Amendment holds pain and promise

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Amendment holds pain and promise

Proposed property tax breaks good for some, but potentially costly for others

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

A statewide amendment going before voters in November would give a substantial property tax break to first-time homeowners and the owners of non-homesteaded property -- but it also would cost local governments millions of dollars in property taxes.

Amendment 4, which will be on the Nov. 6 ballot, would give a tax break to first-time homebuyers, who are defined as those who h...

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Dis-band local governments

Submitted on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 12:18pm by Zack

Go back to being unincorporated. You will be a lot happier by eliminating a layer of idiots who drink from the public trough.

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League of Women voters has advised to vote

Submitted on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 12:36am by joey

No on all state referendums. http://www.bereadytovote.org/admin/data/img/uploads/files/LWVFEF%20Speci...

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Great Link

Submitted on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 2:43pm by 666

Great link, but I'm not sure you read it closely. It does not recommend anything, but is an explanation of the amendments and is non partisan. The biggest eye opener for me was that Connie Mack did not even take the time to respond (or have his staff respond). Maybe all those commercials attacking him are closer to the truth then I thought.