Ryan Moran

Associate Director of Alumni and Community Engagement #FAUAlumni 🦉#Content

[Phil ✦ The Horizoneer @TheHorizoneer]

I think this Apple Store’s broken?

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@RRothschild20

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@KLVsays Will we get an exit interview with Ken LaVicka? The people are asking.

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

For everyone in Florida cheering for the end of property taxes, Jeff Brandes asks 10 REALLY good questions:

1. If this is real tax reform, what replaces it?
Florida built local government around property taxes because Florida has no state income tax.
You can dislike the system, but you cannot remove the load-bearing wall without explaining what keeps the roof from collapsing afterward.

2. Is this a tax cut… or just a tax costume change?
Homesteaded homeowners may save money upfront.
But governments still need revenue.
So does the bill simply reappear through rent, insurance, utility bills, assessments, fees, and higher costs on businesses and apartments?
Taxes rarely disappear.
They usually come back wearing a different name tag.

3. Who pays the debt already backed by property taxes?
Florida communities have borrowed billions for roads, drainage, water systems, police stations, fire stations, and hurricane infrastructure.
Bond payments do not disappear because politicians change the math.

4. What exactly counts as a “core service”?
Police and fire are easy answers. After that, the politics begin.
Is drainage a core service in a hurricane state? Stormwater? Road maintenance? Permitting? Parks? Libraries? Transit? Homeless services? Constitutional officers?
The real fight will not be over taxes. It will be over who gets to decide what government is allowed to do.

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.

6. What happens during the first recession?
Property taxes are stable.
Sales taxes and tourism revenues are not.
So what happens when the economy slows, tourism drops, state revenues fall, and demand for local services spikes at the same time?
A system designed only for boom years is not reform.
It is a fair-weather theory.

7. What funds the trust fund when Florida itself is projecting multi-billion-dollar deficits?
Sales taxes? Documentary stamps? Debt? New fees? “Future growth”?
Florida’s own long-range forecasts already project structural deficits beginning in fiscal year 2027-28.
So what is the durable funding source?
A trust fund without recurring revenue is not reform. It is delayed instability with a press release.

8. What happens to Florida’s special districts?
Florida already relies heavily on CDDs, special districts, MSTUs, infrastructure authorities, and assessment-based financing.
If cities and counties lose flexibility, does growth simply shift into more off-book financing structures and special assessments?
Taxpayers do not care which government entity sends the invoice. They care that the invoice still arrives.

9. Are we trying to solve a housing crisis entirely through the tax code?
Florida’s affordability crisis is not just taxes. It is missing starter homes, restrictive zoning, rising insurance, infrastructure costs, and years of making housing harder to build.
You cannot tax-cut your way out of a starter home shortage.

10. Does this proposal reduce the cost of government or simply change the collection mechanism?
Nothing in the proposal prevents governments from relying more heavily on utility fees, stormwater charges, mobility fees, special assessments, franchise fees, or special districts.

If the total cost to taxpayers remains roughly the same, this is not necessarily smaller government. It is simply a different billing system.
Bonus question: Where is the sunset clause?

This proposal would fundamentally restructure local government finance in the third-largest state in America.

So where is the mandatory five-year review?
Measure homeowner savings, renter impacts, debt stress, infrastructure quality, public safety, and unintended consequences.

✅Big reforms need an exit ramp if the theory fails.

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

This is the craziest hill to die on

[Texas Tech Red Raiders @TechAthletics]

A message to the Texas Tech community from our leadership.

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[THE FAU BURNER @FIU_is_Trash]

It is 99 days until FAU plays FOOTBALL

The 1999 FAU Baseball team went 54-9 in their season. They had 34 consecutive wins which is tied for Texas with the most all time.

Tommy Murphy made the bigs after graduating, his sons Tyler & Dylan both play for the Owls currently.

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

@JakeElman97 Obi-Wan explaining the force always gives me chills

[Clay Bollinger @ClayBollinger]

My good buddy @EricDeSalvo and I talked some shop on The Playbook 🎥

From Vine videos to leading UCF’s entire creative operation, Eric breaks down how great programs connect with fans and stay authentic in a crowded college sports landscape.

https://t.co/lSOYZqNOIH

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

@SirBrayden I've been holding out for years now.

[Scott Walker @scottwalker88]

Beautiful.

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@TheNoahGoldberg

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Were you an unpaid intern? Did you know you have rights? The Constitution says you do, and so do I.

[College Transfer Portal @CollegeFBPortal]

NEW: The NCAA’s $303 million settlement with former Division 1 volunteer coaches has received FINAL approval.

The NCAA will distribute payments to roughly 8,000 coaches, with a minimum of $5,000 per valid claim 😳

[Florida Atlantic Softball @FAUSoftball]

JESIANA WALKS IT OFF!!! OWLS ADVANCE!!!!

#WIP🏝️

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

@KLVsays Now I can watch a .500 Auburn make the tourney. This is the way.

[Florida Atlantic Athletic Facilities & Events @FAUGameday]

It’s Event & Facility Manager Appreciation Week! 🏟️

Shoutout to the team behind the scenes who keep @FAUAthletics moving, no matter the day, no matter the weather.

Thank you for everything you do for our student-athletes, coaches and fans!

#WIPㅤㅤㅤ 🏝️ | @cefmafacilities

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

@Paradise_fb_ Underated look for sure.

[Ryan Moran @RyguyMoran]

From the FAU Football archive. May the 4th be with you...always.

[Steve Porter @StevePorter_]

This guy needs more credit. His dedication to covering WDW is incredible.