Pain often follows change, and so it is with Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's proactive plan to restructure the way the city does business. ...more

November 17, 2007

Opinions appear to becoming polarized over the proposed changes to the state's property tax system voters will see on the Jan. 29 presidential preference primary ballot. ...more

November 7, 2007

Former Florida Senate President John McKay has proposed a plan that could cut property taxes up to 45 percent by eliminating sales tax exemptions that mostly benefit businesses. ...more

November 4, 2007

The Legislature is giving the state a bad choice: Either vote for a tax reform that is small and broadly unhelpful, or get no reform at all. ...more

October 31, 2007

Inequities Remain Regarding 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief' (Our Opinion, Oct. 12): ...more

October 20, 2007

Lawmakers abruptly left Tallahassee yesterday with no agreement on how to cut property taxes. They should end the charade. They are searching for a fix that can't be found in a week. ...more

October 19, 2007

The Legislature hopes to pass a property tax relief package at midweek and have the language on the Jan. 29 ballot as a constitutional amendment. ...more

October 14, 2007

A widow wants to downsize from the $250,000 home she has lived in for decades to a $200,000 abode. Then she learns her tax bill would jump from $1,500 a year to $3,500 a year. ...more

October 14, 2007

A new plan to cut property taxes fails to address the inequities in Florida's tax structure and does nothing to help those who have the most reason to complain - Floridians who recently purchased their homes at inflated prices and are taxed at or near market value. ...more

October 12, 2007

Now that the Florida Legislature's much-touted property tax relief proposal is in limbo, it is time to take stock and consider alternatives. A proposal created by the state's county property appraisers, which advocates a universal tax break for all property owners , sounds practical and something that could be considered in part if a new plan is ever created. But for this and some other proposals to survive, the Legislature and the voters have to ask themselves a tough question: Is saving Save Our Homes Amendment worth the price it has extracted? ...more

October 9, 2007