Byron Donalds on Florida property taxes

    by Flint: Byron Donalds

    Byron Donalds isn't sugar coating the county math. Florida homeowners get relief under his plan to cut and eventually wipe out property taxes, and the state surplus backfills the rural counties that actually need it. Roughly 20 to 25 fiscally constrained counties get a funding formula set up by Tallahassee as governor. If you're running Miami-Dade, Orange County or Hillsborough County, time to start looking at your budgets, because Floridians are not a never-ending piggy bank. On the local governments crying budget issues: "they should have thought about that as property taxes doubled over the last seven years!" Nearly doubled in seven years is the whole story. And no, he doesn't buy the moderate label. Didn't buy it for Abigail Spanberger either, who ran as one. "VOTE YES ON 3, Florida! That's how we move towards effectively abolishing property taxes"

    Transcript (en)

    First of all, it's about the people of Florida. They need relief. Property taxes have almost doubled in our state. And with local governments now saying, oh my gosh, we're going to have budget issues, well, they should have thought about that as property taxes doubled over the last seven years. For the fiscally constrained counties in Florida, we have about 20 to 25 rural fiscally constrained counties. And Tallahassee, as governor, will set up a funding formula for those counties so that they'll be able to make ends meet. But if you're in a larger county, like a Miami-Dade, Orange County, Hillsborough County, you need to start looking at your budgets because the people of Florida are not a never-ending piggy bank for government. So you don't buy that he's a moderate? No, I don't. I mean, look, I didn't buy Abigail Spanberger was a moderate. And she ran as one.