Six days after Mike Moran took office as Sarasota County’s newly elected tax collector, another government agency he had just left paid him $100,767.
The money came from the Florida PACE Funding Agency, an independent special government district Moran ran for more than five years while also serving as a Sarasota County commissioner. PACE helps homeowners finance improvements like new roofs, hurricane protection and energy upgrades, with the debt repaid through assessments on their property tax bills.
Moran resigned from PACE after winning the tax collector’s race. But on his way out, the agency agreed to pay him for six months of “transition services” — and then paid the entire amount upfront…