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Residents urge Lee County Commission to reconsider SSUT litigation and produce missing records
Summary
Several residents told the Lee County Commission they oppose the county joining litigation to defend the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) and pressed for public access to contracts and traffic-study guidelines, alleging missing records and double billing.
Lance Farrar told the Lee County Commission during public comment that he opposed the county joining litigation to defend the Simplified Sellers Use Tax, saying the move hurts residents. "I see it as basically 1 fox trying to keep another fox out of the hen house that the fox already has," Farrar said, and asked why the county would spend resources to defend the tax rather than protect taxpayers.
John Sophocles, identifying himself as a retired teacher, raised concerns about what he described as…
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