Buddy Johnson [R], Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, Owes Big Back Taxes

Buddy Johnson [R], Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, not paid the taxes due on land and two homes he bought for $1.27-million, and he also owes back taxes on a third home and another lot he sold last year.
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Buddy Johnson's tax problems

Unit PH 102, Rivo at Ringling Condo, Sarasota

• Did not pay the $7,338 property tax bill due in March. The bill is now considered delinquent.

• Bought the 13th floor condo in December 2006, paid $476,800. Has put it up for sale. Price: $440,000.

19.98 acres off Thonotosassa Road, Plant City

• Did not pay the $1,682 property tax bill due in March. The bill is now considered delinquent.

• Sought $25,000 homestead exemption in February, but was ruled ineligible because he owns the property not under his own name but under a corporate title, Fort Bully East.

• Charging a cow exhibitor $20 a year to lease the property to let 12 cows graze on the land; seeking an agricultural "greenbelt'' exemption that would reduce next year's tax bill from $12,626 to $120. Property appraiser has until July to rule on the exemption request.

2815 Cherry Tree Lane, Plant City

• Late paying property taxes on this parcel in 2004.

• Did not pay property taxes in 2005 and 2006.

• Upon sale of home in 2007, paid $1,122 in past due taxes, plus penalties, fees and interest.

• Tax collector discovered calculation error and notified Johnson last September that he owed $2,052. Johnson never responded to that bill. Now being charged 18 percent a year on the unpaid amount.