A trio of political committees formed to oppose a November ballot measure to raise the homestead property tax exemption have collectively raised less than $30,000 since the start of June, according to numbers posted by the Division of Elections.<\/p>\n
Vote No on 3, also called Stop Unfair Tax Shifts, has raised nearly $23,200 as of July 17, of which $8,300 has been spent, mostly on political consulting.<\/p>\n
Former Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge is the chairman of the committee, which argues the proposal<\/a> will result in dramatic cuts to essential local services and shift taxes to renters, commercial property and first-time home buyers.<\/p>\n The November ballot item asks voters to raise the current exemption for non-school homestead property taxes<\/a> from $50,000 to $250,000 by 2028. Also, the annual 10 percent cap on assessment increases to non-homestead property assessments would drop to 5 percent.<\/p>\n The Miami-based Floridians for Shared Prosperity, a coalition of labor groups, nonprofits, and community leaders, hasn’t posted any money coming in since being seeded with $5,000 by the Florida Policy Institute.<\/p>\n The Tallahassee-based committee 3 Degrees Florida had yet to spend any of the $55 it has raised. Committee Chairman Derek Strickland is listed as “a third-generation Floridian who was minding his own business until the call to civic action became too strong to ignore.”<\/p>\n