Selby to Sarasota appraiser: Catering deal not 'malicious money grab'
SARASOTA COUNTY – The Sarasota County property appraiser has conceded that most of the land on Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 15-acre bayfront campus is exempt from taxation. That revelation came Friday during a six-hour hearing before a special judge who will ultimately recommend later whether she believes the nonprofit should keep all or part of its long-held tax-exempt status. The upshot was a much different picture than was painted by the property appraiser in July, when he issued a total denial of Selby’s tax-exempt status for the bayfront site – potentially lea...
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