Q&A of the Day – The Martin County Taxpayers Association Makes the Property Tax Argument

Today’s Q&A is a unique one. Rather than my answer of a listener’s question, I’m turning it over to Darlene Vanriper, the Executive director of the Martin County Taxpayers Association. Earlier this week, after my Top 3 Takeaways entitled: We Waste Our Money, But Government Doesn’t? Darlene sent me a series of Q&A’s pertaining to local government spending/decisions and property taxes that she’d addressed with concerned citizens in her community. Simply put it’s the best breakdown to date during the current debate about the future of property taxes within Florida. While it’s specific to Martin County, the depiction is largely applicable for many smaller counties across the state, which is an angle I’ve not comprehensively addressed to date. So rather than reinventing the wheel, here’s Darlene’s Q&A...