Gainesville increasing taxes.

Desantis is notorious for nominating people that waste money. They have yet to audit the Alligator Alcatraz and it's no bid contracts although they are legally required to do so

 

Same guy that frivolously wasted $10M of a Medicaid settlement including diverting $8.5M to a PAC. Absolutely, let’s hold those fraudsters accountable.

 

Let me guess: places that voted democratic are at the top of the list?

 

States will soon be joining cities in needing to raise taxes, after Trump recently had the federal government cut services (in order to very partially offset his deficit funded tax cuts for the rich.)

It's like a righty wet dream : cut services to poor and average people, take a big tax cut for yourself ........ and then moan about local jurisdictions and Democrats, when they try to clean up the mess.

Just a mixture of selfishness and Idiocracy.

 

My property taxes haven’t gone up one bit in the last 4 years.

 

Sorry, but what business does the state have in auditing city budgets? Republicans continue making a mockery of the constitution's "home rule" provision. You've got multiple scandals at the state level involving corruption and sweetheart deals to donors ... get your own house in order first.

 

You're in Gainesville? I was wondering if the 85 percent figure was accurate. It's a pretty radical increase.

 

Are you in the city? We lived in the county - Haile - but moved away in 2014. Over the 18+ years we lived there the property tax growth rate wasn't too bad. However, I understand this is a city matter. Also, I've been told GRU rates are quite high. Did the wood-burning power pant ever work out?

 

I'm guessing actual residents or people with homesteads arent seeing anything like that. Would I believe that "property owners" who own/flip stuff just to 'modernize' and rent out for top dollar are seeing property taxes increase substantially? I'm sure, as they should.

 

Maybe they can find some $ to get cops to direct traffic after night games at home

 

I’ve seen the inside photos of the last place I lived on NW 2nd Ave. … unrecognizable

 

An audit in theory wouldn't be a bad idea, but when you begin the process with a conclusion already in hand, that will skew the whole thing. What ends up happening is cherry picking anything you don't like to create the narrative you already have prepared.

 

Gainesville and Broward County are the two currently at the top of the list, so yeah.

 

Gainesville and Alachua county are terrible. Worst roads and highest taxes. I don't care what they do as I live in Marion county and rent my office in Gainesville. No way i want to be a property owner in Alachua County.

 

Yes, I live in Gainesville . . . have since 2008. Property taxes haven’t increased much (maybe 5-10%) in all that time. I don’t know if they tax rentals differently. Of couse, I’m homesteaded.

 

See... you're getting the hang of it.

 

All of the tax revenue that UF Sports provides to Gainesville and the city is going to quibble about a few grand to pay cops some overtime? What’s turds they must be? Put a $.01 addition on the sales tax and the revenue from the bookstore alone would cover it.

 

They are taxed differently. The homestead exemption caps annual increases