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Property Tax Reform: Relief Or Risk For Cape Coral?
Property Tax Reform: Relief Or Risk For Cape Coral? BLOG Give Homeowners A Break For many Cape Coral homeowners, the dream of homeownership is getting harder to hold onto. Insurance premiums are climbing, inflation persists, and property assessments keep rising without any corresponding increase in household income. Florida’s proposed homestead property tax reforms are a direct response, and they deserve support. In my practice, I regularly speak with homeowners worried about the cost of staying in their homes. Rising property values may look good on paper, but they translate to higher tax bills, a real burden for retirees on fixed incomes and working families already stretched thin. Critics point to the effect on local government budgets. It’s a fair [...]
Battle For The Waterfront: Is Denying Cape Coral Rowing Club A Home At Tropicana Park Good Governance Or A Fiscally Irresponsible Bait And Switch?
Battle for the Waterfront BLOG Bait-And-Switch Leaves Rowing Club High And Dry The Cape Coral Rowing Club (CCRC) has served our youth for nearly 20 years. In a self-described “waterfront wonderland,” providing athletic programs that leverage our unique environment should be a no-brainer. Yet, despite decades of success, including launching athletes to prestigious institutions like MIT and Stetson University, our city council just ran the club aground. For 15 years, CCRC operated out of Cape Harbour before commercial development forced a temporary move to Seven Islands in 2022. The long-term solution was supposed to be Tropicana Park. In 2024, the City Council unanimously approved a $4.7 million construction contract for the park, which included roughly $500,000 in taxpayer funds [...]
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