Superintendent Pons Provides Answers About Byrd Property Transactions

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Superintendent Pons Provides Answers About Byrd Property Transactions

Tallahassee Reports has been provided with a document drafted by attorney Ron Meyer in response to an article written earlier this week addressing a property transaction between Superintendent Jackie Pons and former Assistant Superintendent Paul Byrd. The document was produced for Superintendent Pons and was provided to Tallahassee Reports by Leon County School Board officials. The […]

Superintendent Pons, Paul Byrd, Traded Ownership of Franklin County Property in 2008 and 2010.

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Superintendent Pons, Paul Byrd, Traded Ownership of Franklin County Property in 2008 and 2010.

Public records indicate that Superintendent Jackie Pons bought a vacant piece of property from Paul Byrd for $200,000 in 2008 and then, despite a decline in property values, sold it back to Mr. Byrd for the same amount in 2010. Both transactions were deemed by the Franklin County Property Appraiser to be “unqualified sales.” This […]