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Joe Henderson: Bob Henriquez, Todd Jones spar over issues in Hillsborough property appraiser race

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Since Bob Henriquez took over as Hillsborough County’s property appraiser four years ago, he has taken several steps to modernize the office. There are nine fewer employees than the office had before Henriquez arrived, and the department’s budget is lower. Most important, though — Henriquez hasn’t had a batch of negative headlines. That’s no small matter. The last time an incumbent property appraiser in the county failed at re-election was 1988, when Bud Parker lost to Ron Alderman. Both Alderman and…

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Mike Twitty get’s official endorsement from Pam Dubov at campaign kick-off party

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Of the two candidates filed to run for Pinellas County Property Appraiser, only one kicked off his 2016 election campaign with a jam session: Mike Twitty. He also happens to be the lone candidate Pam Dubov, Pinellas’ current Property Appraiser, has chosen to endorse as her successor. “Mike is a business man,” said Dubov of Twitty at his Thursday night campaign kick-off party. “Mike has been responsible for running a business that has to make payroll, that has to live within…

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Jim Frishe now over $20,000 raised for property appraiser bid

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So far, no other candidate for Pinellas County’s elected office has raised more money for their 2016 campaign than former state Rep. Jim Frishe. The 66 year-old Republican has raised approximately $20,065 since officially filing to run for the county’s Property Appraiser position back in April. That’s according to monthly campaign finance reports published by the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections. “I’m always humbled by the support of everyday folks around Pinellas County,” Frishe told SaintPetersBlog. Frishe received just under 60 checks in…

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Innisbrook has a chronic tax dispute problem

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No one wants to pay taxes, but surely few have gone to such extensive lengths as owners of the Innisbrook Golf Course and Resort in Palm Harbor to avoid paying them. Or at least all of them. Owners of the posh members-only style property have been fighting tax bills since 1998. Between the first dispute until 2002 Innisbrook owners owed $2.2 million in back taxes they refused to pay because, they argued, then Property Appraiser Jim Smith over-appraised the property.…

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Officials using aerial photos to reap more property taxes

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Hillsborough County officials are using high-definition aerial photographs to crack down on residents who made additions or installed swimming pools without permits. The Hillsborough County Property Appraiser’s Office has spotted changes to more than 10,000 properties in the past 10 months, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Revised property values have led to adjustments that have so far yielded about $184,000 a year in new taxes. Officials hope to expand the program in the next decade and say it could lead…

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