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Updated: 8:37 PM Jun 6, 2007
Homeowners Don't Like the Way Government Spends Their Tax Dollars
State lawmakers meet in special session next week to deal with property taxes, and a new poll reveals Floridians are expecting a big reduction. Posted: 4:31 PM Jun 6, 2007Reporter: Joe Moore Email Address: Joe.Moore@wjhg.com |
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State lawmakers meet in special session next week to deal with property taxes, and a new poll reveals Floridians are expecting a big reduction.
A survey of 1,174 Florida voters conducted in the past week shows that 53 percent of them are expecting lawmakers to approve a property tax cut and they want a big one, something between 20 and 40 percent.
State lawmakers have been blaming local officials for the property tax crisis, but Quinnipiac University pollster Peter Brown says they survey shows more trust for city and county government than the state.
Brown says, “They don’t like the way government is spending their dollars. If you ask them simply: do you like the way, do you trust local government? They get a negative reaction. But when you compare it to state government, it gets, state government gets a worse reaction.”
Brown says the most popular suggestion for property taxes cuts was to reduce every homeowner’s bill by the same percentage, regardless of where they live or how much the home is worth.
The special session begins next Tuesday and is scheduled to run for 11 days.
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