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Hernando County special magistrate hears 12 property tax appeals; appraisers defend assessed values
Summary
At a Dec. 12 hearing, Special Magistrate Shelley Kennedy took verbal testimony on 12 Hernando County property tax petitions. County appraisers presented assessed values and comparable-sales analysis while petitioners challenged assessments verbally; the magistrate will review the record and report recommendations to the Value Adjustment Board.
Special Magistrate Shelley Kennedy presided over a telephone Value Adjustment Board hearing in Hernando County on Dec. 12, 2025, and heard verbal testimony and packet presentations on 12 property tax petitions. County property appraisers presented packets and sales-comparison analyses for each parcel; petitioners — in most cases represented by Edwin Rivera on the record — offered verbal comparable grids and median-based opinion values. The magistrate swore in participants, heard objections about late-submitted documentary evidence, and closed each petition pending her written recommendation to the Value Adjustment Board.
The hearing followed a consistent pattern across petitions: a property appraiser read the parcel’s just/assessed/taxable values and summarized a packet of comparables and adjustments, the petitioner gave a verbal…
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