TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — State lawmakers are now preparing to return to Tallahassee to discuss the popular property tax issue in weeks.
The House of Representatives will return to the Capitol on September 22 and 23 to reconsider the ongoing debate on property taxes. Governor Ron DeSantis and Chief Financial Officer Blaze Ingoglia will promote proposed constitutional reforms.
“My advice is offensive and as aggressive as possible,” Ingoglia said.
That’s the direction that CFOs hope to go to lawmakers when they bring up the issue of property tax.
Ingoglia said local governments have enough space to cut waste and accusing them of spending taxes in unnecessary ways.
While Democrats are debating, they plan to pay attention to the next session.
“My goal to go to these sessions is to explore creative and thoughtful concepts that reduce the degenerative nature of the system.
Eskamani, who will be on the selection committee, which will be meeting at the end of the month, is interested in eliminating property taxes.
“The elimination of that needs to be actively and thoroughly discussed. I look forward to female approaches to sledgehammers in providing relief to our families, but they are targeted more than not bankrupt local governments and not reimbursing police,” Eskamani said.
State leaders like Ingoglia have pushed back these fears and say local governments don’t need to cut down on important services such as fires and police.
“We cannot waste that because the only way we can hold local governments accountable is to ensure that we pass constitutional amendments that reduce the amounts that come in,” Ingoglia said.
House Speaker Danny Perez said he would like to pass the property tax plan in the first week of the 2026 session, which begins in January.
