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How are you going to Vote on Amendment 1?

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I know we are discussing this on another thread but there is going to be a forum on Amendment 1 in the north end and south end of the county. I plan to attend both. Try to if you can, for nothing more than to get a feel for who shows up. In nowal I will know who is related to whom and can easily come up with some numbers of real attendance. Shame to say, but I know very few people in sowal any more. I use to know most everyone, but man that place has grown. I just can't keep up.
 
Could this be because taxes are too high?


Tax certificate sales for Walton County
2005-3016
2006-3228
2007-6722

Foreclosures in Walton County
2005-171
2006-280
2007-721
 
WaltonGOP said:
Could this be because taxes are too high?


Tax certificate sales for Walton County
2005-3016
2006-3228
2007-6722

Foreclosures in Walton County
2005-171
2006-280
2007-721
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My instincts tell me that it's more like "investulators" walking away from their 'risk-free investments.'






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Here is an editorial on portability from today's St. Pete Times. I'm sorry, but the idea is completely indefensible from a fairness point of view!

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/11/Opinion/Portability_worsens_p.shtml

"When legislators included so-called Save Our Homes portability in the property tax amendment, they ignored warnings from their own lawyers and from Florida TaxWatch that extending this unequal taxation would make Save Our Homes more vulnerable to a constitutional challenge. They ignored concerns that it would result in a further shift of the tax burden to renters, business owners and owners of investment properties. And they ignored the reality that there are more significant factors contributing to the collapse of the real estate market, including inflated home prices and the mortgage crisis.

"Florida has a serious property tax problem that needs to be addressed. But extending the unfairness of the current system and handing the most relief to those who already have the biggest tax breaks is not the answer. Allowing homeowners to take Save Our Homes benefits with them when they move sounds good, but it would only make a bad situation worse."

By the way, I'm pretty sure that Florida Tax Watch criticized Save Our Homes way back when it was passed in the early 1990s, so it's not just the runup that made inequality inevitable. It just happened faster.
 
Sen Gaetz has been saying that a no vote translates to the house and senate as the people voted to make no changes so they will do nothing in the future and a yes vote means this is a start and the people want more...
FAR votes yes because they want a little help for 2nd home owners with caps on assessments and a little protection for commercial prop owners...
Either way everyone needs to attack their local commissions beacause now that they have the taste for the additional millions since the windfalls of 2004 and beyond they are and will be addicted like a meth addict and won't give up the $$$ unless...
 
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