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August 12, 2008
No. 43 Vol. 86
This week's program:
Sports Radio
Talk Show Host
JP Peterson
JP Peterson has been in sports broadcasting for over 23 years. Most
recently at News Channel 8 as their lead sports anchor and Game Day
anchor for the Bucs’ preseason broadcasts handling pre-game, halftime
and post- game duties, as well as sideline reporting.
JP was raised in Hollywood, Florida and attended Florida State
University where he eventually served as Game Day anchor for the FSU
football radio broadcasts and served as analyst for FSU basketball
broadcasts alongside Gene Deckerhoff.
JP brings his vast sports knowledge and contacts to the 1010 AM airwaves
weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m. with his show “The Happy Hour.” JP’s show
features stories of local players and heroes, insightful commentary
about your favorite teams, and entertaining takes on daily events.
Last Week at Kiwanis:
Tom Baynard presented
our guest speaker, Pam Dubov, candidate for property appraiser of
Pinellas County. She is running for the position now held by Jim Smith
who is retiring. Pam has worked there since 1989 and has the
designation of certified assessment evaluator (CAE), the highest
achievable certification for a property appraiser.
As of January 1,
2008, the 189,000 property owners of Pinellas County have seen, on
average, their property values fall by fifteen percent. Pam noted in
her almost twenty years of experience in Pinellas County, she has not
ever seen this level of decline in the real estate market. Next year
is anticipated to be more of the same.
Since 1988, 54,000
more parcels have been added to the tax rolls with a staff of seventeen
fewer employees. Their office only receives an average of 3.3 percent
budget increase each year as they handle over 15,000 web hits a
day. Many of the inquiries are from property owners unhappy with their
taxes. Pam suggested that if you disagree with your property tax notice
to do the following: (1) Contact your appraiser in your local area
and look at comparable sales. (2) If the above yields no
satisfaction, you may petition with the value judgment board at a cost
of $15.00. The board oversees administrative hearings in the
fall. (3) If the above course of action fails, then you may file your
case in circuit court. However, Pam noted that last year over 2,200
properties had their respective values reduced after intervention.
Pam commented on a growing crisis of property owners using illegal
tactics to pay less taxes. Enforcement is only through people, such as
real estate agents or buyers and sellers of properties, reporting to the
property appraiser.
One controversial
issue that came up during questions and answers was regarding
agricultural properties and how their values are determined. A case in
point was made by David Abbey that he would like to turn his Snell Isle
Estate into a farm! Pam patiently responded to David's queries and the
net result is that David should stay employed as an attorney.
Pam's office is
currently developing ideas to maintain income from taxes and keep
property owners from absorbing an unfair amount of tax burden. Another
goal is to expedite the trim notices sooner.
What's
Happening.....?
On August 26, 2008,
the Ray's General Manager, Andrew Friedman, will be our guest
speaker. David Feaster and Bob Piplitz, our membership co-chairs, are
suggesting to bring potential new members to this meeting.
Frank Ranieri announced
the weekly club e-mail is a great way to advertise member businesses.
Al Karnavicius
beseeched the members to return updated bios and pictures for the
2008-09 membership directory.
Susan Doll presented
a $2,000 check to fellow Kiwanian Gene Harris for the Horses for the
Handicapped Program. Gene's Club has been sponsoring this fine program
for twenty-nine years.
Guests and Visitors
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Stan Shaver brought
his four children to the meeting. As we all know, Stan's wife, Esther,
passed away recently. We all want to extend our deepest sympathy to
Stan and his family.
Today's Quiz -
1. Name the thirteen
original colonies.
2. What is the
nickname of Long Beach State University?
3. In 1999, what
movie won five Oscars?
4. What is the legal
size to keep a redfish in Florida?
Last week's quiz –
- Which U.S.
Olympic basketball coach cut John Stockton and Charles Barkley? A.
Bobby Knight.
- Where will
the 2010 Winter Olympics be hosted? And the 2012 Summer Olympics?
A. Vancouver, British Columbia and London, England.
- Name the two
Americans who protested at the medals awards ceremony at the 1968
Olympics in Mexico City. A. John Carlos and Tommie Smith.
- How many gold
medals did Marks Spitz win? For bonus points, name the site and
year. A. Seven gold medals at Munich Germany in 1972.
LETTER FROM YOUR
NEW EDITOR -
It is with great
pleasure that I have accepted the position as the editor of the Kiwanis
Bulletin. I follow two editors that certainly worked hard to make it
easy for the Kiwanian to be a success - Cynthia McGowan and Grant
Wallin. For their efforts, I wish to thank them.
The delivery of the
Kiwanian to your table each week is made possible by a group of
dedicated Kiwanians: Al Karnavicius, the printer, Frank Ranieri,
the layout and photo editor, and Harry Eisenaugle, the courier of the
Kiwanian. I appreciate the concerted efforts of all of the members
involved in the production, editing, and distribution of the Kiwanian.
I invite all of you for suggestions, critical or
otherwise. Any information that you wish to have published, should be
sent via e-mail to dlampe@tampabay.rr.com.
Sincerely, Doug Lampe
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