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District 4 Commissioner Bender Receives FAC Presidential Advocacy Award  

At the 2023 Florida Association of Counties Annual Conference, held in Orange County, Fla., June 27-30, District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender received the Florida Association of Counties Presidential Advocacy Award. 

 

Highland News Sun 

Tuck receives FAC Presidential Advocacy Award  

SEBRING – At the 2023 Florida Association of Counties annual conference, held June 27-30 in Orlando, Highlands County Commissioner Arlene Tuck, District 4, received the Florida Association of Counties Presidential Advocacy Award. 

 

Keys News 

Commissioner elected first vice president of FAC  

MONROE COUNTY — Monroe County Commissioner Michelle Lincoln was elected as first vice president of the Florida Association of Counties at the association’s annual conference June 30 in Orlando. 

 

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Tampa Bay Times 

Florida pensions for police, firefighters get sweeter, costing counties  

State lawmakers may have made it harder for state teacher and other public employee unions to collect dues this year. 

 

The Palm Beach Post 

Palm Beach County rate cut should keep your property taxes from rising 

County commissioners cut the millage rate by nearly 5% at a budget meeting recently, the largest cut since the great recession 15 years ago. It marks the second consecutive year that the rate was cut; last year’s was a more modest 1.3%.