Note: I am sending copies to Marion County Board and taxing authority, Governor DeSantis, Kat Cammack United States Representative
I have been on the same farm for 65 years. It was raw woods when we started out. Using a axe and an attic tractor we cleared and cleared for years by hand.I was the first house within a mile of pavement. To start out with Marion County did not clear any land for me. They did not put in a road for me. I live on a dirt road today and like it. Marion County is charging the maximum property taxes that they are allowed by law. There is 28.5% of Marion County voters are over 65. It would not be so bad if it was just property taxes. Marion County has to raise the taxes which raises the replacement value on your house / and property. When it comes to people who have lived here a long time and supported the taxes. It is not fair to leave them at the mercy of the GREEDY insurance companies. The replacement value should not be charged after so many years. They have been paying that for 20 or in my case 65 years without replacing it. Think about this the county valuing your property, the land with a house on it. If the house burns down the land is still there! But there value is based on your house and property.
We have been ripped off by the insurance companies for years. How about this??? “if a home owner does not have a claim in 2025. Give them a rebate!” HALF BACK!!
The mortgage company makes a decision about our escrow money and dispersing it to the insurance company and tax authority they some time choose! I’m not saying they all do that but it does happen.
I will send a copy of this to Governor DeSantis, Kat Cammak, Marion County Board taxing authorities and who ever else I can get an email address for. This needs to be fixed.
Go on line and look at the foreclosures listed. The Board of County Commission should look. The elderly are losing their homes or worse the insurance company is taking their grocery money! Please take this under discussion and do something. The Insurance or tax break should start at age 65 not based on how much they make.
