3. If local governments can’t raise enough revenue locally, they won’t become smaller.
They’ll become dependent.
Dependent on Tallahassee grants.
Dependent on state appropriations.
Dependent on political decisions made hundreds of miles away.
The Governor and Legislature are about to become the unelected county commission for Volusia, Flagler, Hernando, Sumter, and dozens of other communities.
Because whoever controls the money ultimately controls the budget.
This isn’t just a tax debate.
It’s a transfer of power.
Florida needs property tax reform, just not the Soviet style version of centralized government they just put on the November ballot. Best to reject it and come back with something that preserves representative government. Gift link: https://t.co/bJ4M5NBz6Y https://t.co/AuVe7tfegc
This is what we’re up against: bigotry that dehumanizes and corrodes all it touches. If you think it’s acceptable to equate Black Americans with apes, you’ve lost your humanity. This ideology is morally bankrupt. It must be defeated and ended as a force in public life.
Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
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