Miami-Dade County Property Taxes

It seems that the property tax issues in Miami-Dade County is never ending. Final property rolls released on July 3rd showed a dip of 9.5 percent countywide. Across Miami-Dade, the downturn erased $23 billion in real-estate value, pushing the county's overall value down to $222 billion, according to the county property appraisers office. So now what? Well, according to Channel 10 news, the Mayor proposed raising property taxes to residents but many opposed. The next budget proposal, 5% pay cut to all 30-40,000 Miami-Dade County employees accross the board including police and fire. The Police Union head, Mr. John Rivera from the Police Benevolent Association, stated in his interview that if we look at county commissions meetings we would realize how much money they spend "as if they are printing money themselves" were his words and I believe it!

Now, what happened to all the money they collected during the real estate peak? Why didn't they budget properly for a rainy day? Remember that the residents of Miami-Dade which have investment properties their property taxes sore through the roof due to their properties not being protected by the Save Our Homes Act. Now what, as usual we all have to suffer the consequences. If this proposal goes through which will be discussed on Wednesday, July 15th, it will affect all of us in Miami-Dade not only the employees. I am sure that this will be an ongoing issue, next step cutting personnel. This is just my two cents, I am sure many of us feel the same....