Household and homestead are different.
LEGALLY you are only supposed to have one property, the one you live in, under homestead exemption (i. e. Save Our Homes). But for obvious reasons, many people with more than one home - whether the main home be in North Walton or another state altogether - choose to put their homestead exemption on the home in SoWal. That isn't legal, but it happens.
Of course, if they rent out the home in SoWal, and the property appraiser's office finds out, bye-bye homestead...
Guess I'll stay put in Dallas and visit as much as possible. 
Household and homestead are different.
LEGALLY you are only supposed to have one property, the one you live in, under homestead exemption (i. e. Save Our Homes). But for obvious reasons, many people with more than one home - whether the main home be in North Walton or another state altogether - choose to put their homestead exemption on the home in SoWal. That isn't legal, but it happens.
Of course, if they rent out the home in SoWal, and the property appraiser's office finds out, bye-bye homestead...
Unbelievable amount of folks who have homesteaded their vacation property to take advantage of the property tax reduction. The candidates that I chose had the advantage of the people I know from out of town asking me who to vote for!!
This is true, but it would still be their choice not that of the voters of the north, likewise the districts south of the bay would not decide for those of us in the north county. We all have different needs. Does anyone know how the turnout is from the south end for the General Election?
Charter government was looked into a couple of times in the late 90's. Under Charter government the Commissioners appoint all of the local officials except the sheriff. They appoint Tax Collector, Clerk of Courts, Property Appraiser. There are a lot of strings attached.
In Florida, all you have to do is live in a place on 12/31 to claim it as your homestead. The whole thing is a mess. There is no clear definition of just what homestead means in this State.
So you are participating in this conspiracy to commit election fraud?
Under Charter Government your officials are selected as the Charter lays out. Just like a City is set up. No powers default to the commissioners. If that were the case I could not have imagined it passing.
But there was no charter commission established, no charter created, no vote taken. Maybe the commissioners talked about it, but it really is not up to them.
The Commissioners did discuss it, it is the job of County Commissioners to look into what is best for the county & it was discussed twice. There was no action taken because the Commissioners at the time did not think it was a good idea to follow through. As to the specifics of charter government you might check with County Administrator Ronnie Bell as that is where I got my information.
When I hear "the south did not turn out to vote", the inflated numbers of actual residents is what immediately comes to mind. I just get so tired of this particular comment.:roll:
Ditto! Because all the people I know in "the south" voted - many early!
The SG elections attracted more voters than in previous years,Valcov said.He added that people who otherwise would not vote, cast their votes for sophomore Georgi Georgiev in the first round.At the pre-election debates, sophomore Kamen Dimitrov from Georgiev?s team said their candidacy aims to popularize the elections.
sam
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I think? What is this post about? It appears to be about a Georgian or Russian election and the website is one on forclousures offered throughout the U.S. Are you putting us on?Please wait while we verify your forum account.
