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Associated PressMarch 24, 2017

It takes a lot of land to accommodate Cinderella’s castle, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Epcot’s 11-country World Showcase — and a hefty purse to pay the property taxes on it. To cut tax bills in the tens of millions of dollars, the specialists at Orlando’s famous theme parks have employed methods from […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh may be the first Democrat to be hit by opposition claims that he’s a Donald Trump clone — and it’s coming from a group partly funded by the Republican Party of Florida. Singh, seeking re-election against Republican Edward DeAguilera, was the subject this week of another — a sixth or seventh […]

Scott PowersOctober 21, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh has been hit with an ethics complaint for hiring his daughter’s nonprofit to run his office’s “State of Orange County Real Estate” galas. The complaint, brought against him by the campaign of his opponent, Edward DeAguilera, in the Nov. 8 election, charges Singh violated several ethics laws that prevent […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh is under attack by a new electioneering communication organization alleging he may be involved in a variety of misconduct ranging from nepotism to perjury. The allegations, mostly based on old legal actions involving Singh, are being spread on a website called trickyrick.com, sponsored by an ECO formed in Orange […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

Many of Central Florida’s November election contests likely were decided in Tuesday’s primary, because of the strong partisan leans of voters or the apparent mismatches of nominees, but there are a few that will be worth watching this fall if for no other reason than absolute entertainment. Reflecting the gains Democrats have made in voter […]

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Mickey vs. the tax man: Disney, Universal fight tax bills

Attack ad comparing Democrat Rick Singh with Donald Trump has GOP backing

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh hit with ethics complaint by opponent’s campaign

Orange Property Appraiser Rick Singh under attack from shadowy ECO for past legal issues, name change

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