The Palm Beach County Commissioners were complaining as always that all their little pet projects were not going to be financed this year because THE PEOPLE voted for guess what! LOWER TAXES and the new property tax bill that was on the ballot this past January PASSED! Hmmm, I wonder why! I don't think our 'leaders' ever get a clue and often I wonder what planet they are living on. They are SO out of touch with reality and with the PEOPLE'S will! The property tax bill to lower our Florida state property taxes passed. It was a small step in the right direction. There is much more work to do to get the property taxes lowered more. The January ballot was just a drop in the bucket.
So the Palm Beach County Commissioners start crying about how they aren't going to have their coffers full this year. You see, the property values went down! That means less taxes! Well, you know what I say to that? I say tighten up your purse strings, get frugal, be thrifty! NOT- Let's figure out how to get more money from the PEOPLE! Now why would we all want to lower our property tax bill and then just have the county come in and add new taxes to offset what they are not getting in our property tax bill? I just don't get what they are thinking!
They had their ' let's get more money' meeting this past Thursday. They wanted to raise our taxes by 8.3%!!!!!!! WHAT!?! County Commissioners, if you are reading this post, let me say that you need to get out and get in touch with the people!
The Realtors® were the only group that stood up to speak up and against raising your taxes.They were the only group that stood up to demand lower taxes for you. You see, we are the ones that are in the trenches with buyers and sellers who are being affected first hand by these taxes. I was not able to go to the meeting because I woke up with a temperature of 103 that morning. Many agents took the time out of their busy days to be at this workshop to represent the will of the people.
Our board of Realtors® generated over 1,900 emails to our County Commissioners in just 5 days!
The commissioners that voted for the will of the people were: Commissioner Kanjian, Marcus, McCarty and Greene. Please make a note of who these commissioners are. Commissioner Chairwoman Addie Greene was the swing vote.
Now as in all politics just because we won this fight, the battle for lower taxes is not over. We must stay in touch with what they are doing in these meetings. They must stick to this decision and we are the ones who must make sure they do.
Make your voice count, be heard. These meetings are open to the public. Take time out of your busy day to protect your rights as citizens. Those that stand around and complain about how they don't like higher taxes but don't do anything about it, have no rights to complain. Make your voice heard where it counts!
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