Lower Property Taxes Now
@LowPropTaxes
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Exposing waste, pushing reform, and demanding lower property taxes—now.
Florida
Joined February 2025
WASTEFUL SPENDING: @GainesvilleGov Office of Equity & Inclusion: $1,447,750 This office boasts 12 full-time employees tasked with "training staff on diversity, equity, and inclusion goals" and orchestrating the annual "Journey to Juneteenth" celebration. Some of the
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This was an easy call. ✅ @EmilioforMiami is the right leader to put citizens first - fighting to lower property taxes and put money back where it belongs: in your pocket. Proud to endorse Emilio T. González! #LowerPropertyTaxesNow
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We give @CommishWelch an F rating. Ask him to cut property taxes today for @LeonCounty residents!
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Property taxes keep climbing in @MiamiDadeCounty, but @MayorDaniella hasn’t delivered relief. Families get the bill. She gets an F Rating.
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Jacksonville families are paying more while @DonnaDeegan fails to deliver relief. We give her an F Rating on property taxes in @CityofJax.
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Another example of wasteful property tax spending: According to this article, in 2024, @MDCPS received ~$10,386 per student just from property taxes. That doesn’t even account for state, federal, or other grant funding. Depressing.
Miami-Dade spends more property taxes on CRAs than it does on its Parks system, per our ‘24 analysis. $71M on Parks and $101M on CRAs. Background:
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ATTEMPT AT WASTEFUL SPENDING: @Gantt4Florida Appropriations Project Request: $1,264,596 Rep. @Gantt4Florida is trying to secure $1,264,596 for a DEI charity with BLM imagery all over their website. The charity says that its "Carwash empowers at-risk youth through
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Other counties should follow suit.
Florida tax payers have been hit by local property taxes as many local governments have increased their budgets significantly. Today, I am calling on all Florida counties and municipalities to voluntarily work with our Florida DOGE team to review local spending and financial
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @EsteroVillage General Government Budget: $1,117,800 This budget is full of wasteful spending. Lobbying expenses have nearly doubled from $41,833 in 2022 to $80,000, paying two Tallahassee lobbyists for unclear purposes. They've allocated $250,000 for vague
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @MiamiBeachNews Procurment Office: $3,200,000 The city's procurement department has literally singled out "a registry of LGBT-owned businesses" to provide special privileges to contracts/purchases. They brag about $12 million spent on SBE/DBE and
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @GadsdenCtyBOCC County Commissioners Fund: $1,297,944 They've got $270,000 floating around in expenses so broadly categorized you'd need a detective to track down where it all went. Dig this: $212,000 is lumped under "Other contractual
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @EsteroVillage Village Manager's Office: $844,825 Red cities and counties aren't off the table. The Village Manager's office, with just two full-time employees, is looking to pocket a cool $455,130 in combined salaries for FY25. They're not stopping there,
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @SRQCountyGov UF IFAS Extension and Sustainability: $2,900,000 These are the types of initiatives that get swept under the rug. Going into debt ($2.5 million) to fund "educational horticulture practices, and county wide solar initiatives to promote a
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @MyClearwater HR - Talent Acquisition and Diversity: $493,961 The City of Clearwater allocates nearly half a million dollars to fund three full-time staff members dedicated to ensuring diversity. Among their tasks is overseeing "the Diversity Leadership
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @StPeteFL City Development Administration: $3,545,319 The office, staffed by 9.65 full-time employees, purports to "lead the City's arts, culture, and tourism activities through investment in equitable access to arts and culture throughout the City's
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Interestingly, their notion of success hinges on somewhat superficial metrics such as "number of events" and "presentations given." One has to wonder, what substantial activities does this department genuinely engage in?
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @pbcgov Office of Resilience: $1,536,489 The office claims to "work to ensure a thriving and equitable Palm Beach County by implementing climate resiliency and sustainability initiatives," with efforts including "integrating social equity into climate change
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Perhaps one of the most egregious finds is a grant to Clara White Mission. They received $150,000 from the PSG Council in 2018 and another $150,00 in 2019. This organization's President/CEO is... You guessed it, a current Councilmember of District 10, Ju'Coby Pittman. According
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WASTEFUL SPENDING: @CityofJax PSG Cultural Council: $6,944,615 This council funnels money to NGOs to "ensure the responsible and equitable allocation of public funds to support the City of Jacksonville's most vulnerable populations". One of the groups they funded in 2020 is
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