I seem to recall that Mike Francis was complaining in the Sun that they were experiencing a shortfall because of the cap on taxes. In effect because they used all the excess money to lower taxes when the referendum passed they were "punished" because the only tax base is real estate ( translate village retirees). Seems like Francis used a tactic that backfired- Instead of being a darling that lowered taxes he may become the demon that affected the taxes. just a thought