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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
You need to stop reading that other website.
The 25% increase had nothing to do with the developer, it was the county administration that has been mismanaging the tax money, trying to make themselves look good by lowering taxes the last 14 years so they could brag about what a good job they were doing. Instead they should have been holding the tax rate constant putting away the money for the growth and increased maintenance costs.
The developer/bonds pay for all the new roads and infrastructure for a new development. The impact fees are supposed to pay for upgrading existing county infrastructure (CR468 & CR501) to support the developments that the county approves. One has to ask what they are doing with the money.
The developer doesn't care what the impact fee is, it's just another line item in building the house and they will pass it on to the buyer, just like all taxes are. Do you really think an extra $1000 will stop the sale of any new home in The Villages, I think not.
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No, I don’t think so. From what I read Developers has commissioner’s in his pocket, we see how that goes in the next election. Agree, Sumter county had cheap taxes until the new development. But they still have caught up with Marion.