County Policies are Misguided
County policies are misguided
Editor:
Charlotte County government has assumed the misguided role of General Development Corporation. Building a countywide corporation on the backs of its citizens.
Land deal after land deal that only benefits corporate developers; leaving the citizens to maintain what was created for their profit.
That spirit has never left Charlotte County, only the name has been changed to local government. Indenturing its citizens did not work for general development and will not work for Charlotte County. The iniquities of former commissions are still plaguing its people as it continues with the unprincipled decision of funding the constitutional obligations with special assessments: placed on the non-ad valorem portion of our tax bill, and uncontrolled by the voters.
This tax then becomes a permanent lien on every property in our county. How do we tell our elected officials to stop this path of destruction?
Don Monroe
Port Charlotte
