Category: Property Tax and Education News
Aug 1, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Homeowners Looking For Answers APOLLO BEACH – Come January, Florida voters will decide on a potential massive overhaul in how property taxes are assessed. But how it will affect homeowners …
Jul 31, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Plan to educate voters about super-sized homestead exemption draws fire Tax dollars may be used to tell about exemptions TALLAHASSEE Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican lawmakers on Monday lashed out …
Jul 30, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Tax breaks pad big pockets Leaders in Tallahassee promised tax relief for overburdened homeowners. What they delivered was the largest tax cut in state history. The biggest winners, however, aren’t …
Jul 27, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â House speaker prefers sales tax over property tax If there is, indeed, a property tax crisis in Florida, those suffering the most are the owners of nonhomesteaded property. Â School …
Jul 26, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Broward school cuts: bus service, traffic aides When school starts in August, there will be fewer bus stops, fewer school supplies and fewer crossing guards as the Broward school district …
Jul 25, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Martinez, Nelson call for bomb-area cleanup near school ‘ASAP’ Reaching across the political aisle for the sake of an Orange County middle school built atop a WWII-era bombing range, Senators …
Jul 24, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Legislative leaders announce special session on budget cuts TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Legislative leaders Tuesday said they will call a special session in September to cut Florida’s new $71.5 billion budget …
Jul 23, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Polling Favors ‘Super’ Tax Exemption TALLAHASSEE – The majority of Florida voters supports a plan to super-size the homestead exemption – even though they don’t know much about it. Â …
Jul 20, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Tax panel gets school voucher, class size proposals TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two hot-button education issues – class size limits and private school vouchers – were discussed Friday by the …
Jul 19, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Pembroke Pines OKs 6.2 percent increase for charter schools 6.2 percent increase will cover teacher salaries The cost of serving the 5,310 students who will attend the city’s seven charter …