Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano, as part of Clerk & Comptroller Paula O’ Neill’s Constitutional Officers Essay Contest, announces the winning student chosen from essays submitted by middle school students throughout Pasco County. Students from public, private, parochial, charter, online, and home schools all entered the contest, which ran during the month of March. The entrants, students in Grades 6-8, were asked to answer the question “Which taxes impact you the most: local, state, or federal? Why?”
A panel of judges, not knowing the age, gender, grade, or school of each entrant, chose the essay written by Angie Bolton, a student at Saint Anthony’s Catholic School in San Antonio, as the winning submission. Angie’s essay best communicated her response to the topic question all while meeting the contest criteria of overall essay structure, appearance, and readability. Angie Bolton was awarded a $300 Best Buy gift card at a ceremony held at Saint Anthony’s Catholic School in San Antonio on May 3, 2018. School principal Sister Alice Ottapurackal was on hand to introduce Tax Collector Mike Fasano as well as Angie Bolton and her family.
Photo caption: From left to right – Tax Collector Mike Fasano and Angie Bolton, with Sister Alice Ottapurackal, Principal, standing behind