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Originally Posted by jmitchell
JimJoe,
I apologize if what I wrote came across as an “attack”. I was just trying to make the Orlando Sentinel and Ms. Ritchie take responsibility for their reporting. I too want the facts and I believe that news organizations have the responsibility to present the facts accurately and that we as citizens should make sure they do so.
I am just beginning to gather information and before I post details, I want to make sure my facts are accurate, but I will give you one, very clear example. Below is a sentence from the most recent article.
“The agency wanted $16 million in back taxes and a promise by community development districts never again to masquerade as a legitimate government.”
I have not read in any of the IRS documents that they asked for “a promise by community development districts never again to masquerade as a legitimate government.” What I believe she is trying to make reader believe is that TVCDDs or any CDDs for that matter are not “legitimate governments” – which they are per Florida Statute. Florida Statue also gives CDDs the right to issue bonds, including tax exempts bonds.
I will stop here. This is just one example.
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“The agency wanted $16 million in back taxes and a promise by community development districts never again to masquerade as a legitimate government.”
More accurately,
The agency wanted $16 million in back taxes and a promise by community development districts never again issue tax free bonds.
Or
The agency wanted $16 million in back taxes and a promise by community development districts never again to masquerade as a government qualified to issue tax free bonds.
“masquerade as a legitimate government” That phrase was not used.