Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is warning voters not to be intimidated by “big government apologists” seeking to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis’ revamped property tax package that was added to the November election ballot.
Florida Politics reports Ingoglia, who appointed CFO by DeSantis, declared that claims of local governments facing financial wreckage if the property tax package passes were based on fear instead of facts.
“The first thing I would say is, you’re going to hear a lot of scare tactics and misinformation coming out from a lot of different places in this fight,” he said. “So, when I hear the misinformation and the talking points coming out from the big government apologists that say that they have to cut fire and they have to cut police, what they are saying is that that’s the last thing that they’re thinking about in the hierarchy of how they build their budgets.”
Ingoglia also accused local government officials of falsely claiming they will not be able to finance public safety if voters approve the proposal.
The ballot proposal, titled “Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes,” will raise the existing $50,000 exemption for homestead properties to $150,000 starting in 2027, and then to $250,000 in 2028. Florida legislators, who approved putting the proposal before voters, tweaked the governor’s original plan so the exemption will not apply to school taxes.
The state’s leading business groups – including Florida Realtors, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and NFIB of Florida – have yet to take a public position on the subject.
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