The Wall Street Journal defending bloated local budgets and opposing property tax relief for Florida homeowners.
Florida hasn‘t raised the homestead exemption outright since 1980 and the last partial exemption increase was enacted almost 20 years ago.
Both times people made similar arguments against property tax relief.
Although the ballot measure passed by the Legislature differs from my proposal, it is the best opportunity Floridians have had in years to obtain meaningful relief.
It is not “progressive”; it applies to all FL homesteads, modest to extravagant.
A poorly designed ballot measure pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis would put Florida on the slippery slope of a progressive property tax regime.
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