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Taxes when a new city is formed in a county even out it might take a little while. might even go up a little bit. But it would be worth it to have a government that actually cares about locals and cares about our environment.

Taxes when a new city is formed in a county even out it might take a little while. might even go up a little bit. But it would be worth it to have a government that actually cares about locals and cares about our environment.

Please explain how. If the County were to charge a 6 mil ad valorem and a city were to charge a 1 mil ad valorem it still sounds as though taxes went up. My issue is not whether taxes go up. My issue is the same folks I hear everyone complain about are the ones who will finance the politics and it is still amounts to voters making good choices, which could be just as easy to do in the county politics as it is for a city.

You make too much sense...

Please explain how. If the County were to charge a 6 mil ad valorem and a city were to charge a 1 mil ad valorem it still sounds as though taxes went up. My issue is not whether taxes go up. My issue is the same folks I hear everyone complain about are the ones who will finance the politics and it is still amounts to voters making good choices, which could be just as easy to do in the county politics as it is for a city.

You're also forgetting to mention that incorporation takes time. Several years in fact, and during that time developers will get the county to approve whatever ridiculousness they can come up with. If it's approved before incorporation and ratification of a cities building code and comprehensive plan then it's a green light and the city can't stop it. You'll have large tracts of vacant land with a pile of dirt moved around on it for years to keep an active development order running. The whole thing was a "it's my ball and I'm playing with it over here" scenario.

Please explain how. If the County were to charge a 6 mil ad valorem and a city were to charge a 1 mil ad valorem it still sounds as though taxes went up. My issue is not whether taxes go up. My issue is the same folks I hear everyone complain about are the ones who will finance the politics and it is still amounts to voters making good choices, which could be just as easy to do in the county politics as it is for a city.

I don’t think there is a lot to choose from. There has only been one commissioner in probably the last 16 years that tried to bend the county will somewhat towards the citizenry in the south. The awful truth is we live in a place that is probably 75% absentee owners. Either we just don’t get out and vote or there just ain’t enough of us to matter.

People say that SoWal gets nothing.
However, having property in both SoWal and NoWal, I fail to see where NoWal is getting anything either.
There is a VERY nice park on 331 at Bay Grove - that is more Freeport/SoWal than anything north. Other than buying the DeFuniak Country Club, I can't think of anything NoWal has gotten in a very long time.

The only way it works is a county split. That won't happen.

People say that SoWal gets nothing.
However, having property in both SoWal and NoWal, I fail to see where NoWal is getting anything either.
There is a VERY nice park on 331 at Bay Grove - that is more Freeport/SoWal than anything north. Other than buying the DeFuniak Country Club, I can't think of anything NoWal has gotten in a very long time.

I would love to see the revenue from tourism benefit and lift up DeFuniak Springs. Very few small southern towns have the advantage. I suppose the first step would be for city and county leadership to clean house and get competent, professional people in place and then focus on bringing in real jobs. Investing in infrastructure as part of an overall plan to attract clean business.