The Longboat Key Town Commission has taken the first step toward introducing a new tax and fees to pay for canal dredging, and some property owners are against the funding method.
On Thursday, Dan Dexter delivered a letter to Longboat Key Town Hall to appeal the assessment on his and his neighbors’ properties.
“For the record, I am formerly appealing any assessment related to the above subject,” Dexter wrote in the letter. “A mobile home on Longboat Key is an oddity, and does not benefit from canal dredging costs as other properties on the island.”…