Check your new TRIM notice from the Orange County Appraiser to see how much the 11.5% millage rate increase will cost you. TRIM is an acronym for Truth In Millage. A very apt phrase in current circumstances. Here are the responses of the four commissioners who addressed your questions about their vote to increase taxes. Sheila DeCiccioMarty SullivanTodd WeaverCarolyn Cooper Arguments in support of their vote to increase the millage rate include claims of better information by September, concerns about the city’s solvency and hurricane recovery costs, and comparisons of millage rates between cities. The truth is they just want…
Commentary by Pete Weldon
