League of Women Voters opposes tax proposal

The League of Women Voters of Florida says the proposed property tax cut plan exacerbates inequities and will lead to less services for the public and infrastructure improvements. (news release here.)

"Save Our Homes is not based on ability to pay and has introduced a bias against more recent home buyers and non-homestead property owners resulting in large inequities in the taxes they pay," president Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti said.

The opposition is bad news for Gov. Charlie Crist, who is leading the campaign to pass the amendment, which would double the homestead exemption, allow for Save Our Homes portability and cap non-homestead assessments at 10 percent annually. This week, the Florida Education Association is expected to send its members a letter against the plan because it would take up to $3-billion from schools over five years.

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they also support a state income tax.

There is nothing lost by the schools except for $70 million per year due to the tangible personal property exemption. SOH portability does NOT actually reduce the tax rolls by one penny. In fact, it has the potential to RAISE billions in general revenue (over a five year period) while suring up the real estate market.

Every time that someone says that the amendment only saves the average homeowner $240, ask them how much of that comes from the schools. The answer is $0. This amendment (if passed) would help the economy starting immediately while the posers out there claiming to want tax reform are really only about delaying the recovery of the state until 2009 or later.

If a company offered me $240 per year for the rest of my life, I would take the deal. The state of Florida has offered me that and MORE through SOH portability. I will be voting for the amendment as will at least 60% of the citizens who show up on January 29.

Rollback taxes and spending to 2002 levels, and expand SOH to ALL property both residential and commercial.

Problem Solved!

[Will]

the NOW opposes anything a republican govt proposes.

[politicalspectator]

Those saucy voting wenches!

Rollback the 2000 and 2004 elections and run all GOP developer's lackeys and their staffers out of office. Give the US back to We the People.

Problem Solved!

The Save Our Homes Amendment can't be good for the average homeowner if Charlie and Donald Trump are holding a $1000 plate dinner IN NEW YORK CITY to raise funds to campaign for its passage. Who are these NYC highrollers who will benefit by its passge?? What the heck is Charlie thinking?

The NYC highrollers are the ones who messed us up to begin with with speculation property OVER development.

Leauge of Women Voters support a state income tax!!! Crazy bunch of gals I's say! Old gals at that.

who are these NY highrollers?? We are the ones who own property to vacation in for the winter. We come down spend out money in eateries, malls and all the businesses who are crying because the locals don't have enough money to suppport them because they have to save their money to pay for property taxes... that's who wer are!! We pay more taxes than you do, spend more more momey locally than you do and we would like to see this pig trough tax and spending stopped!!!!

4:33 - Too bad this amendment does not help you...

but thanks anyway...

4:33,

You're welcome to take you highroller rear-end back up north, and stay there. You nimrods can't drive anyway.

[John]

If the polls are correct, it looks like this Amendment will easily pass.

It has near 60% already not even factoring in undecided. Add those in, and this could pass with 70%+

[John]

If unions & the League of Women Voters do not support the amendment, then it is likely a very good amendment for the middle class.

I am definitely voting for it.