Forget the Delegates - Amendment 1 passed.

[Coexist]

yeah for our overpriced real estate. yeah for developers and snowbirds.

cry for our services, and poor, and police and firefighters.

yeah, Charlie - get back to work cutting taxes some more... life here is waaaa-y too cushy.


AAAARGH!!!

There was NO victory in this state tonight.

[flvegan]

1. Nope, not at all.

No victory whatsoever.

[aquart]

2. I'm so sorry. It passed by how much?

[Coexist]

4. 63% - it needed 60%

it is now part of our damn constitution, it can't even be fiddles with.

it is very, very bad for our state.

[1corona4u]

5. Oh, relax....

it's going to be challenged as unconstitutional..... it will be a LONG time coming thanks to people who fail to see that people here need a property tax decrease.

It's a funny thing to me, that back before the hurricanes, when the taxes were marginally high, the 'community services' had plenty of money, and now all of a sudden, they will crash and burn, because we get a tax break? Bullshit.

Maybe the state, and the community services need to manage their money better.



And by the way, it passed 64% to 35%, so people wanted it.

YES for Approval NO for Rejection
Total 2,557,840 1,423,909
Votes 64.2% 35.8%

[Coexist]

7. taxes went up because home values went up -

no one cried about their great cash-out refinancing, and increased net worth - but IT ACTUALLY AFFECTS MY PROPERTY TAXES!! No way- that's not fair.

There were layoffs after the last round of state mandated tax cuts - why will there be none now?

[Scurrilous]

3. Florida OK's property tax cut

<snip>

"Florida voters gave themselves an average $240 property tax cut Tuesday, deciding that a little relief is better than none in a campaign season cloaked in economic woe.

Voters approved Amendment 1 by a 64 to 36 margin, with the most expensive real estate region in the state, South Florida, pushing it over the top.

It is a major victory for Gov. Charlie Crist, who made it his signature issue, raised $4.4 million to finance a statewide campaign and was the face and voice of a barrage of television ads.

"Floridians are concerned about the economy so I think a tax cut is important to them." said Crist from the Miami campaign headquarters of presidential candidate John McCain. "I couldn't be happier for the people of this state."

The amendment is the first to test a new requirement that all constitutional changes must get 60 percent voter approval -- a threshold election officials say is normally hard to achieve."


http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/398553.html

[Dr.Phool]

6. The "tax cut" is going to quickly turn into a back-door tax increase.

If you opt for the doubled homestead exemption, you lose the "save our homes" provision, which, limits annual tax increases to 3%.

After years of activism, I'm convinced we have the dumbest electorate in the country, and quite possibly the most corrupt legislature.

Fuck 'em all! I quit.