Hernando County gives fairgrounds to association - St. Petersburg Times

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The county fair will go on. And the county will be free of a maze of contradictory leases and legal liability issues. That is the upshot of a unanimous vote by county commissioners Tuesday that gives much of the county-owned fairgrounds property to the Hernando County Fair Association. When they first heard the idea in March, several commissioners balked at giving away the land despite the history of multiple leases, undocumented agreements and questionable accounting by past county officials. Since then, county officials have continued to negotiate with the fair association to settle the outstanding legal issues concerning the property.