Where does Wild Bill Live?
Is it Election Games or Homestead Games…Something Isn’t Right?
According to Florida law, a County Commissioner must reside in the district that he or he is elected to serve. See Fla. Const. Art. VIII, Section I (e) (requiring residence of county commissioners in the district in which they are elected). This requirement is absolute. Presently, Commissioner McDaniel serves as the District 5 Commissioner for Collier County. As such, and as required by law, Commissioner McDaniel must reside in District 5 to qualify for office as a county commissioner. According to public records, Commissioner McDaniel owns property located in a different district that he is elected to serve- 561 Logan Blvd. Naples, FL 34119 (“561 Logan Blvd. N.’). Commissioner McDaniel’s 2023 property tax bill for 561 Logan Blvd. N. includes an exemption for homestead, pursuant to Fla. stat. § 196.031. As far back a 2009, the last historical year of tax bill available on Collier County Property Appraisers website Commissioner McDaniel received a homestead exemption at 561 Logan Blvd. N. Based on these facts alone, Commissioner McDaniel should be disqualified from public office as a county commissioner because he is claiming homestead on property that is not within the district he is elected to serve.
This is just another example of Wild Bill thinking he is above the law.