Central Florida & metro Orlando real estate services

Last year the City of Orlando raised the property tax millage rate on everyone in the city limits. This year they raised parking fees, permit fees, park admissions, and just about every other fee you can dream of.  After all they are broke and have already cut expenses to the bone.  I've wrote article after article of how wasteful the City of Orlando has been in the past under Mayor Buddy Dyer but did compliment him on finally coming to his senses and lowering the city's budget for 2009-2010 for the first time in over a decade.

The Orlando Sentinel had an article in the Local & State section today outlining all the extravagant spending that the City of Orlando continues to do each year.  Orlando Sentinel article. From $5000+ paintings to $35,000 bathrooms to the 3 big venues being built downtown. The city has a giant insurance policy covering all these fancy items too. 

Funny that with all these insured items listed on the Sentinel article, that the Lake Eola fountain which got struck by lightning last month apparently won't get fixed because of the high deductible. Go figure that one out. It's a fountain for crying out loud - compare the $2.3 million repair cost to the price of a few Hummer trucks - the price seems out of line to fix an old motor and replace some plastic windows. Is a new motor going to be made out of solid gold??? Contractors are hungry right now. Anyway ...

When you get a chance read through the article and keep in mind that these are your tax dollars being spent right now during this Great Recession.  Every time you put money in the parking meter remember what you are paying for.