4/19/2004
One down, but a replacement steps up
Jeffrey Saull's school-starving double-your-homestead-exemption constitutional amendment is doing so well that his wife has launched GOP Senate bid.
Meanwhile Bob Smith is out. It must have been the first time in his career that he looked around and discovered he wasn't wackiest candidate in the race.
More editorials on the homestead amendment --
+ St. Pete Times -- A foolhardy voter initiative doubling the homestead tax exemption would imperil Florida's counties and schools.
+ Florida Today -- Doubling the property tax exemption would mean disaster for local budgets.
+ Miami Herald -- Local governments can't absorb a revenue hit of that magnitude without raising regressive fees, adding other taxes or cutting services such as education, policing, fire-rescue, elderly programs, etc.
Meanwhile Bob Smith is out. It must have been the first time in his career that he looked around and discovered he wasn't wackiest candidate in the race.
More editorials on the homestead amendment --
+ St. Pete Times -- A foolhardy voter initiative doubling the homestead tax exemption would imperil Florida's counties and schools.
+ Florida Today -- Doubling the property tax exemption would mean disaster for local budgets.
+ Miami Herald -- Local governments can't absorb a revenue hit of that magnitude without raising regressive fees, adding other taxes or cutting services such as education, policing, fire-rescue, elderly programs, etc.
