URGENT.....URGENT.....

http://www.cutpropertytaxesnow.com/ has launched a grass-roots campaign to add a new Constitutional Amendment to our ballot which will dramatically LOWER your property tax bill.

****This measure is designed to rein in excessive property taxes, not do away with them completely. It also leave the provisions of Save Our Homes intact****

read below for directions on how you can change the state of affairs in the State of Florida:

Cut Property Taxes Now
Forward this message far and wide for tax relief

A Simple and Effective Citizens’ Tax Relief Proposal for Florida: 1.25% property tax cap for everyone.
See Dr. McKalip and Tax Fighter David Simpson on ABC Action News (Tampa Bay) tonight at 5 or 6 pm about the initiative. (10/11/07)
Press conference at St. Pete City Hall Wed. 10/17 2pm , 175 5th St. N. St. Petersburg.

1. Go To http://www.cutpropertytaxesnow.com/ to download a petition to sign.
2. Fill in your address and it will help fill out the petition for you
3. Print and mail it in.
4. Donate money for a successful campaign with the “contribute” button at the site.
5. Go to http://www.cuttaxesnow.com/ to sign up for this email distribution list (if this was forwarded to you).


Today, Cut Property Taxes Now - a new and separate organization - announced its proposal to amend the state constitution in 11/08 to cut taxes for all Florida Property Owners. The Key points of the proposal would:

Tax all property at no more than 1.25% of its taxable value.
Keep the effect of the Save Our Homes cap – permanently.
Provide strong tax relief to homestead and non-homestead property owners.
Cut local government property tax revenue by about 25% across the state.
Takes effect in January 2009.

To put it more simply, here are the taxes that would be paid on all property based on its taxable value (the value on your Trim notice after Save Our Homes and exemptions). This applies to homesteaders and non-homesteaders:

Taxable Value Property Tax
$100,000 $1,250
$200,000 $2,500
$300,000 $3,750
$500,000 $6,250
$750,000 $9,375
$1,000,000 $12,500

Last year, local Governments in Florida collected a record $30.4 billion in property taxes, nearly twice what was collected in 2000. The “One and a Quarter” Solution would have allowed $22.4 Billion, cutting local tax collections an average of about 25% (a quarter) around the state. The money is being wasted on corporate welfare, failed social welfare, government mismanagement and waste and excessive benefits packages for government workers.

Cut Property Taxes Now is headed by Lee Sullivan, of Bay Taxpayer Alliance in the Panhandle, David McKalip, M.D., of Cut Taxes Now in Tampa Bay and Ira Paul, of Independent Voices for Better Education in Miami-Dade.

Are you fed up with the overspending at your local governments? Are you disgusted that the politicians can’t find a way to cut taxes for all those who are actually paying the high taxes? Are you angry that tax collections have doubled since 2000, people are leaving the state, the Florida economy is spiraling downward and businesses can’t grow or must close?

The time is now. It is up to us. Let’s take action to bring government back down to size and achieve the tax relief our politicians will never give us.

Go to http://www.cutpropertytaxesnow.com/ and download the petition. Sign it and mail it in today.

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