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Originally Posted by nsantelli
After the Developer offered a 40% increase in impacts fees, the commissioners rejected the offer and PASSED the 70% increase. Then the Developer flexed it’s muscle and our wonderful, compassionate, all knowing, and caring State representative added wording to an upcoming bill that made increasing impact fees almost impossible. It passed. Since state law overrides county law, this invalided the increase and the commissioners had no choice but to repeal the increase.
I do not recall seeing one word about this in the Daily ***.
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That's my issue. The commissioners shouldn't have rejected the Developer's 40% offer... they should have used that as a starting point to negotiate a better result.
But the previous, anti-developer commissioners didn't see the offer as an opportunity. They rejected it outright. And the end result was an impact fee that was much worse for the residents of Sumter County.
Never underestimate the power of the Developer.
I want a Sumter commissioner board that is willing to negotiate. Because we've all seen how effective it is to Dig your heels in.