Property Tax

Unraveling the landscape of Florida politics at the legislative halfway point

WGCU News

The FL Legislative Session has reached the halfway point. Several topics have dominated the conversation including Gov. Ron DeSantis’ radical proposal to eliminate Property Taxes.

Business/Economy

What Happens to Florida without a Property Tax?

WGCU News

Governor Ron DeSantis wants to eliminate property taxes? But is this a practical endeavor? would the removal of this revenue source increase sales taesx or even the introduce an income tax.

“If you've gone up and down any of our streets, there's really not a street that doesn't either have a house that's been completed or a house that's under construction. So we're really starting to see a lot of our residents get the things that they need to get worked out, worked out and start getting their houses built again,” Dan Allers, mayor Fort Myers Beach, said about the town's rebuilding and a hefty jump in property values nearly two years after Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Recovery

Fort Myers Beach is rebounding; Taxable values soar post-Ian

Danya Harpster

Lee County as a whole had its property values raise 6 percent over last year. For Fort Myers Beach it was 48 percent.