Javier E. Fernández

Proud husband & father, attorney, community activist, former State Representative for HD 114 in Miami-Dade (2018-2020) & Mayor of South Miami

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@DougWahl1 C’mon man. He is signing an autograph.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

After taxes, $36,325 was my bring home pay as a public school teacher in Florida this year.

For a state that likes to brag about having the top education system in the country, they sure don’t show appreciation for the ones who achieved it.

Florida is dead last for average teacher pay, 50th in the country. It’s shameful.

Fortunately, I have my retirement from the DoD and healthcare through the VA and Navy; but I am an outlier.

It’s unacceptable that teachers in Florida are working 2-3 jobs just to make ends meet as the cost of living continues to skyrocket, including unaffordable housing, gas prices, astronomically priced groceries, and healthcare expenditures.

This is unsustainable for Florida’s educators and their families.

Don’t just say you appreciate teachers, show it.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

Get well Mayor! 🙏🏼

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@MrEvanRoss @LucasSa56947288 Think I will renew my subscription.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

Not accurate. Property Appraisers are constitutional officers elected by constituents. They are employed by taxpayers. Cities and counties work with the valuations they are given. They don’t decide or dictate the determination of assessed value.

[Brock Juarez @Juarez_Brock]

Who decides your home’s assessed value — the number that sets your property tax bill, @HollyBullardFL? Local appraisers employed by the city and county, not the free market.

But sure, giving Floridians property tax relief is definitely how we start the next Great Recession 🙄.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

Not accurate. Property Appraiser are constitutional officers elected by constituents. They are employed by taxpayers. Cities and counties work with the valuations they are given. They don’t decide or dictate the determination of assessed value.

[Brock Juarez @Juarez_Brock]

Who decides your home’s assessed value — the number that sets your property tax bill, @HollyBullardFL? Local appraisers employed by the city and county, not the free market.

But sure, giving Floridians property tax relief is definitely how we start the next Great Recession 🙄.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@FloridianDev Garage is terrible development and a huge missed opportunity.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@EdGreenberger @Ericconroy25 Lamest commentary ever. Bitter Browns fan.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

👇🏼Exactly right.

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

🧵Legislators think they’re voting on property taxes.

They’re actually voting on who controls local government.

For 50 years, Florida’s deal was simple: local communities paid their own bills, and local voters held local officials accountable.

Break that system, and the question isn’t what gets cut.

It’s who takes control.

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

Bonus-Why stop at counties?

If a county can’t fund core services without annual checks from Tallahassee, some will argue it should be consolidated into a neighboring county.

Fine.

Why wouldn’t the same logic apply to cities?

If a city can’t fund police, fire, roads, and drainage without recurring state support, why is it still a city?

How many of Florida’s 411 municipalities survive under that test?

Because if your police department, fire department, and road budget depend on a yearly appropriation from Tallahassee, you don’t have home rule.

You have an allowance.

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

5. Who actually controls your city budget after this?

If Tallahassee defines “core services,” spending limits, reimbursement formulas, allowable millage growth, and allowable revenue… then local government becomes government by permission slip.

Your city council may still hold meetings, but the real budget power moves to the Capitol.

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

I think what’s most striking is how little serious analysis appears to have been done before rolling out a proposal of this magnitude. This is one of the most amateur rollouts of a transformational tax proposal I’ve ever seen.

Right now, you can’t even ask detailed questions because almost nobody involved seems to have real answers, fiscal modeling, or implementation analysis. For something that could fundamentally reshape local government finance in Florida, that should concern everyone.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

By the end of Trump’s term, it’ll be just enough to buy one gallon of gas and a carton of eggs.

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

This profoundly incorrect statement inspired me to make a new graph.

This shows primary deficits from 1790-2054. The orange line shows what would happen without the Bush tax cuts, TCJA, and OBBBA.

If not for the 21st century tax cuts, we wouldn't have a fiscal gap.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

With top advisors like this it’s no wonder @realDonaldTrump administration has run up 1/3 of the total debt in our country’s history. Hundreds of billions is a ton of but the deficit was 1.8T 2025. @StephenM’s math isn’t matching. Likely cause he’s just full of 💩 as usual.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 Stephen Miller says the scale of welfare fraud is SO MASSIVE that eliminating it alone could balance the ENTIRE federal budget

"The amount that has been fleeced from us is in the HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars."

"We could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them."

This should infuriate EVERY taxpayer.

[Eliott Rodriguez @ERodforCongress]

🇺🇸 I’m honored to receive the endorsement of Javier Fernandez, Mayor of South Miami, @ElectJavier for our campaign for Congress.

Mayor Fernandez has always been a strong advocate for our community and I'm grateful for his support, leadership, and transparency.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

To meet Ruth was to love her. Privileged to meet her little over 20 years ago. Will forever cherish our time together. Thank you for your example of fearless public service! We have big shoes to fill. https://t.co/8MOjiwm8Fb

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@rgsmither @davidjollyfl @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis How has @GovRonDeSantis fought for property tax reform? Talking about it for 1.5 yrs doesn’t make it so. Neither he nor his FL Senate allies have produced the plan. The “failed leadership of the House” line is an attack to mask his ineffective leadership on this issue.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@LisaFla8 @RonDeSantis Nothing duh about it unless you are a dummy. There is a chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon between his blanket statements and the details.

[Javier E. Fernández @ElectJavier]

@RonDeSantis If your plan as so damn finger-licking good, just release already so we can all pat you on the back for your good work. Why the secrecy? It’s been a year of yapping about the same thing with no plan. Show us the receipts!

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Local govts in FL took in $32 billion in property tax revenue in 2019 (the state doesn’t get property tax revenue).

In 2026 local govts are taking in $60 billion.

They will still be getting massive amounts of revenue even if homestead properties are exempted.