Video of the Tavares, FL City Council Candidate Forum on Oct. 17, 2019. Two districts, six candidates who will be on the Nov. 5, 2019, ballot for Tavares elections.

Six Tavares, FL City Council candidates are running for two separate District seats in the Nov. 5, 2019 election. This is a 75 minute video of a candidate forum with all six candidates held on Oct. 17 and organized by the Tavares Chamber of Commerce. Read more →

Texas had 23 cities hit with ransomware attacks and the state moved immediately - Can Florida do the same

This article describes how 23 cities in Texas were all hit with ransomware attacks (others were prepared and not affected), and Texas was able to react with a CyberSecurity State of Emergency within hours. https://www.routefifty.com/management/2019/10/texas-chief-information-officer-shares-lessons-learned-ransomware-attack/160588/ Is Florida prepared like Texas, and are Florida cities going to be hit through being lazy in cybersecurity actions like the 23 Texas cities. Read the article. Ask your State agencies and the Governor's office are they also prepared like Texas to deal with poorly prepared cities? Read more →

Confederate Statue Removal? Some states are outlawing it and other cities are leaving them

Democrats, in order to stir up racial division, have launched protests to remove Confederate statues across the country. However, instead of protests and either removing or keeping a statue, a third alternative, "Contextualizing" has evolved and this article describes how it is being implemented to address issues rather than the Democrat objective of stirring hate by destroying history. Read more →

Tavares, FL Residents - City Debt will soon be over $70-million ( or up to $23,000 per family of four)

The City of Tavares, FL has a debt that will be over $70-million or over $100-million if a referendum to approve a new $27-million Performing Arts Center is approved on the Nov. Ballot. So elections have consequences and we tell you more about the debt burden and who to vote for on the Nov. ballot. Read more →

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 →