There have been those hell-bent on raising our millage rate in the City of Apopka. Those who do not even live in this city...those who live in other cities in Florida, those who live in the county, but in rural Apopka, not in the city limits, and those who live out of state. The loudspeakers who want OUR taxes increased, on us, the city residents, who have to pay for all these increases! Add to the list, our city attorney, Mr. Shepard, who proposed, the highest rate, 4.8399, but only because our city council members sat there like bumps on a log, and would not make a decision, or motion. Mr. Shepard said they could set it at that, and could always come down, but will they? They couldn't make a single decision, between all five of them, to do something, so I doubt they will make a decision to lower Shepard's suggested rate. The blind leading the blind! Our former commissioner, and former vice mayor was another advocate for raising our millage rates....remember? So he is gone, but goggle Winter Springs, Florida proposed millage rate increase that was done July of 2024. They proposed a millage increase from 2.41 to 2.62 increase. Our former city commissioner/ former Vice Mayor moved to Winter Springs, and he could move where ever he wanted, and he has nothing to do with their millage rates hike, but I find it interesting he moved to a very low millage rate city, because when he was here, he kept wanting our millage rate raised, along with some of these other folks who claimed Apopka could never have nothing, if we didn't have a higher millage rate. Our old rate was 4.1876, and Winter Springs old rate was 2.41. Our new proposed rate is 4.8399 and Winter Springs new rate is 2.6ke proposal Also in Winter Springs, two of their commissioners voted no, on their tax hike proposal. People, go figure.........
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