[villagesff]

In answer to your question. A special Fire district tax assessment would be in place of your county Fire tax assessment. You would not be charged twice. As a matter of fact, special tax districts answer to an elected board that only deals with that issue and are held to a higher financial accountability and openness despite what Mr Arnold has stated in the papers. The other thing he is not telling you is the Sumter County has many things in other budgets that are not included in the Sumter FD budget that are included in the Villages budget, such as Fire inspections. The Villages Public Safety Department operates on a budget that is less per call and with better manpower than Sumter FD.