Airport’s expanding to handle bigger commercial/charter jets (new Customs facility, international flights incoming). Historically these expansions have dropped nearby home values 5-20% due to noise.
Anyone in Orange Gardens, Downtown East, or other neighborhoods near KISM hearing about this? Curious how worried we should be and if anyone’s already looking into it.
Aug 18. Two charter amendments to know about.
Question 1: extends term limits from two 4-year terms to three. That’s 12 years straight for the same person. Eight years is enough time to finish what you started. If it’s not, prep the next person and hand it off. Don’t just extend the seat.
Question 2: requires background checks for candidates. Sounds fine on paper. But the city already said it can’t actually disqualify anyone based on the results. So what’s the point besides spending money on checks that don’t change anything? Feels like a money grab dressed up as accountability.
Ja Morant says his "bad guy" image is a misconception: “I'm kind of 50-50, I think. Not I'm not saying I'm a very good guy or very bad guy, but yeah kind of. But not to like hurt or harm people, not anything else, but just on the dance floor I'm a bad boy.”
Growth doesn’t mean the county wasted money. It means the county grew.
Osceola had over 2.7 billion in new construction last year. New subdivisions need roads, water lines, fire stations, and that costs money before any of it comes back in tax revenue.
If you own your home with homestead, your assessed value is capped at 3% a year by law. The county’s general fund millage rate actually went down slightly this year too, that’s in the public resolution the county filed.
New buyers feel more of the increase, since their homes reassess to full market value once they close.
The budget documents are posted on osceola.org if anyone wants to look. From what’s there, the growth is going to public safety, infrastructure, and reserves.