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TWO HERNANDO CAR DEALERS CLOSING SHOP
Two Hernando car dealerships, Hernando Mitsubishi and Hernando Suzuki, and an affiliated Pasco dealership are shutting down. Up to 80 employees will reportedly get pink slips. All three lots were closing at the end of business on Sunday, although some administrative operations will continue at the U.S. 19 Hernando location for up to 30 days. Gulfview Automotive Group's president said in a news release that the company and its staff "are victims of an economy that made it impossible to continue doing business."
MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES IN SOUTH BROOKSVILLE ARREST
From the Hernando County Jail arrest reports comes word of the arrest of 23-year old Samuel Alan Sanders on multiple drug charges. Booking info says Sanders was arrested in the 200 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in south Brooksville Saturday afternoon. Sanders is charged with two counts of trafficking in drugs and conspiracy to traffic cocaine, as well as possession and sale of cocaine and unlawful use of a two way communication device. Further details were not immediately available. Hernando News Source includes a direct link to the jail booking information, in the left sidebar.
A PLACE FOR EVERYONE AT HERNANDO HIGH GRADUATION
Graduation ceremonies are set for Monday night at 7:30 at the Hernando High School football stadium. The outdoor venue should handle all who want to attend, in contrast to last year when dozens of parents and friends were turned away after the indoor gym location reached capacity. School officials have set a rain date for Tuesday morning if the weather declines to cooperate.
RAINS DON'T HELP MUCH FOR AREA LAKE LEVELS
A just-released SWFWMD report shows the high May rainfall totals haven't done much to help refill Hernando County's thirsty lakes. The Water Management District's May lake levels for the northern part of the district that includes Hernando pegs levels continuing to fall, almost a quarter foot below April measurements. Northern lakes are almost two feet below levels measured last year. That's by far the biggest year to year drop in the District's four areas.
The report does suggest that the 10+ inches average May rain in the northern part of the district, seven inches above normal rainfall, has helped recharge the aquifer. In the north, aquifer levels are almost back to the lower end of the normal range, after being a foot and a half below normal in April. But that's still below the reading in May of last year, when aquifer levels were barely into the normal range.
VILLAGES IRS REPORT HAS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS SCRAMBLING
Officers, attorneys and accountants of Hernando's Community Development Districts are watching the latest Internal Revenue Service actions against CDD's in the Villages development. According to documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, a preliminary IRS report is saying that hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds sold as tax-free may have been improper. The IRS report questions loans from the bond sales which financed recreation facilities like the Villages multiple golf courses abd swimming pools and suggests that tax-free bonds can't be used for facilities that aren't available to the public. Hernando County has several of the CDD's, including Sterling Hill on Elgin Boulevard and Spring Ridge off Sunshine Grove Road.
The IRS says $355 million in loans to the Villages CDD should be repaid, and tax liability of almost $17 million is also involved, though a compromise would waive most of that if the Villages agrees.
HERNANDO GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK
Monday night the Brooksville City Council takes another look at a vehicle impoundment ordinance and a new personnel policy for city workers. As drafted, the ordinance allows seizure of vehicles for misdemeanor and city code violations, such as excessive noise, improper parking, and even honking your car's horn if no one is in danger. City police chief George Turner has said he will propose a warning on first offfense, rather than seizure. Later the Council will decide on new personnel poliicies, including a dress and appearance code that would bar most body piercing, visible tattoos, skimpy or revealing clothes, and even banning employees with body odor.
JASMINE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION DETOURS BEGIN
Monday marks the first day that Jasmine Drive will be closed to through traffic between Cortez Boulevard and Mondon Hill Road. The County says the nine month project will require through traffic to access Mondon Hill or McIntyre Road from Broad Street or Croom Road. The first phase of Jasmine widened the narrow two lanes of the east side collector road. The second phase will continue lane-widening and will take the road on an east jog along old railroad right of way to a four-way intersection at Mondon Hill and McIntyre. Plans call for future collocation in the old rail corridor with the long planned city-county Good Neighbor Trail.
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TWO HERNANDO CAR DEALERS CLOSING SHOP
Two Hernando car dealerships, Hernando Mitsubishi and Hernando Suzuki, and an affiliated Pasco dealership are shutting down. Up to 80 employees will reportedly get pink slips. All three lots were closing at the end of business on Sunday, although some administrative operations will continue at the U.S. 19 Hernando location for up to 30 days. Gulfview Automotive Group's president said in a news release that the company and its staff "are victims of an economy that made it impossible to continue doing business."
MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES IN SOUTH BROOKSVILLE ARREST
From the Hernando County Jail arrest reports comes word of the arrest of 23-year old Samuel Alan Sanders on multiple drug charges. Booking info says Sanders was arrested in the 200 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in south Brooksville Saturday afternoon. Sanders is charged with two counts of trafficking in drugs and conspiracy to traffic cocaine, as well as possession and sale of cocaine and unlawful use of a two way communication device. Further details were not immediately available. Hernando News Source includes a direct link to the jail booking information, in the left sidebar.
A PLACE FOR EVERYONE AT HERNANDO HIGH GRADUATION
Graduation ceremonies are set for Monday night at 7:30 at the Hernando High School football stadium. The outdoor venue should handle all who want to attend, in contrast to last year when dozens of parents and friends were turned away after the indoor gym location reached capacity. School officials have set a rain date for Tuesday morning if the weather declines to cooperate.
RAINS DON'T HELP MUCH FOR AREA LAKE LEVELS
A just-released SWFWMD report shows the high May rainfall totals haven't done much to help refill Hernando County's thirsty lakes. The Water Management District's May lake levels for the northern part of the district that includes Hernando pegs levels continuing to fall, almost a quarter foot below April measurements. Northern lakes are almost two feet below levels measured last year. That's by far the biggest year to year drop in the District's four areas.
The report does suggest that the 10+ inches average May rain in the northern part of the district, seven inches above normal rainfall, has helped recharge the aquifer. In the north, aquifer levels are almost back to the lower end of the normal range, after being a foot and a half below normal in April. But that's still below the reading in May of last year, when aquifer levels were barely into the normal range.
VILLAGES IRS REPORT HAS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS SCRAMBLING
Officers, attorneys and accountants of Hernando's Community Development Districts are watching the latest Internal Revenue Service actions against CDD's in the Villages development. According to documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, a preliminary IRS report is saying that hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds sold as tax-free may have been improper. The IRS report questions loans from the bond sales which financed recreation facilities like the Villages multiple golf courses abd swimming pools and suggests that tax-free bonds can't be used for facilities that aren't available to the public. Hernando County has several of the CDD's, including Sterling Hill on Elgin Boulevard and Spring Ridge off Sunshine Grove Road.
The IRS says $355 million in loans to the Villages CDD should be repaid, and tax liability of almost $17 million is also involved, though a compromise would waive most of that if the Villages agrees.
HERNANDO GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK
Monday night the Brooksville City Council takes another look at a vehicle impoundment ordinance and a new personnel policy for city workers. As drafted, the ordinance allows seizure of vehicles for misdemeanor and city code violations, such as excessive noise, improper parking, and even honking your car's horn if no one is in danger. City police chief George Turner has said he will propose a warning on first offfense, rather than seizure. Later the Council will decide on new personnel poliicies, including a dress and appearance code that would bar most body piercing, visible tattoos, skimpy or revealing clothes, and even banning employees with body odor.
JASMINE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION DETOURS BEGIN
Monday marks the first day that Jasmine Drive will be closed to through traffic between Cortez Boulevard and Mondon Hill Road. The County says the nine month project will require through traffic to access Mondon Hill or McIntyre Road from Broad Street or Croom Road. The first phase of Jasmine widened the narrow two lanes of the east side collector road. The second phase will continue lane-widening and will take the road on an east jog along old railroad right of way to a four-way intersection at Mondon Hill and McIntyre. Plans call for future collocation in the old rail corridor with the long planned city-county Good Neighbor Trail.
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Tampabay.com - 51 minutes ago
... the joy of watching their children walk across the stage and grab a diploma was still ahead for families of Hernando High School's Class of 2008. ...
Gulfview Motors to close flagship dealer in Pasco, two others in ...
Tampabay.com - 1 hour ago
“This is one of the hardest
decisions I have ever had to make,” Kreisler said. “We are victims of
an economy that made it impossible to continue doing ...
Gulfview Motors, Hernando Mitsubishi, Suzuki closing
Brandon News and Tribune - 4 hours ago
By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa
Tribune The sputtering economy forced three car dealerships in Pasco
and Hernando to close today. Sales at the dealerships this ...
High-tech PHCC campus coming to Spring Hill
Tampabay.com - 10 hours ago
By Shary Lyssy Marshall, Times
Correspondent SPRING HILL — After years of hopeful planning, a little
arguing and an ever-increasing demand for classroom ...
Hernando County emergency management ready for hurricane season
Tampabay.com - 9 hours ago
With the opening of Explorer K-8 in Spring Hill last summer, Hernando has been able to reduce its deficit in shelter space. Patella said Hernando is still ...
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