Since he doesn’t have the capital for a down payment he sleeps with Leslie (Edie Adams) who is the wife of Arthur (Phil Silvers) a rich financier. His life though is not in order and he needs money so that he can purchase his own tennis court and use it to give lessons to the rich clientele of Beverly Hills. Lucie County.Tommy Everett (Bert Convy) is an aging tennis star who is learning to accept that he no longer has the skill that he once did. Conrad Administrative Annex will stand as a reminder of her dedicated public service to the people of St. That building currently houses the tax collector, property appraiser and other county and state offices. Lucie County.Īfter the Winn Dixie building was damaged by a fire in 2002 and severely damaged again by two hurricanes in 2004, the county vacated it and built a new, modern office building at 1664 S.E. Dorothy retired in 2000 after four terms as the tax collector of St. Lucie County for her record of achievement and for her distinguished career of public service and significant contributions to her community. In 1998 she was named Woman of the Year by the Democratic Women of St. Her testimony, along with that of others at that time, contributed to the ultimate passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in connection with the negative impact certain bankruptcy laws were having on local property tax collections. During her tenure as the association president, she was asked to testify before the U.S. In 1993 she was elected president of the Florida Tax Collectors Association. In 1991, as a result of the south county population growth during the 1980s, the county purchased the old Winn Dixie building at Village Green and remodeled it for the tax collector and property appraiser offices. She opened a branch office in the former Village Green shopping center in 1985.
Notable in some of her early accomplishments was the expansion of the Tax Collector's Office from a single location in Fort Pierce to a second location in Port St. Knowles' retirement, Dorothy ran for and was elected tax collector in 1984. Also that year, she began working for Tax Collector Curtis James and then Tax Collector Danny Knowles when Danny was elected in 1966. In the years to follow, Dorothy began raising a family, relocated to Fort Pierce and, in one of her proudest moments, became a U.S. Unable to travel together at that time, she traveled alone at age 19 and reunited with her new husband in his hometown of Okeechobee. Shortly after World War II as a young schoolgirl in Cardiff, she was studying to be a chartered accountant when she met a young American soldier, Sgt. For the last 16 of those years she served as the elected official.ĭorothy was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, in 1927.
Conrad Administrative Annex.' "ĭorothy not only worked in public service for 46 years, she did it for a single employer, the county Tax Collector's Office. Walton Road, as long as it stands, shall be named 'The Dorothy J. As a fitting tribute and enduring legacy to her service to the county, the resolution stated "The County building located at 1664 S.E. Conrad for her 46 years of outstanding service to the people of St. 12-043 honoring former Tax Collector Dorothy J. Lucie County Commission passed Resolution No.