Why I’m voting yes on Florida’s Amendment 3 | Column
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Every day, families walk into my office to pay their property taxes. Many bring two credit cards. Sometimes three. I have watched people count cash on the counter and split a bill they can barely cover. We offer payment plans. We offer homestead deferral for qualifying seniors.
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The Republican legislators who wrote Amendment 3 tell us it will allow voters to fix property taxes. That is not why they put it on the ballot. Amendment 3 was intended to eliminate the ability of local governments to defend against a state government that has gone rogue, with the elections for gove…
Every day, families walk into my office to pay their property taxes. Many bring two credit cards. Sometimes three. I have watched people count cash on the counter and split a bill they can barely cover. We offer payment plans. We offer homestead deferral for qualifying seniors.
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