General Election Endorsements
NOVEMBER 8 ELECTIONS--
Donald J. Trump for President
Marco Rubio for U.S. Senator
Brian Mast, Congress Dist 18
Paul Spain, Congress Dist 21
Tony Bennett, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 1
Sean Hogan, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 3
Taniel Shant, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 5
Bill Hager, State Rep District 89
Artie Lurie, State Rep District 90
PB Soil & Conservation:
Grp 2--Daniel Sohn
Grp 3--Stephen Joseph Jara
Grp 4--Dave Self
YES ALL JUDGES
Dana Marie Santino, Cnty Court Judge Dist 11
NOVEMBER 8 STATE AMENDMENTS
NO on Amendment 1
NO on Amendment 2
No opinion on Amendment 3
YES on Amendment 5
NOVEMBER 8 COUNTY AMENDMENTS
NO on 1 cent sales tax
LAKE WORTH AMENDMENT
NO to Bond
Donald J. Trump for President
Marco Rubio for U.S. Senator
Brian Mast, Congress Dist 18
Paul Spain, Congress Dist 21
Tony Bennett, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 1
Sean Hogan, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 3
Taniel Shant, PBCnty Commissioner Dist 5
Bill Hager, State Rep District 89
Artie Lurie, State Rep District 90
PB Soil & Conservation:
Grp 2--Daniel Sohn
Grp 3--Stephen Joseph Jara
Grp 4--Dave Self
YES ALL JUDGES
Dana Marie Santino, Cnty Court Judge Dist 11
NOVEMBER 8 STATE AMENDMENTS
NO on Amendment 1
NO on Amendment 2
No opinion on Amendment 3
YES on Amendment 5
NOVEMBER 8 COUNTY AMENDMENTS
NO on 1 cent sales tax
LAKE WORTH AMENDMENT
NO to Bond
Thanks for letting everyone know who NOT to vote for.
ReplyDeleteAmen!
DeleteI'm not sure why you have no opinion for Amendment 3. Disabled first responders certainly seem deserving of some help, whereas, Amendment 4,gives seniors additional tax relief,on top of all of the other property tax relief they are already receiving. Please enlighten me!
ReplyDeleteWell, you will be voting on it so you should already be "enlightened."
ReplyDeleteIt is NOT amendment 4. it is Amendment 5.
Next, this is for Seniors who make $20,000 or less a year so that they will not be forced from their homes if property values go out of sight. POOR PEOPLE.
Amendment 5 would change the existing language regarding homestead tax exemption so that the value of property owned by eligible senior citizens, those with a household income of $20,000 or less, could be assessed when they first apply for the exemption. This would ensure eligible seniors' ability to be able to keep their tax exemption even if their home value exceeded $250,000 in the future. If approved by voters, the amendment would take effect on January 1, 2017, and it would apply retroactively to exemptions provided before that date.
As far as Amendment 3 goes, I haven't studied it enough. I think there are plenty of benefits going for these responders. Opponents of Amendment 3 will argue the establishment of a tax exemption for one’s property separates taxpayers based simply on occupation. Opponents claim all taxpayers should be treated consistently and objectively with respect to taxation. With respect to a concept such as property tax rates and exemptions – the better solution would be to have rates set at as low as possible for all taxpayers, rather than disparate treatment dependent upon job categories.
First of all, there is the widows exemption, then there is the poor old peoples exemption. I thought there was already an amendment that the increase couldn't exceed 3% of the current assessed value. Taken together, these add up to a pretty low tax bill. If your house is worth $250K, it must have been worth about 500+ in 2004 to 2008. In the meantime, your taxes have been dropping every year for the last 8 years or so.
ReplyDeleteAs for the first responders, you know more about that than I do.
It looks like you don't know much about amendment 5 either.
ReplyDeleteNo, you're right, and since it has no affect on my situation, I'm probably not going to research it any further. I think it's a giveaway program like any other. As I said, I think the 2012 amendment covers it nicely. Somebody has to pay to keep the city going. Without Industry and Property Taxes, you better retrofit the Gulfstream as a permanent lodging place for the Guardian Angles.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the Guardian Angels have to do with the Gulfstream Hotel. I'm happy they're here with all the crime in Lake Worth. What would be nice is if Hudson Holdings would start renovations on the existing building like they promised. But that never was their intention, was it?
ReplyDeleteBecause the poorer the town gets, the more crime and homelessness is going to take over.
ReplyDeleteOh, it sounded as if you were blaming it on potholes for the fact that we are a poor city.
ReplyDeleteWe're not addressing the crime and the blight very well. In fact, there's more of it and that is NOT the affect of old infrastructure.
I've seen many areas go down, and few come back up-and the only thing that brings them back up is huge infusions of capital. Even with capital investment, it takes many years.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Detroit so poor when it gets multi millions in federal aid every year. They get money for everything under the sun, probably even potholes. Why does LW hire more employees? That means higher benefit costs and salaries when we can't afford it. Why are we spending more than what we bring in with revenues? Is that good business?
ReplyDeleteAs an example of something really nuts, in 2013, Obama proposed giving Colombia about $323 million in aid in 2014, mostly to combat drug trafficking and violence. Detroit, with an 81 percent higher homicide rate, will get $108.2 million. Is this good business?
America first and build the wall. (I had to get that one in there!!)