Ways homeowners can report neighborhood eyesores

Living next to a burned down house or property that's neglected can be a homeowners worst nightmare. It can be an eyesore and lower your property value. You can't always make your neighbor do something to fix it, but sometimes you can. Lori Winner is a woman trying to keep Pueblo looking nice. She takes pictures of ugly houses and posts them on a Facebook page she created called Pueblo House of ...

City's $15M budget to 'maintain and sustain'

The City of Katy is proposing to keep the tax rate at 59.372 cents per $100 of property value to maintain its $15 million budget, despite an estimated $11 million decrease in taxable values and “flat” sales tax revenues.

Advocates fear Tampa Bay's oldest house, built in 1842, could be torn down

By Justin George, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 The house on E 8th Avenue on the outskirts of Ybor has been vacant for years. Preservationists are scrambling to save it. TAMPA — From time to time, Jim Singleton checks the value of his home against a rundown, yellow Georgian house down the street with a relatively secret but significant history. Sunday, he punched in the address ...

Developers withdraw annexation application from Elizabeth

The property owners of a 98-acre parcel west of Elizabeth have withdrawn their application for annexation into the Town of Elizabeth. On Aug. 13, town representatives were informed by Elizabeth 86 LLC, the property owners. The news was troubling for the town.

School Board approves millage rate, budget

PANAMA CITY — Property owners in Bay County will pay slightly less in school-related property taxes this fis-cal year than they did last year. Bay District School Board members approved a 2010-2011 budget Thursday night of $278 million and a...