Crist agrees with Outzen

Crist

Gov. Charlie Crist is saying county and city governments are the problem with property taxes. They are spending too much money.

“My obligation is not to work for local government. It’s to work for local people,” Crist said. “People are paying exorbitant property taxes at the local level and they wonder what the money’s being spent on. So do I.”

Read this St. Pete Times article here. I’ve been writing about this for months. Local government has ballooned over the past ten years.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”