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Tension of Stasis & Change

Nothing is Ever Perfect or Complete | by Dr. Mark Cooke, Ph.D. | Originally Published in THE National CIO Review® Technologists are well marinated...

24 August, 2021

Audit Division

The Bedrock of  Tax Management Associates, Inc. | by Chip Cooke During times of uncertainty and doubt, it is not uncommon to take glimpses...

04 March, 2021

When Adaptation Becomes the New Normal

By Chip Cooke  |  Audit Report 57 When I sat down to write to you, I promised myself that I wouldn’t fall into the...

30 September, 2020

Six Florida Counties Uncover More Than $16 Million in Revenue

Homestead exemption programs have returned revenue dollars to tax rolls, leading to funding for local schools, utilities, and more in a growing list...

22 July, 2019

Homestead target program already recouping thousands of dollars

By Mike Wright, Citrus County Chronicle Property Appraiser Les Cook’s idea of bringing in a company to ferret out homestead exemption cheats is already...

07 May, 2019

Measuring Marijuana

Budding new industry brings challenges to assessment offices  |  by Ellie Moss With the growing opioid crisis, legislators and medical practitioners have been evaluating alternative approaches...

12 April, 2019

Telling the Future

By Mark Cooke - Audit Report Issue 54. Cheap computational power, access to massive amounts of behavioral data, and flourishing data science algorithm tools have...

26 November, 2018

Appraiser’s plan targets homestead cheaters

By Mike Wright, Citrus County Chronicle Property Appraiser Les Cook has a plan in mind to catch homestead-exemption cheaters countywide. "We’re sensitive to...

03 August, 2018

Conference Preview: Maricopa marijuana

FAIR + EQUITABLE - a publication of IAAO  According to Governing magazine, 30 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana...

27 June, 2018

Clients in the Capital

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (“OCFO”) for the District of Columbia and the Office of Contracts on behalf of the Office...

10 May, 2018