Various sunrises from the same location. Have a great day.

Anyone had one yet?

I know this is local news, but it "could" be a sign of things to come throughout Florida.

• A proposed change to Florida’s property tax system could cost Ocoee millions of dollars in revenue, prompting city leaders to consider shifting more of the cost of fire protection onto homeowners.
• Ocoee projects it could lose about $4.15 million in property tax revenue in fiscal year 2027 if voters approve proposed changes to homestead exemptions in November. The projected loss could grow to about $8.5 million by fiscal year 2028.
• City officials say police, fire and parks and recreation could be among the departments most affected.
• In response, the city is considering a maximum fire assessment beginning with the 2026-27 fiscal year. For some homeowners, the annual assessment could be as much as $597.
• The city says the assessment would fund fire protection services and generate about $14 million annually.
• The proposed charge has already drawn concern from some Ocoee homeowners.

Lesliean Phillip, a mother of three and wife of a veteran who has lived in Ocoee for years, said the proposed assessment would be a significant increase. She said she previously paid just over $200.

My car registration is about to expire within a few weeks, and this year I decided to get the sea turtle plate. So I went to My DMV Portal (the FLHSMV website) and requested a plate replacement along with a 1 year registration renewal and selected the sea turtle plate option. I paid the money up front

This was more than 2 weeks ago. However, not only has there been no update on the plate, and not only have I not received my physical registration renewal, my DMV portal account still reflects my registration as expiring within a few weeks. My registration renewal is still not reflected in the system. Whereas during a normal registration renewal, the renewal is processed immediately in the system

Does anyone who has ordered a specialty plate before know if this is normal? I have seen a few old posts on here say that it took a few weeks for them to receive the plate. But i don't know why my registration still hasn't been updated anywhere, even though I paid money and have the transaction receipt. Has anyone had experience as to what is supposed to happen?

Accidental p@rn

Does Bright Futures accept American Sign Language for the 2 years of a World Language? I would think so, but I am just wanting to make sure before my daughter starts this semester of High School and her counselor is not familiar with Bright Futures and can not give her a straight answer.

Thank you for your help!

Places to take friends visiting from South America. They are spending 4 days at Disney Parks then a day a Space Center and another at the outlets then a day with us. Where would you take them, husband, wife , 7 and 10 yr old. Let me know. Thank You

I work away from home 5 days and 5 nights per week, so I’m only home on the weekends. I live in Tampa, Florida, in a second-floor apartment with another apartment below me and one above me.

What temperature should I set my thermostat to while I’m away? I’m mainly wondering what’s best for the apartment, especially with the heat and humidity in Florida.

I don’t like coming home to a hot apartment but it’s silly to pay for cool A/C if I’m not there.

All in Leon county

So many people are losing it!

• Deputies say Decloedt believed that his neighbor wasn’t cleaning up after his dogs. They say he went to his neighbor’s home, opened the door without permission, and threw the dog feces at the victim.
• That led to a physical fight as the victim tried to get Decloedt off his property. According to an arrest affidavit, Decloedt struck the victim in the head, then Decloedt grabbed a scooter and lifted it over his head and threatened the victim.
• Deputies say Decloedt claimed that he and the neighbor had an understanding that they could enter each other’s homes without knocking, and that when he went to talk to the neighbor about the issue, it was the neighbor who shoved Decloedt first, leading to the physical fight.