Mount Dora City Hall — Local services in Mount Dora

To Whom It May Concern, It has become increasingly evident that the City Historic Board does not operate with fairness, consistency, or integrity in its decision-making. The board, which is entrusted with protecting the character of our community and upholding the standards of historic preservation, instead displays a pattern of favoritism and bias depending on who is making a request rather than what the request actually entails. Applicants are not treated equally. Some individuals or groups are granted approvals with little scrutiny, while others often with similar or even more historically appropriate proposals are met with undue resistance, arbitrary denials, or endless hurdles. This selective enforcement undermines not only the credibility of the board but also the very mission it claims to serve. When rules are applied inconsistently, the process ceases to be about preserving history and instead becomes about politics, influence, and personal agendas. Such conduct does not reflect transparency, accountability, or respect for the community. The perception and reality of corruption erodes public trust and discourages residents and property owners from engaging in preservation efforts. Our community deserves better. A historic board should operate with impartiality, guided by clear standards, and with decisions rooted in fairness and the best interests of the public, not favoritism or hidden agendas. Until this board commits to accountability, transparency, and equal treatment for all applicants, its credibility and authority will remain in question. Respectfully, Resident...

Instead of coming down on a family so hard for trying to get creative in a creative space, for their AUTISTIC son, to be able to find his way home, you could of celebrated this family and their awesome house to further increase the tourism value of the area.

Instead, you've chosen to go the route of a hateful and narrowminded group of folks using money as a weapon to an artistic family's house paint choice, after you already told them, the wall paint must match the house paint, they painted their house like the wall and still you went after further, that...

Franke is a beautiful and stringfemale horse. What a shame that the city of Mount Dora allows that this horse to pull 10-14 over weight passengers on a large carriage not including the handler to go up and down hills. For 30mn straight with about 10mn breaks. Just for handler to make quick cash on the holidays. She was sweating worse than a person working in construction under the sun. I felt her heart beat like drums harder than any rock concert i...