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David Gregory Republican Candidate for

Citrus County Property Appraiser
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Education and Employment

Champlain Business College Burlington VT  Accounting

Quality Control Inspector NASA Apollo Lunar Lander Module       Simmonds Precision Vergennes VT

Castleton State College BA Sociology Castleton VT

Amoco Gas & Store  owned Operated during Castleton yrs.

Substitute Teacher Citrus County CR High School & others

Liberty Delivery Homosassa FL  18 years

Citrus County Property Appraiser Field Appraiser Retired 2017 14 years

David Gregory Republican Candidate for Property Appraiser

Graduating from Castleton University of Vermont in 1977, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and a minor in Education, I owned and operated an Amoco gas station and general store while I attended college and with an apartment over the store in Whiting VT, it was a perfect fit. Coming down to Citrus County Florida for a winter break I met my future wife, Corl, plans changed and I bought a home in 1978 and have been living in Citrus ever since. My father, Bernard Gregory, a retired Army Sergeant with 22 years in the military, having jumped with the 101^st on D Day into Normandy, came to Citrus with my mother, Rita, after I had made Citrus our home. There are now 5 generations of our family who call Citrus home.

I have the unique experience of having worked with 4 different Property Appraiser Administrations with the Property Appraiser office. Starting with Ron Schlutz, Melanie Hensley, Geoffrey Greene and Les Cook, I’ve seen what works and what hasn’t over the 14 years with the office. It is my aim to put the best aspects of each administration into play and by keeping an open door policy with the public addressing their concerns when they should arise.

Before the years at the property appraiser office I ran my own business, Liberty Delivery, with 20 to 30 employees depending on the time of the year. We serviced all of Citrus County and had a contract with Citrus County that was renewed every year for 18 years! That was and is something unheard of today.

As I said to the Citrus County Building Alliance, being the only candidate that has been cross trained in all fields of the Property Appraiser office I offer the complete package for the future of the builders and others who will need that expertise as we transcend these difficult times that lay ahead. I was talking with my barber yesterday she bought a home in Walden Woods and I explained to her about having to buy the yearly stickers for the home, much like getting your vehicle registration renewed each year and because you do not own the land your home is on the land belonging to Walden Woods LLC and even with an amended Tangible Exemption of $25,000 that still left a Tangible tax bill for the owners of the park property of over $107,000 in 2019, subsequently the owners of the homes in the park and those who may be renting homes in the park will see a bill for their share in some form or manner.

Most of you have met people from different areas of business that can do the talk but can’t do the walk, I certainly have, in fact I’ve hired some during the years and having discovered their talk was the only thing they were good at! This is something you certainly don’t want in the property appraiser office. Not only can I do the talk I can do the walk because of being cross trained in all departments of the property appraiser’s office I know where potential problems may arise before they ever appear.  Part two coming soon: CITRUS SLUSH

ARTICLE FROM EYEONCITRUS.COM

IT’S CALLED A “SLUSH FUND”

Mr. Gregory said, “If I had been appraiser when Les Cook wanted to go to Tyler Technologies for the Citrus County Property Appraiser’s office online presence I would have gone online to see what kind of reputation the company had. Well, I wasn’t the Property Appraiser and he didn’t, but as one of the employees who would be working with the new system I thought it important to investigate for myself what the new system would have in store for us.” And this is what he discovered: Nassau County, New York had been using Tyler Technologies for 5 years and had all kinds of problems with them, not the least of which, was the fact the company’s system had been taxing the buildings of county government for property taxes! Nassau County is located immediately east of New York City. The county, together with Suffolk County to its immediate east, are generally referred to as “Long Island”. Two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and more than 60 unincorporated hamlets are located within the county. At the time Mr. Gregory did his investigation into Tyler Technologies, he said “this information was readily available, over the ensuing years Tyler Technologies has worked out it problems with Nassau County, New York and now has a 20 to 30 million dollar contract with the county for it’s online presence.” Mr. Gregory also stated, “it’s not the end of the story and he had given this information directly to Gerry Mulligan who doesn’t want anything to do with it, least of all to publish it in the Chronicle.” “After fulfilling the remainder of Geoffreys Greene’s term and winning an election with no opposition Les Cook came to the Meadowcrest office in Crystal River, calling all the staff into the conference room and told them that he no longer wanted to use the “MARS” program that had been used since the Administration of Ron Schlutz.” Gregory said, “Cook told everyone in the conference room he was tired of giving Schlutz’s relatives the license fee for the  program every year and that’s how the office got involved with Tyler Technologies.” Mr. Gregory went on to say, “the crux of the manner was the fact that the Meadowcrest Complex acquire in 2014 for 3.3 million dollars was greatly overpriced and nearly broke the BOCC Budget and in 2019 the Property Appraiser’s Office had it valued at 2.5 million, loosing $800,00 in fair market value in the intervening years and was and is still being assessed for property taxes!” “Buildings owned by the County are not taxed by the County, any commercial businesses in the complex would pay Tangible Taxes to the County. The question where is the money going starting with the $39,000.00 from the 2014 Tax Bill that the County paid to itself?“

Before the Complex was bought the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners and the owners of the property, GULF TO LAKES ASSOCIATES LTD were signing off on permit for a 1.5 million dollar remodel together. And Citrus County was left having to pay this bill, along with the 3.3 million purchase price. Mr. Gregory stated and further said, “When I met with Angela Vick, Citrus County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller, during my run against County Commissioner Ron Kitchen, Ms. Vick admitted the County was at wits end in trying to find a way to pay for all the manners related to Meadowcrest Complex purchase, then she said, Thank God, we finally figured out a way to pay it.” Mr. Gregory stated, “According to the Florida Statute sited on the 2014 Citrus County Tax Bill which the previous owner of the property received but had sold the property to Citrus County making it fall into the bracket referenced by F.S. 196.295 which reads between January 1 and November 1 of that year by a governmental unit exempt under this chapter for any means except condemnation for use exclusively for federal, state, county, or municipal purposes, the taxpayer shall be required to place in escrow with the county tax collector an amount equal to the current taxes prorated to the date of transfer of title, based upon the current assessment and millage rates, on the land involved. This fund shall be use to pay any ad valorem taxes due, and the remainder of taxes which would otherwise have been due for that current year shall stand canceled.” “The bottom line is Citrus County SHOULD NOT BE TAXING it’s own buildings!”

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Working as a private contractor for Citrus County for 18 years, as owner-operator of Liberty Delivery with 15- 20 employees, we delivered all the county agenda’s and other documents to the various boards and offices of the county as well as other deliveries in and out of Citrus County included but not limited to, doctor offices for labs specimens, transporting medical equipment between the two hospitals in the county during their early reconstruction, Damron's Parts (LKQ), etc. Additionally working for 14 years for the Citrus County Property Appraisers Office I have 32 years accumulated experience with the intricacies of Citrus County government!

Commitment-Innovation-Respect-Service will not be just a mantra but a mandate insisted upon by me and as such Florida Statutes will not be ignored on the whim of parties that approach the office. Ethical behavior and adherence to Florida Statutes will be paramount, everyone will be given their audience but the wheeling and dealing under the table will not happen! Tight budgetary guidelines will be implemented and there will be a renegotiated deal with the Texas firm, Tyler Technologies, which operates the property appraiser’s website, resulting in higher operation costs for the office making this an utmost priority for my administration. It was a bad deal then and it’s still a bad deal to paraphrase the words of President Trump! When in-house tasks are sent outside the state costs increase, the local workforce is negatively affected and our local economy loses! It’s your tax dollars paying for all the bells and whistles!

IT’S TIME TO CLEAN THE SWAMP IN CITRUS!

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THE SORDID AFFAIR OF COLLUSION! #citruscountyflappraisergate

These events took place in November and December 2019 and at the beginning of this year 2020, way before the Corona Virus Pandemic became the topic of the day. #citruscountyflappraisergate

I ran for Citrus County Commissioner Dist 2 in 2018 unfortunately this campaign was abruptly shortened when my power chair malfunction and threw me to the pavement in the Publix parking lot, breaking my knee, however the Chronicle ( Chronicle insider said, "they don't like you"!) would not let me send someone else in my stead to the forums. In 2018 when I went into the Supervisor of Election Susan Gill's office to file for County Commission Dist 2 seat the first thing she asked me was whether or not I was still working for the Property Appraiser Office, I told her “no”. In 2019 when I went into her office to file the paper work to run for Citrus County Property Appraiser the first thing she asked me, again, was I retired yet? I said, "Yes", “I am not working for the Citrus County Property Appraiser Office; I retired in 2017 after 14 years!" “Therefore there is no reason why I cannot run for the office of Citrus County Property Appraiser!" Yet Tim Reynard and Richard Schroeder who currently work for the Citrus County Property Appraiser office and Susan Gill, the Supervisor of Elections, had no problem letting them run for the Property Appraiser Office even though they were violating FL Statute 212.313(10)(a) additionally Susan Gill had no problem letting Cregg Dalton, a Citrus County Deputy Sheriff run for the position without satisfying the guidelines under Florida Statute 99.1. Resign to run law! (See Ethics Commission Letter of 2010 below) He never filed a letter of intent to resign ten days prior to filing to run for the office. These three are unwitting stooges violating FL Statutes responding to the Chronicle's call to arms article, whereas, Leslie Cook and Susan Gill are collaborators along with elements of The Citrus County Chronicle newspaper!  Help me to clean up the dirty politics in Citrus, don't let the complacency of the moment let those who knowingly break the law while laughing and mocking you on the way to the voting booth! There is a problem in Citrus County with cronyism, nepotism and the fact I use a power chair that I've used for the last 17 years, which includes the 14 years working in Citrus County Property Appraiser Office!

Certified letters were sent to Florida's Gov Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Ethics Commissioner Chris Anderson who received three certified letters. The only one that responded was Chris Anderson, he telephoned me leaving a message on my voice mail wanting me to call him back. Which I did but that was a mistake because he told me over the phone he would not answer my letter with a written response because he had answered me over the phone! Apparently Mr. Anderson has taken similar action before when he was called out on it, in Young v. Lamar, in 2013 Mr. Chris Anderson was ruled against allowing a petition to proceed, noting that the petitioner was an incarcerated felon it demonstrates how no one should be above the law, particularly those in government who are assigned to adhere to the law! Below is a copy of the letter written to me in 2010 by then Ethics Commission Attorney Daniel A. Carlton Jr.:

Below is a quote attributed to Chris Anderson by the Tallahassee Democrat
“The commission’s job is to find if there’s a violation of ethics law, and if there’s a penalty attached to the violation, they recommend the penalty and it goes to the governor for imposition,” Anderson said. “I can remember only one time in the last 30 years when the penalty wasn’t imposed by the governor.” The video below gives more details and displays the letters that the Ehics Commission has mailed me over the last ten years.

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The Ethics Commission is suppose to uphold the laws that deal with monetary gains by illegal methods so if one of the candidates who is running for the property appraiser's office and who is currently violating the Ethics guidelines then they would be required to act to remove him from office, if he were to win , I don't see that happening.
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Through these troubled times it is easy to let despair overcome but remember when we stand together united and with God's help we will come out of this somewhat broken, but wiser and stronger! This video  is a reminder that nothing is ever easy and the path I've taken to clean up the dirty politics on the local level takes perseverance.  This time will soon be in the past, let it shine through with the brightness of truth and justice being fulfilled remembering if constant diligence isn't maintain those who will have THEIR way with you WILL and IT'LL be just more and more of the SAME.


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I produced this tutorial video for Citrus County Property Appraiser's website in 2014. The site has change in looks but basically still operates in the same manner.  Below the video is a Donorbox Share and Contribute to my Campaign, with 32 accumulated years working for Citrus County, Florida, retiring from the property appraiser's office after 14 years in 2017.

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Staying strong together in Citrus County FL while the Corona Virus gets everyone hunkered down waiting to see if the other shoe is going to fall? A few old songs to remember where were you when they came out! And listen to Jim Marrs 2012 interview discussing his nonfiction work, "The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy". The Globalists were intent on spreading the wealth then could the same thing be going on now? Your Host, David Gregory, is a Republican Candidate for Citrus County Property Appraiser, he has been battling crooked politicians for years, if you would like to contribute to his campaign in Citrus County FL click this link

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My Father Bernard L. Gregory passed in 2008 on my Birthday May 30, a Strong Military Family

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My father, Bernard L. Gregory enlisted in the Service after Pearl Harbor, he joined the 101st Airborne, The Screaming Eagles, and jump on D Day in Normandy, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge, when the Commander told the Nazi Commander who had our troops surrounded and asked to surrender by the Nazi commander, "NUTS", here is the US ARMY official details: This is the English version of the message: "December 22nd 1944 To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne. The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Our the near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands. There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note. If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hours’ term. All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the wellknown American humanity. The German Commander." The Division Operations Officer, Lt. Col. Harry Kinnard recalled that McAulliffe initially asked, "They want to surrender?" Moore told him, "No sir, they want us to surrender." McAulliffe arose and erupted in anger, which shocked those looking on. He took the paper, looked at it, said "Us surrender, aw nuts!" and dropped it on the floor. Maj. Jones was dismissed. McAulliffe then left the Headquarters to go congratulate a unit on the Western perimeter that had successfully taken out a German road block earlier that morning. When Jones left the Headquarters, he went back to the F Company Command Post and spoke with the two German officers. When he returned to his Regimental Headquarters, he phoned the division headquarters. Upon returning to the division headquarters, McAulliffe was informed that Jones had phoned to say that the two German officers were still waiting at the F Company Command Post. Since they brought a formal demand they felt they were entitled to a formal reply and they were to return to the German lines two hours after delivering their message. McAulliffe asked that Col. Harper be summoned to the Division Headquarters. Harper, who was still inspecting his units’ positions, was contacted by radio. When Harper arrived at the Headquarters, he was asked to wait outside of the closed door to McAulliffe’s quarters. Inside, in the presence of his staff, McAulliffe wondered aloud, "Well, I don’t know what to tell them." At that point, Kinnard said, "What you said initially would be hard to beat." McAulliffe asked "What do you mean?" Kinnard, said, "Sir, you said nuts." All members of the staff enthusiastically agreed, so McAulliffe wrote it down on a message pad and said, "Have it typed up." The reply was typed up, centered on a full sheet of paper. It read: "December 22, 1944 To the German Commander, N U T S ! The American Commander" Our family military experience doesn’t not end there, after the Irag invasion of Kuwait Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, simmering conflict in the troubled region led to a second Gulf War–known as the Iraq War–that began in 2003. My son James Gregory, joined the Army, he was not sent sent overseas during Desert Storm, Zachary Gregory was in Irag after the fall of the Twin Towers and served 16 months over there and my grandson Mark Gregory who joined the Marines and served two 8 months tours in Iraq. They all are in this video at the National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL David Gregory
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Post Script: Dad had a total of 69 jumps from a perfectly good airplane! And he also fought in the Korean War as tank commander.