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BRIMNER RESPONSE TO STORY ON TAX ROLLS

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 10, 2024AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Editor’s Note: Property Appraiser Ed Brimner submitted this statement to The Wakulla Sun for the story on the tax rolls, but it was received after the deadline. It is published here in its entirety.

Dear Mr. Snowden,

Thank you for reaching out to this office concerning post-roll analyses. As you noted, the 2021 analyses showed this office met all standards.

Fourth of July

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 9, 2024AuthorGerald Brown

PHOTOS BY GERALD BROWN

Sopchoppy held its 50th annual Fourth of July Celebration last week including fireworks, of course.

Lawsuit filed against former city commissioner

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 9, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Company that’s buying refinery site claims Richard Chichetti illegally trespassed at Gadsden facility, then defamed the company to city officials

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A Gadsden-based company, CDS Manufacturing, has filed a lawsuit against former St. Marks City Commissioner Richard Chichetti claiming he and his wife went to the company’s Gretna facility and took photos – and then warned city officials of possible problems if the city went through with selling the old Seminole Refinery site to CDS.

State questions Wakulla tax rolls

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 9, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Department of Revenue cites ‘selective reappraisals’ in report

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The state Department of Revenue has issued a post-roll analysis that found issues with the 2022 and 2023 tax rolls and “selective reappraisals” for improved residential properties.

Political forums set

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 10, 2024AuthorStaff Report

The Wakulla Sun’s next candidate forum will be held on Tuesday, July 16, at the public library beginning at 6 p.m. for candidates for for superintendent of schools and the school board.
Another forum for county commission candidates will be held Tuesday, July 30, at the library at 6 p.m.

Work putting in wells

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 9, 2024AuthorLynda Kinsey

Crews with James Stidham & Associates have been working in the area around the courthouse square for the past couple of weeks, installing monitoring wells in the area for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

10 arrested at alleged drug house

Posted onJuly 10, 2024July 9, 2024AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Deputies arrested 10 people at an alleged drug house.

From Sheriff’s Office

On Wednesday, July 3, Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and the Crime Suppression Unit, alongside investigators of the North Star Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Agents of Homeland Security Investigations executed a residential Search Warrant as part of “Operation Ice Storm” Phase One.