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Originally Posted by dewilson58
Looks like the County Commissioners have spoken.
All that noise for less than $1,000 per new Villages house.
So, is the 25% rollback / reversal next???
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Yes, I am happy. Let’s look at why.
- At least one of The commissioners wanted to pause the impact fee decision to take the time to have a truly independent expert analyze the effects of the increase, good idea.
- Unfortunately, the commissioners were put into a circumstance where they had no choice but to immediately make an important decision that should not have been fast tracked.
- The commissioners were wrongly put through a nasty negative attack of their character that could be characterized as bullying and had every right to respond in kind with vengeance against their attackers.
- Instead of an understandable nasty response, the commissioners took the high road and did not try to stick it to the party that unscrupulously dredged their character through the mud.
- When forced to make a decision on an expedited time line, the commissioners chose something very rare these days. They comprised down the middle, going half way between today’s impact fees and the maximum amount they could have imposed.
What a rare and nice thing, political compromise. Something that seems to never happen these days.
I understand that the new impact fees won’t come close to covering the 25 % property tax increase, but whatever revenue they raise can reduce the county’s residents property taxes by an equal dollar amount and the counties budget will be revenue neutral. That is not a tax increase, it is a tax reallocation.
I don’t care if it is a 1% or a 10% property tax reduction, the important thing is that IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO! Thanks to the new commissioners for not buckling to the intense pressure put on them and having the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.
