Posted by  Suzie Siegel, Tampa on 09/20  at  02:37 PM

Like me, many readers are renters. When I hear “tax relief,” I think “fewer services.”

Posted by  Daoshan Liu, 11039 Lynn Lake Cir, 33625 on 09/20  at  01:40 PM

When you report on the property tax, don’t forget legal alien homeowners. They sufferred the most. My application for homestead was denied earlier this year simply because I don’t have a green card yet. I have lived in my house for every single day/night since January 2002 and I never step out of the soil of state of Florida since October 2000. I have read related sections of the State Statutes several times which does not require an INS permanent residence card (green card) for the qualification but county appraiser’s office insists on this. They say that’s the State Attorney General’s intepretation. My goodness. I just wish my house price went down!

Posted by  Roger Shore, Apollo Beach on 09/20  at  07:16 AM

It is really heartbreaking when you buy a piece of land, build your dream home and are then assessed at 35% more than you put into the project.

We are now forced with the prospect of having to sell as we cannot afford the property taxes.  What chances do we have in this stagnant market.

Oh the American dream.