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Vance Jochim
Tavares, FL
18 years as Certified Internal Auditor and Anti-Corruption specialist plus acted as US advisor helping set up Iraqi Anti-Corruption agency.
Interests: FiscalRangers.com is a watchdog blog on local Lake County, FL government agencies. This blog was started in 2006. My blog interests are fiscal & business controls in local government agencies and anti-corruption efforts in countries. Until 2011, I wrote another blog on worldwide anti-corruption programs, especially regarding Iraq, which is here: http://webworks.typepad.com/corruption_in_iraq/ You can see pictures from my 2004-2006 visit to Iraq as an anti-corruption adviser here: http://webworks.typepad.com/photos/iraq_photos_2004_06/index.html I am listed on LinkedIn for more details.
Recent Activity
4 minutes of mirth with out-takes of Biden blundering through his last year or so. https://x.com/i/status/1899151213092118814 Vance Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
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A huge new 2500 home "Far Reach Ranch" residential and commercial development is planned in Tavares, FL and this is the first of several posts on the development proposal and approvals by the City of Tavares, FL. Residents are concerned about many issues, including traffic gridlock, school class capacity, raised taxes for existing Tavares homeowners to subsidize needed infrastructure, etc. Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
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After a contentious Leesburg, FL City Commissioner meeting last night (Apr. 14, 2025), four of five commissioners voted against perhaps 300 citizens there to support a resolution to limit residential annexations for 1+ years. Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
The Indiana Governor plus RFK and Dr. Oz announced a new Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative, including fixing Diabetes, food components, etc. Is Indiana outdoing Florida in jumping on the MAHA movements. Every Lake County politician and government administrator needs to watch this, then ask themselves what THEY can do to rollout similar programs in Lake County. https://www.youtube.com/live/_n-zbzVNVUM?si=JzL9XOHT_4r5CWYd Apr 15, 2025 === Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
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You have to wish Florida State and County governments implemented aggressive DOGE programs in Florida. Gov. DeSantis has jumped on the bandwagon, but will his program actually work, or just be the basis for bragging about low hanging fruit. Remember, he jumped on the election integrity bandwagon, setup a department and the first appointee mysteriously died after Lake County election activists met with him and informed him of evidence they found in just Lake County. DeSantis brags about low hanging fruit like catching 15 felons who voted, and the current manager is not responsive in my opinion. If you go to Doge.gov or the @DOGE X account, you will see a constant flow of new waste, fraud and abuse spending and almost immediate shut down of the questionable spending items, including contracts, use of Federal Credit Cards, etc. I suggest you send links from those DOGE almost daily posts to your favorite State legislators and local City Councils. Right now, Lake County has an Inspector General within the Clerk of Courts Dept. and they are not effective to this retired operational auditor based upon my opinion. Here is a simple DOGE finding just reported by just one Agency's DOGE task... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
Well known Republican, former Chair of the Lake County, FL Republican Party, and Real Estate Broker has started a new podcast on YouTube, with the first episode on Jan. 2, 2025. He was also a recent Candidate for Florida House Dist. 26 but lost to dark money spent on an opponent's campaign, who won. As of today, Feb. 21, Levine has uploaded about 8 episodes. If you want to keep up with Lake County and Florida politics, I suggest you subscribe to his channel and watch some of the existing podcasts at youtube.com/@MPL-FL or search YouTube on his name, Michael Levine. = Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE on X US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled: - $10M for "Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision" - $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop "a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills" - $2.3M for "strengthening independent voices in Cambodia" - $32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre - $40M for "gender equality and women empowerment hub" - $14M for "improving public procurement" in Serbia - $486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including $22M for "inclusive and participatory political process" in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India - $29M to "strenghening political landscape in Bangladesh" - $20M for "fiscal federalism" in Nepal - $19M for "biodiversity conversation" in Nepal - $1.5M for "voter confidence" in Liberia - $14M for "social cohesion" in Mali - $2.5M for "inclusive democracies in Southern Africa" - $47M for "improving learning outcomes in Asia" - $2M to develop "sustainable recycling models" to "increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt" Source: https://x.com/DOGE/status/1890849405932077378 Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
This YouTube video by Mario Nappa is very well done and illustrated showing how a City Council like Leesburg keeps approving expanded housing and commercial without fixing the traffic gridlock first. Watch it to understand how stupid city councils keep approving developments without fixing traffic congestion first. https://youtu.be/6--ZaYWm2JQ?si=wK64uSnEUr01Raor Vance Jochim Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
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We all need to start 2025 with some humor, so check the LeesburgNews.com article (linked below) on an altercation between a Lake County, FL Wendy's drive-through customer and a Wendy's employee at the drive-through window. In college, we called this a food fight. One lesson is if you throw drinks at anyone, and they call the police, you could end up getting arrested, having your picture published in the newspaper and having to pay a $6000 bond to get out. Read, and learn...but no one was hurt. https://www.leesburg-news.com/2024/12/31/wendys-employee-allegedly-punches-customer-after-confrontation-at-drive-thru-window/? Vance Jochim Continue reading
Posted Jan 1, 2025 at Fiscal Rangers
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This is a link to a personal experience reference page I wrote on reducing weight, avoiding Covid using YouTube influencer videos, and moving to a keto diet and intermittent fasting. Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
In my personal opinion, as an 18 year member of the current Lake County, FL Republican Party, Mike Trainor has morphed to be a member of the dirty tricks, takeover Cartel trying to takeover the existing, grass roots Lake County Republican Party with more dirty tricks. He was at the Sept. 24 REC meeting and like many times before, yelled out at speakers without being given the floor. He was so disruptive the Chair had to ask the on-site Tavares policeman to remove him from the room, which was done. I have been told he is running for REC vice-chair with support from the dirty tricks Cabal/Wolfpack. He was in the REC office today, Dec. 13, trying to get a list of all REC office keyholders to facilitate the Cartel takeover but it was not given to him. Trainor, in my personal opinion, should no longer be considered a friend or member of the current, conservative, grass roots Lake County Repuplican Party.
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This long article includes an overview why Lake County, FL Property Appraiser lost his position due to dirty tricks by a Dirty Tricks Cabal setup by David Jordan, Tax Collector, and Mark Jordan, his brother. The main article is written by Tom Vail, with many personal opinions and comments by FiscalRangers.com editor Vance Jochim. Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
This article gives a great, detailed overview of states moving to encourage residents in mobile home parks to create a co-op group to buy out the park owner and create a co-op owned by all the residents. I have written about how good they are, and recommend potential mobile home owners to buy in those parks, not leased land parks. https://dailymontanan.com/2024/11/24/to-save-affordable-housing-states-promote-resident-owned-mobile-home-parks/ Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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How to join RFK's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Movement Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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Here is the new, official X account for Vivek and Elon's DOGE or Department of Government Efficiency, and how to apply for a job. Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
Harris County, TX District Attorney Kim Ogg announced criminal charges Monday against five people accused of participating in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts. Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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Since my first name is Vance, I approve his performance. Walz kept looking like he was ready to cry. I watched the debate on the Rumble channel for Louder with Crowder where they gave a play by play review, and then after the debate, presented a SIX page list of VERIFIED fact checks on what Walz said. Hilarious. Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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Advocates for the FL ballot item Amendment 4 (abortion) got the ballot item certified earlier this year to be on the Nov. ballot. But now Gov. Ron DeSantis's Election Crimes group is asking several SOEs for copies of petitions signed by voters to support the Amendment 4 being on the ballot. Continue reading
Posted Sep 10, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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We have updated our Florida Mobile Home Buyers guide to warn potential buyers of Florida legal loopholes that allow unethical owners of mobile home parks to screw over elderly, retired, and veteran homeowners by forcing them out of their homes without compensation. Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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Laura Loomer, political commentator and former Lake County, FL candidate for Congress published an expose of how Kamala Harris voters are paying social media influencers $150 for each NICE post about Kamala. And, without explaining that, the mainstream media are claiming Kamala has more social media followers than Trump. Laura is in the picture on the right during a Lake County, FL Republican Party parade event. On the left is past president of the Republicans, Walter Price. Loomer corrects all of that in her Loomer.locals.com article HERE! Visit her X channel or the above linked Locals channel to get all of her investigative stories about the Presidential 2024 elections. Vance Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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The August 20, 2024 Lake County, FL election primaries for mostly Republicans are over. I describe my opinion on the results and provide links to my earlier voter guide recommendations and the official results on the Lake County, FL Supt. of Elections website. The cartoon is AI generated and had BAD spelling. Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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We Have Updated Our Republican Voter Guide for Lake County, FL as of August 8, 2024. Find it under "Elections" in the right column of FiscalRangers.com, or go to: https://www.fiscalrangers.com/elections-2024-lake-county-fl.html We have included more coverage of judges and some updates. More updates will be included by August 15, 2024. Vance Jochim Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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Tom Vail, who we endorse, is running for the Lake County FL Superintendant of Elections and this is his list of endorsements so far. Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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WATCH our Lake County, FL area REPUBLICAN election candidate interview videos at the links we include, PLUS visit our FiscalRangers.com Voter Guide for Lake County area election candidates. Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers
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We will update this page below through the end of July. It is under "Elections" in the right column of this blog. https://www.fiscalrangers.com/elections-2024-lake-county-fl.html You can use it to find video links to many candidates we interviewed and find our (FiscalRangers.com or Vance Jochim's) recommendations for candidates. Check it out and bookmark it for when you are ready to vote for Lake County, FL area 2024 Election candidates. Vance Jochim https://www.fiscalrangers.com/elections-2024-lake-county-fl.html Continue reading
Posted Jul 13, 2024 at Fiscal Rangers