TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced that starting on Friday, February 6, it will only offer driving knowledge and skills tests in English.
“This is not a decision made by the tax collector’s office,” said Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano. “This was made by the Florida Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which is also known by many as the DMV. They make these decisions. We are an agent of that department, and we have to follow their policy, their rules.”
Fasano said normally with a change as drastic as this, county offices would get notice weeks in advance. This time, they have just a week to try to get the word out to the public. Tax collectors aren’t the only ones who are surprised…