By Rob Johnson on March 23, 2018
City of Gulf Breeze, College Parkway, County Club Drive, florida department of transportation, Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze Mayor Matt Danheisser, Jehle-Halstead Inc., Patrick Jehle, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County School Board, Santa Rosa County School District, School Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, Scott Peden, Tiger Point, tiger point golf club
Education
In a deal that isn’t perfect for either side, the Santa Rosa County School Board has agreed to buy part of Tiger Point Golf Club from the City of Gulf Breeze for $1.9 million. Current plans call for an elementary or middle school to be built there within five to eight years, but School Superintendent […]
By Rob Johnson on March 15, 2018
City of Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County School Board, Santa Rosa County School District, Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, Tiger Poing Golf Club, Tiger Point residents
Local
In a deal that isn’t perfect for either side, the Santa Rosa County School Board agreed Thursday to buy part of Tiger Point Golf Club from the City of Gulf Breeze for $1.9 million. The panel’s 5-0 vote came over the objections of a half-dozen homeowners in the Tiger Point area who warned about the […]
By Rob Johnson on February 15, 2018
City of Gulf Breeze, CM Complete Home Solutions, Commissioner Sam Parker, Fast cash, Homes for sale, Michael Garrison, Midway, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, real estate, Santa Rosa County, The Sierra Group LLC
Local
From hand-written signs nailed to telephone poles in the City of Gulf Breeze to a front-page countywide newspaper advertisement, the pitches by would-be buyers of houses for cash and “as is” are hard to miss lately. Such companies as The Sierra Group LLC, headquartered in Nebraska, are touting offers that—while they are likely to be […]
By Jamie Gentry on November 24, 2016
budget, Chief Deputy Bubba Drinkard, Computer Assisted Appraisal System, Distinguished Jurisdictional Award, Internatinal Association of Assessor's Offices, Paper records, paperless system, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, property tax forms, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser, taxpayer dollars
Local, Santa Rosa County
The Property Appraiser’s Office handed back a check for more than $231,000 to Santa Rosa County Tuesday, Nov. 7, after it came in under its allotted budget for 2015-16. The amount of taxpayer dollars that were not spent by the appraiser’s office accounts for roughly 12 percent of the office’s overall budget Chief Deputy Bubba […]
By Jamie Gentry on July 14, 2016
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Education
Relocating Santa Rosa County’s Exceptional Student Education (ESE) administrative offices will cost roughly $3.8 million according to documentation presented to the Santa Rosa County School Board Thursday, July 7. The board voted unanimously to approve the results of the survey which outlined the state of the selected property and the renovations needed to replace building […]
By Rob Johnson on June 1, 2016
Bob Sikes, Bob Sikes Villas, Charles Liberis, condominiums, District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson, Environmental concerns, Florida Division of Corporations, florida panhandle, Gulf Coast, gulf of mexico, Historic justification, Joan Sikes, Joan Sikes Estate, Larry Anchors, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Marine Park, northwest florida, Panhandle, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, Ron Ward, Santa Rosa Sound, Shoreline Developers of Florida LLC, South Santa Rosa, The He Coon, Victor Deal
Headlines
The proposed 134-condominium complex on a 6-acre private parcel in Navarre Beach Marine Park hasn’t yet been named, but if it gets called something such as “Bob Sikes Villas” there would be historic justification. Indeed, although the powerful U.S. congressman from Crestview, nicknamed “The He Coon” for his tenacious political style, already has a bridge […]
By Rob Johnson on April 27, 2016
City of Milton, construction projects, District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson, flood prone, Jerry Couey, Jim Kitchens, Judicial center, Milton, politics, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, Quint Studer, sales-tax increase, sales-tax referendum, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Santa Rosa County courthouse, Santa Rosa County residents, South Santa Rosa County, taxpayer money, Travis Peterson, trials and tribulations, voters
Headlines
For a building in which evidence is supposed to carry the day, the proposed new Santa Rosa County courthouse in Milton appears in need of a strong closing argument. Burdened by the sales-tax increase that will require voters’ support to fund it, the new courthouse is mired in politics and indecision. Read the full article […]
By Rob Johnson on April 7, 2016
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Local
Three of the five properties located where the City of Milton hopes the proposed new Santa Rosa County Courthouse will be built downtown are garnering far more than their appraised value. “We have been negotiating,” said City Manager Brian Watkins, who has been empowered by the city council to buy up land for a new […]
By Rob Johnson on March 3, 2016
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Local
Nearly a month before Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted last Thursday to locate the planned new courthouse in downtown Milton, Property Appraiser Greg Brown tried to make them aware of a site he sees as a better value for taxpayers. Read the full article in the Mar. 3 issue of Navarre Press. Click HERE to […]
By Rob Johnson on January 14, 2016
ad valorem taxes, annual fees, Condo, Condominium, County Attorney Roy Andrews, county commissioners, county records, discrepancy, double taxation, Florida Supreme Court, impropriety, Kerry Anne Schultz, lease fees, lease transfers, Mike Burton, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Property Owners, Phil Babiak, Property Appraiser Greg Brown, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Clerk's Office, South Santa Rosa, Sugar Dunes Complex, Sugar Dunes Complex Homeowner's Association, Tammy Pahal-Morgan
Local
The lease fees collected by a developer from the owners of 14 Sugar Dunes condominium units since the late 1980s, but never paid to Santa Rosa County as normally required, total more than $180,000. The Sugar Dunes homeowners association’s property manager, Tammy Pahal-Morgan, said she learned of the discrepancy soon after being hired in 2014. […]
