In Escambia County, when property values doubled and tripled after Hurricane Ivan, property owners were told to grin and bear it. In Baldwin County, the state has stepped in, re-evaluated the entire…
Tag: property taxes
Moby misses the mark
PNJ columnist Mark “Moby” O’Brien in his column today (Fire fee fallout: Property tax cut would hurt waterfront plans) misses the mark. I’m not sure why O’Brien has taken the position that…
Pensacola drops millage
On Monday, the City of Pensacola Finance Committee approved the City Manager’s recommended 2008 millage of 4.598 mills, down from 4.95. This will be voted on by the full body on Thursday…
30-40-50 tax plan…will it fly?
A Miami mortgage broker, Bernie Navarro, heads a group that has written its own property tax reform plan that he wants to get on the ballot as an alternative to the state…
Tax Revolt
The Sarasota News Herald takes a different view of the special tax session than the Pensacola daily newspaper. There are some upset people in South Florida. Tax package offers little for landlords…
Property taxes articles – statewide
Miami Herald: Taxes cut; more may come Legislators ended a special session by approving a huge property-tax cut — and giving voters the opportunity next January to cut them even more. St….
Property tax Q & A
The daily has devoted days of coverage to property taxes, and I still get questions about what is the real impact. The Orlando Sentinel did a great Q&A. Q: What are lawmakers…
INweekly newspaper highlights
MonDaily Dose PNJ writes on Joe Scarborough replacing Imus and has another property tax article. The Daily News is asleep and doesn’t update website. News Herald looks at what schools are required…
Explain this Dave Murzin
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: The Florida Legislature ended its annual session without achieving its No. 1 goal: reducing property taxes. Legislators did, however, vote to increase property taxes by $546 million. It happened…
Rubio tax plan – unequal
St. Petersburg Times: A St. Petersburg Times analysis of county property appraiser data has found that one out of 10 homes would not benefit from a plan recently floated by House Speaker…
Property tax politics
The Florida Association of Counties has put together a “communications tool kit” to help local officials influence public opinion through the media, the Internet and volunteers. Let’s see if our local politicos…
Florida House attacks messenger
Steve Bousquet of the St. Pete Times (Read column) reports the Republican leadership in the Florida House does like having its property tax ideas challenged. As the tax debate rages in Tallahassee,…
Slowdown tax reform
The state legislature acts like the property tax and property insurance problems happened unexpectedly overnight. State economists were pointing out the coming train wreck early last year. However, it was an election…
Reality check needed
The daily newspaper’s article on the impact of property tax reforms on the Community Maritime Park- ominously titled “Park money at risk” – has resurrected the doom and gloom naysayers. The article…
Counties fight back
Florida county governments are fighting back on property taxes, according to this article in the Miami Herald: Yes, county budgets have ballooned since the real-estate boom, but the money has gone into…
Tax swap – a mistake
Our state legislators are considering putting a constitutional amendment before the voters that will end property taxes and replace it with 2.5% sales tax increase. In other words, let’s make it a…
State property tax solutions have problems
Gov. Crist’s idea of doubling homestead exemptions has a heavy price tag for local governments – $608.6 BILLION. He has already backtracked some and said that it won’t apply to education budgets,…
Gaetz proposes limit on property taxes
Senator Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) said today he will support legislation, including a constitutional amendment, to limit property tax increases. Gaetz said the combination of skyrocketing property insurance and dramatic increases in ad…
Double digit sales tax may replace property taxes
So you are angry over your property tax bill? Would you rather pay more sales tax? Hmmm, how about 7.5 percent more – from the current state rate of 6% to 13.5%?…
Did Chris Jones raise property values too much?
That’s what some homeowners are saying. Read our news story: New dispute rages over beach taxes Records at the Value Adjustment Board Special Magistrate confirm that, showing property value contestations skyrocketing from…