FLORIDA IN THE NEWS

Appraisers make their opinions known to the Florida Cabinet and the ruling has been postponed.

As you may already know, the Property Appraiser in Duval County and the Mayor of Jacksonville have been arguing over the Property Appraisers budget and his right to purchase new software to replace his aging and unsupported system. The argument is centered on two fundamental issues: 1) does the Property Appraiser have the legal authority to purchase a system, and, 2) does the property appraiser need new software. These two issues are being fought in two different venues.

Many Property Appraisers expressed their opinions regarding the lower cabinets recommendation to remove the budget items from the Duval County Property Appraiser’s budget. Over twenty appraisers returned their opinion forms and many others contacted the Governor or Cabinet directly via phone or letter.

The cabinet has postponed their ruling to January since The Honorable Ernie Mastroianni was not available to attend the hearing on December 11th. Although no mention was made regarding the opinions expressed by various Property Appraisers, it certainly has made the cabinet realize there is more at stake than Duval’s internal political struggle. If you have not expressed your opinion we encourage you to do so. Either contact the Governor’s office directly or print and fax to us the opinion form. All opinions will be presented to the Cabinet and posted on our web site. If you do not want your opinion posted just send us an email to remove your opinion from the site. (Remove Opinion).

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