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Dear Friends, As a reminder, our office is closed Thursday, July 4, in The penalty for a first offense is $30
Sum m e r i s i n ful l observance of Independence Day. plus court costs. A second offense
swing … whether you Warm wishes for a safe and happy Fourth of July holiday. is a $60 penalty plus court costs
are enjoying a day on the Anne M. Gannon, and three points on the driver’s
water, participating in the Constitutional Tax Collector license. A crash resulting from
lobster mini season later texting would result in six points
this month, or planning a New Texting While Driving on a driver’s license. Drivers
road trip, our office is here with additional points can have their
to help! Law Takes Effect July 1 license suspended. There will be a grace
Before you hit the road, period through January to help inform
I want to share important On July 1, Florida becomes the 44th state to make motorists of the new law. Warnings will
information about a tougher texting while driving a primary offense, meaning law be issued during this time.
new distracted driving law that aims to make our roads enforcement can stop drivers solely for texting behind
safer. Beginning July 1, texting while driving is a primary the wheel of a moving vehicle. Drivers are required to go Renew Your Local Business
offense in Florida. In this issue, learn how the law will be totally “hands-free” in school zones and in construction
enforced and the penalties drivers face if they are caught zones when workers are present. Drivers will still be able Tax Receipt Online
texting while driving. to use their phone while their car is stopped.
Business owners can renew Local Business Tax Receipts
(LBTR) from July 1 through Sept. 30. Avoid crowded offices,
renew your LBTR on our website at www.pbctax.com.
The Singles Scene Column © Here are a few helpful tips for business owners:
• Sale of Business – If you sell your business, transfer
the LBTR to the new owner. You must provide a bill of sale
Spend Money to Find Love? a doctor, judge, or CEO). We are private, friendly, and to the new owner and surrender the current original receipt
local. We serve South Florida and the Treasure Coast. I,
to our office. The new owner will pay a transfer fee.
By Kelly Leary, personally, have 28 years of experience and a master’s • Out of Business – If you close your business, please
M.S., THE Florida degree in Clinical Psychology specializing in Forensic notify us immediately by emailing ClientAdvocate@
Matchmaker Studies (profiling). During my graduate studies, I was taxcollectorpbc.com or complete and sign the “out of
The answer is simple: lucky enough to find my calling by happenstance in 1991 business” portion of your Local Business Tax Notice payment
We have always invested in Boca Raton. I worked at other dating services over the stub. Mail the stub to: Palm Beach County Tax Collector, P.O.
money to find love years and quickly noted what they were doing wrong and Box 3353, West Palm Beach, FL 33402-3353.
regardless of our gender. what they were doing right. I kept the best and forgot the • Relocate Business – If you relocate your business,
We pay for dates, we pay rest. I still cringe when I recall what other bosses of mine transfer your LBTR. You must complete a new LBTR
to look good, and we pay had done in the past. Many of them still exist but they application, provide proof of zoning approval (if required)
in the form of time and have changed their business name multiple times. and surrender the current original receipt.
emotional investments To save you time and money, I have also included a
too. We pay for our wins to price list of random options. We researched many of these Tax Collector Office Presents
celebrate love in the form prices to double check...all in the name of love and all
of a wedding and sadly, sometimes, we pay for divorce for YOU. Since “matchmaker” is now a household term Checks To Employee-Funded
when love ends. We always pay for love one way or the like doctor or lawyer, I thought I would bring you up to
other BUT the payoff is the best feeling in the world. We speed! Thank me later! Charities
all want and need love. Yet now, more than ever, we have What Finding Love Could Cost in Dollars:
been forced to get smarter because of our potential losses. $0 Free dating sites or sit home alone with no one. On May 28, tax collector office employees proudly
Dating is riskier today--and sometimes even scary! The $25+ Some online dating sites. Ex: Bumble, Match, presented checks to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
times have changed and we must change too. As much OurTime. See above article for your odds. and Little Smiles of Florida, our 2017 and 2018 charity
good as the Internet has brought us--it has come with a $449+ Per month/3 month minimum -- for one date partners. Each charity received a check for $8,108, from
VERY high price. People are so programmed to look down per month. No local office/often in temporary or virtual monies collected last year through employee participation in
(at their screens) and communicate via social media and offices. Often no photos. Ex: Tawkify (California Dress Down for Charity. This program gives employees the
texting that many have lost the art of socializing in person. Address). ability to dress down every Friday in exchange for a weekly
Just look around at the beach or at a restaurant. People are $5000+ Sometimes per month, per year, or per number contribution through payroll deduction.
obsessed with their smartphones. of dates. Sometimes no photos. Ex: Three Date Rule (no
Enter online dating: Being an encyclopedia on this Florida location) and many others.
industry, I remember when online dating first hit the $25K to $45K+ Per year -- to work with a representative
circuits. Not everyone had a computer and there were no at a “elite” service that may or may not have a rooted local
smartphones. And so it began--the evolution of dating went office in Florida. Matches could be national. Ex: Kelleher
from a kind introduction or set-up like our grandparents International.
and parents to everyone jumping on the alternate bus (Reference for price section and amounts:
of online dating, which began around 1995. The theory Cosmopolitan, June 2019)
seemed sensible, but there has been a big trade-off in recent Here is the bottom line: When you find your dream
years. It is now super easy to cheat or “next.” The divorce man or woman you will be glad you took the plunge
rate is up. What started as a way to increase your options and you chose the best service available to you. Upon Tax collector Anne Gannon presents a check for $8,108 in
has become completely corrupt since its inception. Too enrollment (hopefully in person in a real office), employee donations to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
much. Too fast. Too easy. Now, it’s too hard. The online consider your investment a down payment on your CEO Rich Anderson.
dating system has been severely handicapped and there is wedding or on your dream vacation and just live it up
no fixing this inherent fatal flaw. Online dating will only with your new love life! You will be glad you started In addition to the support raised through Dress Down for
get worse--especially in Florida. this July by the time the holidays roll around! It is a Charity, both organizations received thousands of in-kind
Was there a time when online dating had better couples world! Our matchmakers are standing by 7 dollars from employee fundraising activities such as agency
odds? Sure. My cousin met her husband online in Maine days a week if you have more questions for us. We are wide bake sales and supply drives.
12 years ago. Get it? In Maine and 12 years ago. Online happy to oblige. The charities were thrilled to receive the donations, and
dating hit an all-time low in 2009 in Florida, which is when Looking forward to meeting you soon in my office! we are proud of our employees’ generosity and big hearts!
the local daily newspaper did a very positive story on my Much Love and XoXo,
work. Off-line dating services hit the maps BIG at that Kelly
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