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NEWS RELEASE: New livestream location for special School Board meeting in Lake

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MASKS are Dangerous in our opinion and should not be mandated - FiscalRangers.com Factsheet

Contrary to advice of Dr. Anthony Faucie, the Biden Administration, WHO and the CDC, masks for students or adults are DANGEROUS in our opinion and we list the reasons and sources that you can use to make up your own mind. Read more →

Massive Trump Rally 7pm tonight, Aug. 21, 2021 in Alabama. RSBN Coverage has already started with crowd interviews.

Tune in early to get your seat. FREE. https://youtu.be/aSx-CtvLG5Y Read more →

Should Lake County, FL or local cities get FREE Federal $ and create their own local internet broadband utility?

Many cities are creating their onw municipal internet broadband utilities, and even Federal funds can pay for it as we explain.' Read more →

Lake County, FL watchdog blog FiscalRangers.com launches initiative to outsource city functions to control costs

Most cities in Lake County, FL keep escalating wage, benefit and pension costs each year, Thus this Lake County, FL fiscal watchdog is launching an initiative to demand cities start outsourcing various functions to control escalating costs. The day of constantly passing through 10% benefit costs and wages twice the CPI need to stop because increasing house valuations, plus high millage rates may cause some residents to lose homes due to excessive property tax bills. Most cities don't use performance metrics like businesses to identify excess spending, and that is needed also. Read more →

Lake County, FL Parents rant at School Board over CRT and other issues

Yesterday, June 14, 2021, there was yelling and emotions by parents at the Lake County, FL School Board meeting about CRT (Critical Race Theory) being taught in at least one school and about retention of a teacher with a questionable background. Read more →

FREE FEDERAL FUNDS - Get Federal subsidy of $50/month on internet fees

The FCC has a stimulus program for $3.2-billion to subsidize internet monthly fees for low income people for $50/month, plus a $100 discount on a new tablet or computer. Read more →

Our video of Col. Phil Waldron, cybersecurity and election fraud expert at Conservative Watch, USA Apr. 28, 2021

The video of the recent Conservative Watch USA-Villages April 28, 2021 meeting featuring Election fraud and cybersecurity expert Col Phil Waldron was uploaded at: https://youtu.be/AWq4f-3UKaM About the speaker, Col. Phil Waldron, Cybersecurity and Elections Integrity and fraud prevention expert: Colonel Phil Waldron(Retired) served in the US Army for 30 years and is a decorated combat veteran with extensive experience in Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Strategic Communications; Joint Information Operations; Cyber/Computer Network Operations; OPSEC; All -Source Intelligence Analysis; Unconventional Warfare and Operations Integration. He is most well known by the public for his recent testimony regarding the foreign and domestic interference in our election used by the Dominion Voting Machines that he presented at a hearing in front of the Arizona legislature defending President Donald J. Trump. Video by Vance Jochim of FiscalRangers.com Read more →

New Conservative Watch USA chapter launched at The Villages, FL - VIDEO

A new Sumter County, FL conservative political group, Conservative Watch USA - Villages Chapter, had a kickoff event with three great speakers. Here is the link to the full video. Event was March 24, 2021. https://youtu.be/z0zFS_NdC-Y The speakers were: Col. Douglas MacGregor - Defense & Foreign Policy Inside Story Anthony Sabatini​ - FL Legislation update Bev Kilmer​ - Education Update The meeting was led by: Suzanne Days​ Annie Marie Delgado​ Conservative Watch USA - The Villages​ ========================================================================= For other conservative issues, join us at FiscalRangers.com and our Facebook Group: FiscalRangersLakeCounty​ The video is about 2-hours long with three speakers. We had to leave the songs and music out due to YouTube policies. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com Read more →

Why Tavares, FL Taxpayers Don't get all the details on City Council decisions

The City of Tavares, Florida's City Council met yesterday, April 7, 2021. We describe how they are leaving important details related to Council decisions out of the online agenda packet, and they need to provide that online in the future. This is one of several Tavares practices that result in lower transparency than other Lake County, FL cities. Read more →

Masks Don't WORK in my opinion - This video explains a medical doctor's research

America's Frontline Doctors is composed of experienced medical doctors and researchers who provide FACTS about why masks are not safe and can be harmful. They oppose the Federal and Fauci recommendations to wear masks. Watch their video describing many sources of research which are eye-opening. You won't want to wear masks after watching this video. Read more →

Recall Florida is a new group focused on passing Florida legislation to allow Recalls of corrupt LOCAL City & County Officials

Florida statutes only allow citizens in 20 cities and counties to initiate recalls of corrupt local officials. A new group, RecallFlorida.com, is pushing 2021 Florida bills to correct that and allow citizens in ALL Florida cities and counties to recall corrupt local officials. Read more →

The Big CPAC 2021 Conservative Conference is NOW in Orlando

I am covering it and have a press pass. (Feb. 26-28, 2021) I am posting pictures and some comments on my FiscalRangersLakeCounty GROUP. You can also view it live on RSBN HERE. More detailed posts will be posted there and here later in the first week of March, 2021. Read more →

Lake County needs to reinstate a central Public Law Library with Lexis / Nexus or Westlaw access for residents

Most other Florida counties have one. Lake used to have one in Tavares, then moved it to Lake Sumter's Clermont campus, then defunded it, so there isn't even a LAW BOOK library in Lake County libraries. It should be re-established and funded including an online FREE Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw type online research terminal in Tavares near the main court house. Here is the master list of all the other counties or cities that have public law libraries and Lake should have one. (Note: Sumter is also missing from the list). https://help.flcourts.org/Other-Resources/Law-Libraries A longer version of this post and any updates is HERE. Read more →

Lake County, FL has no public law library when most other Florida counties have one

The Lake County, FL Board of County Commissioners needs to refund and re-implement a public Law Library for residents like most other Florida counties have. Read more →

Lake County Republicans: Register NOW for the annual CPAC Conference in Orlando, Feb. 25-28

The big, annual CPAC convention is coming to Orlando, FL this Feb. 25-28, 2021, so Republicans should register now before the cheaper tickets are sold out. Read more →

Voting Machine Fraud, Vote Theft, Election Fraud, Stealing Under Investigation in Three States

Three battleground state legislaturs have launched investigations into perceived election fraud and theft. Here is a video from OAN. Read more →

Tavares, FL Residents & Taxpayers: City Council already plans to increase taxes for 2021-2022

The Tavares, FL City Council discussed "Broad Budget Priorities" for the upcoming 2021-2022 budget cycle, and three of them won't go to the rollback rate, indicating taxes will most likely go up again. Read more →

REDUCE YOUR Lake County, FL Property Taxes by 50% by buying property in a low tax Lake County city

Buyers of residential, rental or commercial property in Lake County, FL can SAVE 50% on property taxes if they pick the right, low millage rate city in Lake County. This article describes the 2020 millage rates for all 14 cities plus the unincorporated Lake County areas so you can decide to buy in a LOW or HIGH property tax location. Read more →

Are PACE Commercial loans in Florida risky or worthwhile - our overview and video link

The Federal Government and many states like Florida have created a mechanism for "green" construction builders and remodelers to offer residential and commercial property owners low-interest loans for desirable "Green" energy-efficient construction designs and products ranging from solar roof panels to high-efficiency air conditioners. We provide a fiscal watchdog overview of the PACE Commercial and PACE Residential loan programs and their risks and our opinion for Florida projects. Before viewing this, you might also do a search on "PACE Lawsuits" to see the results of such loan programs around the US. Read more →

Will your local City or County agency be hit with ransomware like Baltimore, costing $18-million?

Will your local city or county government agency get hit with ransomware like Baltimore, MD and then their School District a year later? Read this and pass it on to your local government council or board to educate them and ask for a public hearing on whether they are vulnerable or not. Read more →

Election Fraud 2020 - An overview of how real time votes in PA were "flipped" with hidden software

This rather technical video shows real time voting counts being changed by Dominion voting systems to benefit Biden in PA. Read more →

Election Fraud 2020 - OAN Investigation by Chanel Rion into Dominion Voting Systems

Many reports related to massive 2020 elections fraud are appearing. This is a link to a 25 minute OAN News Investigation into the design and use of Dominion Voting Machines and software used to manipulate, flip and delete votes to help Biden win the 2020 Elections. A key manager in Dominion was also involved with the Clinton Foundation and Anti-Fa and is documented as hating Trump. Read more →

Lake County, FL Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday, Nov. 10 and spends bundles of money & other civic actions

The Lake County, FL Board of Commissioners is meeting at 9am on Nov. 10, 2020 and we provide a summary of what to expect. You can watch it online. Read more →

My Comments about the voting site process in Lake County, FL

My commentary about the onsite voting process in Lake County, FL. Read more →

Memo from a "friend" about the current status of Trump's Election Chances

Thanks to Linda Robinson for posting this on Facebook: Nov. 5, 2020 Complete message FROM A FRIEND: This is straight from the Trump Campaign! Please share with all your contacts. Thanks First and foremost, we are confident the President will win states that have not yet been decided. Democrats are pushing to count late ballots because they are worried about our margins. If we count all legal ballots, President Trump wins. Our legal team is fighting to ensure that all legal ballots – and only legal ballots – are counted. Next, here is the state of play – •Pathway to victory in Pennsylvania: ◦There are more than a million ballots left to be counted, including roughly 300,000 in Philadelphia. ◦Using extremely conservative estimates, even if President Trump receives just 5% of ballots in Philadelphia and 30% of other remaining ballots, the President still wins Pennsylvania by 40,000 votes. ◦We are confident in winning because many of these absentee ballots are from conservative counties – ▪There are 54,000 ballots left to be counted in Cumberland County. ▪There are 40,000 ballots left to be counted in Westmoreland County – a county where President Trump won 69% of the vote yesterday. ▪There are... Read more →

Tavares, FL City Council to finally start making videos of meetings

Tavares, FL City Council to finally start making videos of meetings Read more →

Lady Lake FL Town Commissioners cut trash runs to only 1, hear PACE financing program, discuss drones and building heights

The Town Commissioners of Lady Lake, FL had two meetings on Oct. 19, 2020 and FiscalRangers.com wrote an overview and made a video of the meeting. Read more →

Caveat Emptor when buying a manufactured or mobile home in a Florida park where you pay lot rent

Owning a mobile home in Florida on leased or rented lots is dangerous and we describe some reasons why. The industry and the Florida legislators need to take action against mobile home park owners who are bullies and harass and threaten mobile home owners so they give up and leave so the park owner can take over the home and sell or rent it for a profit. Read more →

Massive report of voter fraud cases just published - read the article and the link

A new massive report on suspected voter fraud cases is out. Read the article, and check the link to the report. "The foundation discovered more than 140,000 instances of potential election fraud in the 2016 and 2018 elections, ranging from individuals illegally voting in multiple states to someone voting in the name of a deceased person. " https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/05/tens-of-thousands-of-cases-of-possible-vote-fraud-cited-in-new-report/?fbclid=IwAR3KshYl89yWwYUfvbiVIOZS4M-P7AXeDPHDTEr1ehj3s0jbnVDt2pS-WRo Vance Jochim Read more →

Lake County, FL Board to have final millage and budget hearing tomorrow, Sept. 29, 2020

The Lake County, FL Board is having the final State required meeting to approve millage rates and budgets which will result in higher property taxes due to higher valuations. We provide the meeting details and discuss the issue. Read more →

Mascotte, FL implements property tax rollback rate, but VALUATIONS went UP 25%

AAAGH!! Mascotte, FL City Council members, in Lake County, voted for the full millage rate rollback for property taxes. I was going to give them kudos for doing so. Then I read the details in their budget introduction. The property appraiser VALUATIONS leaped by 25%, thus the rollback was minuscule vs the TAX INCREASE that will be faced by Mascotte residents due to the very high valuations. So, they should have reduced their millage MORE than the rollback rate like Minneola did. Why aren't more Lake County taxpayers getting angry at all the local governments like cities and the County and School Board raking in the extra dollars due to high valuations, and some giving out 3% raises and not setting at least a rollback rate in this Pandemic economy? All the subsidies end by December, and then evictions and foreclosures will show just how out of touch the elected officials are. Taxpaying voters need to throw out incumbents if they voted to support anything other than rollback rates. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com Read more →

Is Your Lake County City FAILING to provide VIDEOS of tax decision meetings, hiding their decisions?

City Councils in Lake County, FL are RAISING taxes while claiming credit for reducing tax RATES. The problem is property valuations are leaping, and multiply them by barely reduced millage tax rates equals TAX INCREASES. We discuss this manipulation of public information by elected officials. Read more →

Tavares, FL August 19, 2020 City Council Meeting: Shootings, Annexations, Traffic, Pickleball, Budgets

The Tavares, FL City Council had their August 19, 2020 meeting and we posted a video link and comments on the agenda items, which included shootings, crime, annexations, city budget, and a Pickleball Court. Read more →

How Lake County, FL elected officials are flimflamming property taxpayers

A commentary in the Orlando Sentinel blasted most local City Councils and the County Board for trying to say they reduced property tax millage rates, but since they did not reduce them to the rollback rate, total actual taxes will go up significantly once those officials vote in September to NOT approve rollback rates. Confusing? Yes, so read my article and the linked commentary by Lauren Ritchie. Read more →

Trump Team 2020 Bus stops at Lake County, FL Republican HQ - Aug. 11, 2020

Watch the Trump Team 2020 bus arrive at the Lake County, FL Republican HQ and the dignitaries speak! Read more →

Don't Vote Early - Wait Until You See who mails out nasty mailers, then choose

Lake County Voters should delay their voting in the Lake County primary elections until closer to the final voting day. They need to do that to see if anyone sends out negative mailer hit pieces that may see unethical or inaccurate before finally deciding who to vote for. We point out two candidate races where negative mailers have already been mailed out, and who in our opinion "might" be advising them. Read more →

Doug Shields is running for Lake County, FL County Commission and here is our video.

This introductory video of Doug Shields, candidate for the Lake County, FL County Commission, District 1 was made at the Lake County Republican Party HQ on July 31, 2020 during their periodic "Coffee with the Republican Candidates" event. Mr. Shields is running against incumbent Tim Sullivan, and he has mailed out controversial mailers attacking Sullivan that Sullivan has rejected as being inaccurate. Candidate Sullivan has issued a rebuttal HERE. We don't like hit piece mailers so you need to see the rebuttal also. Doug's official candidate website is: https://shieldsforlake.com/ His Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/Shieldsforlake/ Campaign email: [email protected] Look for other Lake County, FL area election candidate videos on this FiscalRangersFlorida YouTube channel. Additionally, you can find news on the elections and other Lake County government agency watchdog issues on our FiscalRangers.com blog and on our FiscalRangersLakeCounty Facebook Group. Video by Lake County, FL Fiscal Watchdog blogger Vance Jochim of FiscalRangers.com. The short link to this video is: https://youtu.be/_IfGLfNquOY Length of video is: 29 minutes Read more →

Questionable Voting Ballots received in the Mail? What to do.

Florida voters are now receiving their primary voting ballots in the mail for the August 18 primary vote. Some ballots might be wrong, altered or duplicated, and we tell you what to do. Read more →

Video of Mollie Cunningham, Republican candidate for Lake County, FL School Board

We uploaded our video of Mollie Cunningham, running for Lake County, FL School Board, District 4. Read more →

Our video interview with Keith Farner, re-election candidate for Lake County Water Authority (LCWA)

Keith Farner is running for re-election for the Board of the Lake County, FL Water Authority (LCWA). This is our overview and link to our interview video. Read more →

Clermont, FL Taxpayers protest City Council decisions and rampant development at City Hall

Citizens showed up at the Clermont City Hall on July 22, 2020 to wave signs and discuss issues with those passing by. Led by local Clermont watchdog Dani Page, the group waved signs for two hours. This is a 30 minute segment. Read more →

Watch this Trump 2020 video on how the deep state and Democrats are trying to crash the economy

This nine minute video provided by Trump supporters clearly illustrates all the barriers created by Democrat Socialists to attack Trump. Most educated Republicans know these facts, but share it with others that need to be educated on what is really going on with Covid-19 and all the other underhanded tactics used by the left. Read more →

FL House District 31 Race Heats up - see our Republican updates here - Mt. Dora, FL and nearby

This is our post on the Florida House District 31 elections for 2020, with links to videos, candidate info, etc. District 31 is in the Mt. Dora area in Lake County, FL. Read more →

Florida's FWC announces plan to treat two Lake County, FL lakes for aquatic weed control

Florida state staff announced treatment for invasive water plants on Lake Yale and Little Lake Harris in Lake County, FL. We include their official announcement and treatment maps. Read more →

Lake County, FL School Board member should reimburse two candidates over $2000 each for last minute decision to run for re-election

An incumbent on the Lake County, FL School Board had announced months ago that she was relocating and would not run for re-election this year. Thus two candidates filed for the position and spent over $2400 each on their campaigns, THEN at the last minute, Burns filed to run again, and stay here. Our opinion is this last-minute flip in position is unethical unless Burns at least reimburses each candidate for their spending. Burns has not collected or spent anything yet on her campaign. Read more →

Flagler County, FL - half the population of Lake County, predicts $1.2-million DROP in sales tax revenue

Flagler County, FL announced Pandemic impacts on sales tax revenues, and Lake County, FL might be affected as much or more Read more →

Here is a great overview of the Insurrection Act that Trump might use to send Federal troop into some states

Here is a Voice of American video explaining the Insurrection Act which President Trump may use to send troops into states to quell rioting, even without approval of state officials (like Democrat Governors and Mayors). Read more →

Liberty County, FL Supt. of Elections suspended by FL Gov. Ron DeSantis due to $40k fraud

The FL Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended an elected Supt. of Elections in tiny Liberty County, FL (near Tallahassee) for an alleged $40 in fraud (not voter or election fraud) AND Google search has suppressed finding any articles or news about it if you use their search engine. But, Bing found many recent articles. See my updates also. Read more →

FiscalRangers Blog Creates Job Hunting Tips page for Lake County, FL for those laid off due to Wuhan Virus.

We have created a detailed list of job hunting action steps on a PAGE (see right column) or HERE to reduce costs and replace income lost if you were laid off due to the Wuhan Chinese Virus. This is focused on Lake County, FL but the advice may apply to other areas. We also plan to create LIVE job hunting discussions on Facebook Live on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7pm at our FiscalRangers GROUP page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiscalRangers/ I suggest you visit the Facebook group and join it, and sign up for notifications. We have no idea how long the virus restrictions last or when the economy will recover, so if you were laid off, you need to take action now. That is based upon my experience being laid off several times during California recessions. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com [email protected] Read more →