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Westlake mayor warns Florida proposals to phase out property taxes would gut municipal budgets
Summary
John Paul O'Connor, incoming Palm Beach County League of Cities president, told West Palm Beach commissioners that proposed state measures to phase out municipal ad valorem taxes (example: HJR 203) would sharply reduce local revenue and that lawmakers have not presented a credible backfill plan; he urged public education about what property-tax dollars fund.
John Paul O'Connor, mayor of Westlake and chair of the Palm Beach County League of Cities' legislative committee, briefed the West Palm Beach City Commission on Feb. 17 about a slate of property-tax proposals moving through the Florida Legislature.
O'Connor highlighted HJR 203, a joint resolution he said would phase out municipal ad valorem property…
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