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.