By jay white

June 26, 2007 3:08 AM | Link to this

use they got nothing, well so be it.

By Patricia

June 22, 2007 9:49 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe that Gov. Christ and Marc Rubio think the public is so gullible! No one is talking about the fact that your “fix” is so short-lived. It reminds me of buying your furniture and not making a payment for two years. When that payment comes due, its going to be higher than ever. Those new higher taxes will hit young families when their expenses are at their greatest, and the elderly when retirement funds have dwindled. This legislation does absolutely nothing to stir up the stagnated real estate market. Whatever happened to PORTABILITY? It seems the politicians only want to garner rewards without actually thinking about the real impact on people. This bill is especially harmful to people in Palm Beach County. We are where we are now because of ridiculously inflated market values—how about getting real about this?EVERYONE, please do the math. Vote no in January, or you will really be complaining in a few short years!

By DAVID

June 20, 2007 8:06 PM | Link to this

MARC RUBIO FOR DOG CATCHER

I WILL ONLY SEE MY TAXES RISE UNDER THIS NEW PLAN

THEY CAN KISS THEIR JOBS GOODBYE WHEN THEY COME UP FOR REELECTION

By DAVID

June 20, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this

MARC RUBIO FOR DOG CATCHER

I WILL ONLY SEE MY TAXES RISE UNDER THIS NEW PLAN

THEY CAN KISS THEIR JOBS GOODBYE WHEN THEY COME UP FOR REELECTION

By vote them out

June 19, 2007 12:58 AM | Link to this

By florida

Jun 17, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

This measure will finally ensure and reinvigorate participation of the voting public in the process again. Apathy is exactly what the curse of SOH was, and that is exactly what the cities and counties preyed on. They are deathly afraid of what will happen once the budgets get back into the public eye. That is why they oppose this.

If the ammendment passes the people will be awakened into controlling tax policy with their votes on election day and by once again taking interest in town meetings and hearings. The council members know this and they wont override the caps. I see this as not interference by the state as the counties claim (and as SOH is), but rather putting the people back in charge of their own destinies. Good work legislature.

This comes from a non-homestead property owner that gets nothing except the satisfaction to know all tax payers will eventually be on the same side again and we can all work for the common good. That’s all I ever wanted from tax reform. I never expected to pay the same rate.

The Gloom and Doom stories of out of control taxes will only happen if you assume that the public will stay as apathetic as under SOH. I don’t believe for a second that will happen if this passes.

Nice speach…Keep dreaming !

By steven d

June 18, 2007 8:39 PM | Link to this

this property tax bill is an insult to the residents of our state. This does nothing to eleviate the increasing higher expenses to live here, will not help the sale of homes & property values will just continue to decline until we get fed up & leave for more affordable areas…this is certainly no longer affordable to own a second home.

By steven d

June 18, 2007 8:38 PM | Link to this

this property tax bill is an insult to the residents of our state. This does nothing to eleviate the increasing higher expenses to live here, will not help the sale of homes & property values will just continue to decline until we get fed up & leave for more affordable areas…this is certainly no longer affordable to own a second home.

By Cant afford to live here anympre

June 18, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

I pay 900 to my mortgage a month and 1400 a month to taxes and insurance- I have the highest tax bill on the street and live in the smallest house! I am trying to sell the house-but can’t- it makes no financial sense to live in Florida any more! The goverment needs to figure out how to balance their budgets, and cut the pork! If not- no one will live here- and then there will be no jobs for the firemen or police officers! This is just a short term fix- which will create they same issue in 7 years! Way to go…

By Cant afford to live here anympre

June 18, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

I pay 900 to my mortgage a month and 1400 a month to taxes and insurance- I have the highest tax bill on the street and live in the smallest house! I am trying to sell the house-but can’t- it makes no financial sense to live in Florida any more! The goverment needs to figure out how to balance their budgets, and cut the pork! If not- no one will live here- and then there will be no jobs for the firemen or police officers! This is just a short term fix- which will create they same issue in 7 years! Way to go…

By Cant afford to live here anympre

June 18, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

I pay 900 to my mortgage a month and 1400 a month to taxes and insurance- I have the highest tax bill on the street and live in the smallest house! I am trying to sell the house-but can’t- it makes no financial sense to live in Florida any more! The goverment needs to figure out how to balance their budgets, and cut the pork! If not- no one will live here- and then there will be no jobs for the firemen or police officers! This is just a short term fix- which will create they same issue in 7 years! Way to go…

By Bill

June 18, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

This tax relief does nothing for me. I will not be voting for the encumbants next election, everyone must go.

By tom

June 18, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Another “shell game” on the move in Florida. Do the math, fellow homeowners. I have. The exit of “save our homes” 3% real estate tax increase will cost homeowners dearly. I paid half the current value of my home ( at today’s prices ) and under the new tax law and proposed elimination of the 3% tax cap my tax bill will double. “IF” we get the increased homestead exemption as they “say”, we will still be “wide open” for changes there. What this all “ties us to” is the ever excalating real estate market. (All bad times comes to an end ) and the counties and states will be the ultimate winners. THE ANSWER IS NO MORE. If their plan comes to pass, I too will have to leave Florida and all of my children behind. DO THE MATH EVERYONE AND CHECK WHERE YOU WILL STAND WHEN ALL OF THE DUST SETTLES. THIS IS ANOTHER SHELL GAME at the citizens expense. Government was meant to be “infrastructure services only”, fire, police, ambulance. NOT golf courses, convention centers and other things that private enterprize have always dealt with in past decades. Turn the focets off. Or pretty soon Florida will be vacant land and that will take a ll current land owners into bankrupt cy.

By Hurry and buy a gun

June 18, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

With this absurd proposed tax cuts, we will all need to provide personal home protection. Don’t call the police; many cities will and have already stopped hiring. Some will actually layoff Officers and Rescue workers. So when you dial 911 be prepared to wait awhile for response. Crime will skyrocket due to manpower shortages.

We have had taxes that are out of control for the last few years, where is the money? What are the beloved (ha) politicians spending it on? Is the money being spent on illegal alien medical costs? I have been in hospitals that take all of these illegal aliens in and provide service for them then bill you and me for it. Send them back or make them legal and make them pay. The only way that they (illegal aliens) even come close to helping pay a bill in Florida is when they buy something with their illegally earned money. Sales tax increase would have been the way to go. I don’t believe for a minute that a 2-cent increase in sales tax would hurt the poor. Is that really going to make a difference when the poor or middle class spend only about $100-$300 a week on taxable products? $104-$312 a year is quite a savings over paying huge increases in property taxes. Let the wealth and tourists pay the bulk. They have the bulk of the money anyway. Do you really think the average family from Philadelphia coming to spend a week at Disney or in the Keys cares that they spend a couple of % more for taxes? They already pay a city wage and state tax as it is. 2% Sales tax increase will not scare them away.

By helene scully

June 18, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

Bottom Line… what is going on ? and when?

By bennett

June 18, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

It sure is nice Rubio is a winner… . BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA LOST!!!

RUBIO SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.

VOTE EVERY SINGLE POLITICIAN OUT OF OFFICE. It is time for voters to be nonpartisan and vote whoever is in, out!

By dareg

June 17, 2007 9:43 PM | Link to this

My property taxes have doubled in the last four years. Last year alone, it went up over 30% between 2005 and 2006. The new plan is going to knock off 9%…big whoop!!

By DAVID

June 17, 2007 9:06 PM | Link to this

HOW CAN YOU CALL THEM WINNERS THEY LIED AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE TOMORROW I WOULD NOT EVEN VOTE FOR EITHER ONE FOR DOG CATCHER

By sky

June 17, 2007 8:18 PM | Link to this

Hmmmmm so u want fire and police to respond in an timley manner. you want worl class school AND yall want lower taxes. i think you know the saying you can’t have your cake and eat it tooo. O well how your homes with new lower taxes do not catch fire cuz you will be waiting for the fire truck!!!

By Blue Moon

June 17, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

Super sized - no, more like an unhappy meal.

By Blue Moon

June 17, 2007 5:53 PM | Link to this

Drop it like a feather? Ouch!

The Plan they pass for this year is better than nothing, but it is not enough…..

By Gossip

June 17, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

A Somalian arrives in Minneapolis as a new immigrant to the United States. He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, “Thank you Mr. American for letting me in this country, giving me free housing, food stamps, free medical care, and free education!” The passerby says, “You are mistaken, I am Mexican.”

The next person who looks real fat must surely be an American, so he again says thank you for giving me all the free things after I arrived, but very expensive to live if had to pay myself, The money is a bit too low for me because I must also send some of the the free welfare money home for family. The woman looks at him and says Moscow cold now, cold there; but no other spoken english.

The man goes on and encounters another passerby. “Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America!” I so happy now. The person says, “I not American, I Vietnamese.”

The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand and says, “Thank you for the wonderful America!” That person puts up his hand and says, ya what a great country but “I am from Middle East, I am not American!” you police or FBI?

He finally sees a nice lady and asks, “Are you an American?”

She says, “No, I am from Africa going for my free food stamps!”

He is has a puzzled look on his face, then he asks her, “Where are all the Americans?”

The African lady checks her watch and says…”Probably at work.” so they can pay their many high “bills” and pay for our free stuff.

By vanfur

June 17, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

I recently moved to FLordia and am getting killed by high property taxes. So I’ll take the new proposal, however imperfect, rather than continue paying through the nose.

By Dumb Politicians

June 17, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

For the love of God Vote NO for this embarassment of a plan!

By tim

June 17, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

Governor crist sd, as for taxes drop it like a rock, well the rock fell on my head and it hurts. lying crist we will vote you out and marco rubio you still have a chance. you tried for us at least. 5 billion free money for israel this year to keep their taxes low dumb floridians goodbye now I hear NC Calling.

By CUT SPENDING

June 17, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

“By Bobby Mac

These PB County Commissioners will not give up their slush funds. They would, however, be willing to cut fire and police services.

Let us recall all these commissioners.

The Florida statutes allow us to fire them!!!”

How do we proceed to fire any commissioner who does not return their slush fund?

By HUGE LOSS

June 17, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

THIS “PLAN” OF THEIRS IS JUST A SHADOW OF WHAT WAS PROMISED. NON OWNERS WILL SIMPLY END PAYING MORE SALES TAX. OWNERS WILL STILL PAY 90% OF THEIR TAXES. WE WILL ALL PAY MORE SALES TAX AND GUESS WHAT? IT IS WORTH VOTING AGAINST JUST SO THAT THEY GO BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN…THE RIGHT WAY!!!

By Tom

June 17, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

Once again they let us down as they did with windstorm. We will all suffer as the real estate market continues to struggle. I will be voting no the the new proposal, we need to increase the sales tax!

By Bobby Mac

June 17, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

These PB County Commissioners will not give up their slush funds. They would, however, be willing to cut fire and police services.

Let us recall all these commissioners.

The Florida statutes allow us to fire them!!!

By John

June 17, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this

Here are the two issues. Cut Spending to keep the overall tax rate down and “fairly” spread the burden. This plan does not meet this. Newer home owners will still bear an unfair propportion of the taxes. You get to choose to pay the high taxes now or later. Either way I will pay more than my neighbors for the same townhouse unit. I have to guess what the real estate market will do the choose the lesser of two evils. That sucks. The majority that pays “relatively lower” taxes for being here first still get that benefit. What ever happened to fair and equitable taxing? They missed the mark… but what would you expect from politicians who aim to please the majority.

By Bobkatz

June 17, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

The only good thing they did was mandate a reduction in local spending. The double-digit budget increases were unsustainable anyway. Someone please tell me how is this “reform” going to help out our ailing housing industry and improve home sales?

By paul

June 17, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this

It’s obvious by the headlines of this Stroy the Post is being paid off. How can this be a win for anyone. Unless Flordians get some big easy to determine propery tax break, the county comissions go on a diet, and the insurance mess is fixed there is no victory. Anyone that can will leave the state for greener pastures. Get real Post do some reporting of value here.

By CUT SPENDING

June 17, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Many property appraisers have a PETITION on their sites to allow PORTABILITY OF THE SOH CAP.

www.pbcgov.com/papa

By florida

June 17, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

This measure will finally ensure and reinvigorate participation of the voting public in the process again. Apathy is exactly what the curse of SOH was, and that is exactly what the cities and counties preyed on. They are deathly afraid of what will happen once the budgets get back into the public eye. That is why they oppose this.

If the ammendment passes the people will be awakened into controlling tax policy with their votes on election day and by once again taking interest in town meetings and hearings. The council members know this and they wont override the caps. I see this as not interference by the state as the counties claim (and as SOH is), but rather putting the people back in charge of their own destinies. Good work legislature.

This comes from a non-homestead property owner that gets nothing except the satisfaction to know all tax payers will eventually be on the same side again and we can all work for the common good. That’s all I ever wanted from tax reform. I never expected to pay the same rate.

The Gloom and Doom stories of out of control taxes will only happen if you assume that the public will stay as apathetic as under SOH. I don’t believe for a second that will happen if this passes.

By JT

June 17, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

What did we expect out of Tallahassee? Something that works! It is a shame that they rushed this legislation through. If they didn’t want to be there for the special session, then they should have waited until they reconvened to try and provide MEANINGFUL tax relief for everyone.This special session was a waste of time and money. I will be voting NO for this plan on Jan 29th!

By Bobkatz

June 17, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

What happened to PORTABILITY? This plan still leaves people with the biggest SOH savings or above-average home values trapped, and unable to move without paying higher taxes.

By Zoe

June 17, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

Saving $100 or so on my property taxes after all the promises of serious tax relief distresses me, an established attorney who was recruited to live down here, by a major utility, from the Northeast in 2004. How am I going to raise another $8000 for my next tax bill (less $100, of course)? Even with a stellar credit rating, I still haven’t paid off the credit card I used to pay last year’s bill. If a professional with a reasonably decent income can’t make it here in So.Fla., how long will it take for a reverse brain drain to take effect? More needs to be done.

By CUT SPENDING

June 17, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

The new legislation allows COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OVERRIDE THE TAX CAP!

The old SOH does NOT ALLOW COMMISSIONERS TO OVERRIDE THE CAP.

I’m voting NO because I want the certainty of a CAP.

I CAN NEVER TRUST THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO CUT SPENDING. THEY WILL NOT EVEN GIVE BACK THEIR $13 MILLION SLUSH FUND!

Voters should be able to approve or disapprove any item in the budget because politicos will steal you blind.

LET’S GET RID OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEFINED PENSION PLAN, BENEFITS & PERKS.

By Kim

June 17, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

Thats it I quit my house will now go in to foreclosure and my two litle kids will suffer the consequences of the lying governor crist who played us all, they really beleive we are all stupid. I voted for the governor what a mistake i guess the credit cards will take the first hit. the working poor in america thanks to our government.

By Greg

June 17, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

remember the other benefit of the tax reduction..making goverment cut costs..

By Moving_to_NC

June 17, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

We were waiting to find out….now we know. NC here we come. The loss I get be selling my house is better than the loss I will take by staying here.

You wont have police anyway, nobody will stay here to pay for them.

You screwed the state and the people, way to go Rubio.

By paul

June 17, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this

oops, they did it again the dumbifying of america. after a carefull analysis floridians will have to pay more in taxes not less, its not our victory its their victory the scamming of floridians will continue and we will all have to pay more taxes to support people like me who work for the county and do nothing for over 50,000.00 a year god bless the rd white and blue.

By I did the math

June 17, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Save Our Homes caps annual increases in assessed value to the lesser or 3% or the C.P.I. The legislature passed a law that will cap the increase in tax rates. That means under SOH both the assessment increases and tax rate sides of the equation are now capped. This will happen without the need for voter approval. That’s terrific!

Under the super-exemption plan which needs voter approval, only the tax rate side will be capped. The assessments will still rise by whatever the market indicates. After the initial tax adjustment this year, that’s a recipe for higher taxes every year anyway you look at it.

The super-exemption is instant gratification for only the very recent and new homestead buyers. In the long run, that tax pleasure will turn to tax pain.

Also, aside from the tax rate relief, this plan does nothing for the commercial property owners, or owners of rental properties. When their taxes go up, their rents go up; the tenants pay more and for business, they pass their added costs on to the consumers…that’s us! So we get to pay their higher taxes in the cost of their products or services. Pity the apartment dweller who, unless they are in a government regulated project will see their rents increase every year to keep abreast of the higher taxes.

Sign the petition for portability of the SOH tax benefit at www.pbcgov.com/papa and on January 29 Vote NO on this dog of a plan.

By James

June 17, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

Do the math. The plan does not work unless you plan to move every five-years. They are screwing everyone—especially those on fixed incomes. Bunch of do nothings in Tallahassee.

By Disgusted Floridian

June 17, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

The title of the article “Crist, Rubio among winners of tax-cut plan” is CORRECT. Yes; they are the winners and we (THE FLORIDIANS) are the losers. SHAME ON US FOR BEILIVING THEM AND VOTING FOR THEM AND SHAME ON EVERY LYING POLITICIN FOR DECIVING THE PUBLIC.

By Eric

June 17, 2007 9:16 AM | Link to this

If you’re already homesteaded, and planning to be in your house for five more years, you REALLY need to do the math before voting! SOH has a lot of issues, but at least it has a 3% cap. This “plan” is absolutely open ended. A lot of folks will end up paying more in the future. DO THE MATH!

By BOCA LARRY

June 17, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

This tax plan is a joke for all Florida residents!

Simply look at your house market value and your taxable value. If you switch, the market value replaces the taxable value and your taxes will increase within two years. It is a ploy to get rid of the 3% tax increase protection.

DON’T BE FOOLED.

If they wanted to save us tax money, they would have increased the homestead exemption.

If you buy a new house, your taxes will be greater than ever within a short time.

This scheme will stop present owners from buying a new house!

By BOCA LARRY

June 17, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

This tax plan is a joke for all Florida residents!

Simply look at your house market value and your taxable value. If you switch, the market value replaces the taxable value and your taxes will increase within two years. It is a ploy to get rid of the 3% tax increase protection.

DON’T BE FOOLED.

If they wanted to save us tax money, they would have increased the homestead exemption.

If you buy a new house, your taxes will be greater than ever within a short time.

This scheme will stop present owners from buying a new house!

By william

June 17, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

if the tax is about .02 on mytaxabvle value i will pay more according to the calculator i used this is insane or i cant compute

By PhotoDoc

June 17, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

This is not a property tax relief plan that will benefit Floridian home owners in the long run. Everyone should CAREFULLY read the details of this complex measure. It was a desperate attempt to say the politicians “succeeded” in passing something. This will bite ALL home owners into paying higher tax bills in just a few short years. READ the details, DO the math, we will ALL pay MORE! Please people, Do NOT vote this into law.

By Dorothy

June 17, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

No.This bill costs everyone more after first year.Everyone needs to use the Palm Beach Post Calculator and see for themselves, between this bill and the so called insurance reform we will all be priced out of home and house.TRAVESTY! Florida will be a state of foreclosures! What is wrong with the politicians? Everyone should be SCARED!

By jp

June 17, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this

When all is said and done and the impacts of his “insurance reform” (what a joke) and the tax deal (short term political fix of a long term problem-not done well either) is said and done Crist we will be having a Charlie Crist BBQ

By SirPercy

June 17, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: LOOK AT THE HUGE difference between this poorly crafted article and the one the Sun Sentinel ran today: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ctax17jun17,0,6048112.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

THE POST pretends there is some type of victory here - while the SUN clearly shows the flaws in the plan - and makes no bones about the fact that the savings are NOT very big.

AND no I don’t work for the Sun - but I do find they are generally better when it comes to content. This issue shows a huge difference in the way the issue is being reported by the POST and the SUN.

By lake worth

June 17, 2007 7:33 AM | Link to this

It will be a close vote but Im pretty sure its not going to be passed. I think some people are up to the eye balls in debt and really need a quick fix but not looking at the full picture and down the line. Its only going to get more expensive, more populated here and the taxes are only going to go up. go figure..

By Bobby Mac

June 17, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

Vote this plan in as it helps a lot of people. It is far from perfect, but it is something we need to do.

Next get them to put a 3% cap on the tax inceases, allow old SOH portability and give non-homesteaded property owners some meaningful relief.

Bottom line is get rid of these local, county and state elected officials!!!

We need new blood who care about us, not their own greedy selves!!

By SirPercy

June 17, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

What a frightening post by “It’s not my fault I’m not educated”.

At least you admit you aren’t educated!

You wrote: The tax plan won’t please everybody,…but it was the fairest it could be for everyone.”

HELLO? It is totally NOT THE FAIREST - it is not even real relief! DON’T PEOPLE EVEN READ ANYMORE?

the plan is a sham - looks like you drank the ‘trust-the-cheating-government-koolaid”

NO WONDER POLITICANS BELIEVE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING! with the media and people who dont think out of the box on their side, they just about CAN get way with anything.

POINT IN CASE: GEORGE W. BUSH - ENABLED BY THE DEMOCRATS AND THE corporate MEDIA.

By PBC resident

June 17, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

You can count a no for our vote- sure it gives me a $200 relief in 2007 but every year after that look out! I think the only people that will vote yes are the ones that came here and bought superinflated houses and are not able to afford living here anymore- nothing is going to chance in the long run with this new tax cut. It will all come full circle and we will be right back here in a few years.

By It's not my fault I'm not educated

June 17, 2007 7:10 AM | Link to this

Just because people aren’t intelligent enough to check what their taxes will be before they purchase,….should the government fix their mistake. The tax plan won’t please everybody,…but it was the fairest it could be for everyone. Don’t speculate that what goes up won’t come down,…learn from the past..(tech bubble).

By SirPercy

June 17, 2007 7:02 AM | Link to this

Really surprised to SV Daate regurgitating the propaganda about this ‘tax plan’ being laudable or a ‘victory.’ Even though he doesn’t write the headlines, his article also suggests Rubio and Crist are “winners” for having kept promises to tackle the tax issue… Don’t make me laugh!

Note to the POST/SV DAATE: THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN THIS SHAM OF A TAX PLAN - and if the Post would actually print some of our reactions IN PRINT to that plan neither Crist nor Rubio could defend those criticisms! OR continue to claim ‘victory’!

WHY WON’T THE POST REALLY CALL THEM ON OUR LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS JOKE OF A PLAN?

The Sun Sentinel at least has a piece that says PLAN CREATES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS!

If the contest was about HOW TO PRETEND promises were kept on lowering taxes, they do have a victory there.

MAKE THAT A HOLLOW, MYOPIC ‘VICTORY.’

By viva la mexico

June 17, 2007 7:01 AM | Link to this

we need rights man don t get me wrong we like america, free skools, healtchare but i need rights. i mexican. i american. more amigos are coming. florida e mexico!!!

By you got t M. Hall

June 17, 2007 6:57 AM | Link to this

my job got relocated yet I’m paying 3x the taxes of my neighbor. it’s NOT my fault I got moved here. The only option would have been to quit my company. With two kids, a wife..hell no.

I’m wiht you bro….7K to 3K…NO BRAINER. Get it done. And no, I don’t want police, fire, school cut either but you can blame that on the fat pigs in the gov NOT those in dire need of help. In other words, don’t blame ME

By you got t M. Hall

June 17, 2007 6:56 AM | Link to this

my job got relocated yet I’m paying 3x the taxes of my neighbor. it’s NOT my fault I got moved here. The only option would have been to quit my company. With two kids, a wife..hell no.

I’m wiht you bro….7K to 3K…NO BRAINER. Get it done. And no, I don’t want police, fire, school cut either but you can blame that on the fat pigs in the gov NOT those in dire need of help. In other words, don’t blame ME

By Robert Fitzsimmons

June 17, 2007 6:52 AM | Link to this

It’s a bad bill and I don’t like either choice. If I take the new exemption I loose my SOH 3% cap. How long do you think it will take the low life politicians to raise taxes. They use childish terms like “Super Majority” to confused the desperate elderly and trick them into taking the new exemption. Read the fine print. They need to go back and hammer out a fair bill that keeps the SOH 3% cap.

By Jupiter

June 17, 2007 5:19 AM | Link to this

I have some concerns that there is no annual cap with the new plan. If the housing market should go through another period of rapid appreciation, it could put many homeowners in a tough situation.

By M. HALL

June 17, 2007 1:54 AM | Link to this

I am a homestead owner since 2006. Under the new property tax plan my taxes will decrease to about $3700 from $ 7300. How do you think I will vote on January 29?

By Sanity

June 17, 2007 1:06 AM | Link to this

For the love of god this plan is a joke!

By John

June 17, 2007 1:04 AM | Link to this

This cut better stick or else we’ll be here again in January 2008 looking for a solution.

It’ll be a close vote.