About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of a property tax amendment in Florida and the importance of civic literacy in understanding it.

DeSantis got it on the ballot. Now the grassroots have to win it. The property-tax fight is no longer just in Tallahassee. It is in the mind of every Florida homeowner who is about to be told that relief means chaos, schools vanish, roads dissolve, and civilization ends. That is the fear machine. Our job is civic literacy. Explain homestead.Explain school funding.Explain non-homestead property.Explain the fee shell game.Explain why local-government panic should not be accepted at face value. If homeowners understand the amendment, they are harder to scare. This episode of Firing Lane: The Amendment Is Not Self-Defending.

People in this episode

Host: Croaky Caiman

Topics covered

• tax relief
• grassroots activism
• property tax
• civic literacy
• local government
• education funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tallahassee

Places: Florida

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