Comments on: A Slap-Dash Amendment

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:22:04 +0000

The tax system needs fixing, but this amendment doesn’t fix, it slaps on a bandage. If it passes it will be years, if ever, before the real revision is done. Amendment 1 doesn’t address the underlying problem – the way we finance government in Florida. Let’s fix it and stop patching.

By: Right Democrat

Right Democrat — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:15:59 +0000

Florida’s working families need property tax relief now. We heard all of the same arguments against the Save Our Homes amendment in 1992. The sky didn’t fall and it will not happen when Amendment 1 is approved. I am pro-union and not anti-government but we need to keep in mind that government exists for people not the other way around. Working and middle class families are being driven out of Florida by the high cost of living. Important people like teachers, police officers, nurses and firefighters cannot afford to own a home in many areas of Florida. The skyrocketing of property taxes is a major part of the problem and that is why we need Amendment 1.

By: 22 Stories to Read at Florida Progressive Coalition Blog

22 Stories to Read at Florida Progressive Coalition Blog — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:10:26 +0000

[…] Why Now? – A Slap-Dash Amendment: “As is typical of the Florida legislature, there’s always time to screw things up but never time to to actually fix them. So it goes with Amendment 1 on the ballot on January 29th… your vote on Amendment 1 most definitely will [count]. Republicans will vote for this turkey reflexively because ‘it’s a tax cut,’ without really reading it to find out who’s taxes are being cut and by how much.” […]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:06:56 +0000

My increase is based solely on the land value, because the sale price would be predicated on tearing down everything currently on the property and building new. Your plan would make rents even higher for mid-range and rentals in this area where land is at a premium.

In this area anything 20 years and older is almost always bulldozed when the property changes hands.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:10:53 +0000

If the split the tax and lay a higher rate on the land and less on the improvements, it wouldn’t drive up rent.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:07 +0000

They need to fix the idiotic tax system in this state and rewrite the whole thing so that it makes sense and is fair to everyone. They have distorted the system over the years by passing exemptions for various groups which has shifted the cost of government to everyone else.

My rent is going up on February 1st because of a property tax increase, so I’m affected by it, just like everyone else, and rental property is already taxed more than other property, so I would like some relief, but do it right.

They still haven’t fixed the election law. They patched it, but it still contradicts itself because of the haphazard way they do things.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:16:47 +0000

well, i was reflexively going to vote against just because the republicans are pushing it. also, you've saved me from spending time composing a blog post about the articles i found here on amendment 1 [and how dare they appropriate the first amendment for their shenanigans].