Upcoming meetings:

It’s your turn…. To be heard…. To voice your concern…. To help us… help you LOWER  TAXES!

WE, urge you to attend!

VOLUSIA TAX REFORM Will be assembling at the following events to gain awareness and support:

   
Well, as you know, the TBRC has postponed their vote on the Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act until next Friday, April 4th in Tallahassee.  IT IS IMPERATIVE CITIZENS ATTEND THIS MEETING FROM 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M.  THE TBRC NEEDS TO SEE NEW FACES TALKING IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT.  Remember, This is the one to CAP ALL SPENDING AND REVENUES AND NO NEW TAXES WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL...
 
We will have citizens "car pooling" from Volusia County to attend this meeting.  I WOULD URGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THIS MEETING...... THIS WILL BE AN HISTORICAL MOMENT IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY!!!!! WE NEED YOU.  If you have been complaining about high taxes THEN THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! WE NEED LIVE BODIES AT THIS MEETING!!!! 
 
This Amendment together with the one to remove the RLE off the tax rolls, means we will HAVE SIGNIFICANT RELIEF AND SIGNIFICANT REFORM IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.!!

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Plan to Abolish Property Taxes Gathers Momentum

 

3,000 citizens take part in state-wide teleconference to hear grassroots organizations plan to abolish property taxes. Miami State Representative pledges support.

 

West Palm Beach, FL/ November 21, 2007 -- On Monday evening, November 19th, Not Good Enough Florida Founder and President Joe Raineri, along with Executive Director John Hallman, hosted a state-wide teleconference call to discuss their plan to abolish all property taxes through a citizens constitutional ballot initiative. More than 3,000 citizens across Florida took part.

 

Margie Patchett, president of the Volusia County Tax Reform organization joined the call to announce that Volusia Tax Reform had officially endorsed the plan and stated that completely doing away with property taxes is the only solution to the property tax crisis in Florida.

 

After listening to the teleconference, Florida Representative Julio Robaina (R-Miami) contacted Joe Raineri and pledged his full support to Not Good Enough Florida and their campaign to abolish property taxes.

 

The citizens must take matters into their own hands if they want greater property tax reform says Robaina.

 

He went on to say that Abolishing property taxes can be done and Not Good Enough Florida is the organization that can make it happen.ā€¯

 

Raineri commented after the callI have been overwhelmed by the support of thousands of Floridians supporting our plan to abolish property taxes in recent weeks.  Citizens are realizing that the only way to make the current property tax system truly fair and equitable for all is to abolish it.

 

Raineri went on to say; The first question about replacing revenue should be about the excessive and irresponsible spending by local governments over the last six years. Florida doesn't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.

 

NOT GOOD ENOUGH FLORIDA is planning another Teleconference for Citizens on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 at 7:30pm.  Representative Robaina and other tax group leaders from around the state will be speaking. 

 

You can join the event by going to www.notgoodenoughflorida.org

 

Contact: Joe Raineri for interviews                                                    

Tel: 561-628-9311                                                             

E-mail: info@notgoodenoughflorida.org

 

YOU MUST READ THIS ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-flfproptaxlegalsbnov26,0,4304063.story

Sincerely,

Joe Raineri
Founder
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FLORIDA!

 

The Following are the cities we are appointing Citizen's Budget Advisory Committees to:    Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Ormond Beach, Lake Helen, Orange City, Deltona, Port Orange, County of Volusia, School Board

    If you are interested in serving on one of the budget advisory committees, please let us know! 

    The following is from Volusia County Property Appraiser, Morgan Gilreath regarding the 2007 proposed millage rates:

This was the opportunity for each City, County or independent taxing authority (St. Johns, Hospitals, etc) to show their compliance (or otherwise) with the mandate of the Florida Legislature.  All taxing authorities were slotted in "millage-reduction" categories of 0%, -3%, -5%, -7%, -9% below the current year roll-edback rate.  To do otherwise would require a 2/3 or unanimous vote.  Volusia County has 5 authorities who chose not to "reduce" to the level of the state mandate.  All had the vote to do so, but it is an interesting statement to make in this year.  They are highlighted in the list attached as a PDF document "% Change In Millage Rates..."  Also shown are the 2006 rates and the % change from that.... because never forget that... were it not for the tax reform movement of this past year, "same as last year's" millage is where most all of them would be...  As it is, there are 3 cities where the legislature said their high rate of spending from 2001-2006 warranted a reduction of 9% below the rolled-back rate... who are hitting their taxpayers with Notices of Proposed Taxes (TRIM notices) at the rolled-back rate... in plain english, these cities taxpayers will see Notices with taxes "raised" 9% higher than they thought were coming and were recommended by the legislature.  The West Volusia Hospital Authority went over 13% over the recommended rate by actually voting to go with "the same rate as last year." 

NOTE:  the following cities are going below the state mandated rate:

Daytona Beach Downtown Development, Daytona Beach Shores, Lake Helen, New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange, (by one tenth of a percent)

The following cities are just going to roll back rate, not the state mandated rate:

Edgewater, Oak Hill, Ponce Inlet

The following taxing districts WENT ABOVE ROLL BACK RATE

West Volusia Hospital Authority by 10.4% and ORANGE CITY by 2.7%

    The following graph shows the 2007 proposed millage rates for each of our taxing districts in Volusia County.   It compares the millage rates from last year to this year and which taxing districts are proposing to go to the state mandated rates and above.  The TRIM Notices should be mailed about August 15, 2007.

Authority Name

2006 Final Rate

2007 Proposed Rate

2007 Rollback Rate

% Change from 2006 Final

% Change from 2007 Rollback

School Board

School-Local Req Eff

4.99300

4.79100

4.79160

-4.0%

0.0%

School-Discretionary

0.69200

0.67600

0.66400

-2.3%

1.8%

School-Capital Improvement

2.00000

2.00000

1.91900

0.0%

4.2%

Volusia County

Countywide-General Fund

4.25630

3.89564

4.10067

-8.5%

-5.0%

Countywide-Library

0.47700

0.43698

0.45998

-8.4%

-5.0%

Countywide-Volusia Forever

0.10610

0.09711

0.10222

-8.5%

-5.0%

Countywide-Volusia Echo

0.20000

0.18306

0.19269

-8.5%

-5.0%

Volusia County MSD

1.33880

1.21825

1.28237

-9.0%

-5.0%

Silver Sands-Bethune Beach MSD

0.01120

0.01172

0.01234

4.6%

-5.0%

Fire District

3.00000

2.78361

2.86970

-7.2%

-3.0%

Mosquito Control

0.19020

0.17856

0.18796

-6.1%

-5.0%

Ponce Inlet Port Authority

0.07190

0.06750

0.07105

-6.1%

-5.0%

Multi-County

Florida Inland Navigation

0.03850

0.03450

0.03690

-10.4%

-6.5%

St John's Water Management District

0.46200

0.41580

0.44340

-10.0%

-6.2%

Hospitals

Halifax Hospital Authority

2.75000

2.59800

2.67840

-5.5%

-3.0%

South East Volusia Hospital Authority

2.21620

2.16878

2.23586

-2.1%

-3.0%

West Volusia Hospital Authority

1.26190

1.26190

1.14330

0.0%

10.4%

Municipalities

Daytona Beach

5.99386

5.33900

5.86703

-10.9%

-9.0%

Daytona Beach Downtown Development

1.00000

1.00000

1.29523

0.0%

-22.8%

Daytona Beach Shores

3.83700

3.51400

3.98570

-8.4%

-11.8%

Debary

3.00000

2.57279

2.82724

-14.2%

-9.0%

Deland

5.59770

4.57709

5.02977

-18.2%

-9.0%

Deltona

4.01451

3.34550

3.59740

-16.7%

-7.0%

Edgewater

5.70000

5.37400

5.37400

-5.7%

0.0%

Flagler Beach

3.00000

2.64200

2.90400

-11.9%

-9.0%

Holly Hill

4.08000

3.68177

3.87555

-9.8%

-5.0%

Lake Helen

5.20000

4.20000

4.73436

-19.2%

-11.3%

New Smyrna Beach

3.36710

3.10000

3.46111

-7.9%

-10.4%

Oak Hill

5.06260

4.74953

4.74953

-6.2%

0.0%

Orange City

4.87506

4.50000

4.38237

-7.7%

2.7%

Ormond Beach

3.44004

3.01100

3.30885

-12.5%

-9.0%

Pierson

3.06694

2.83586

2.83586

-7.5%

0.0%

Ponce Inlet

4.09500

4.11435

4.11435

0.5%

0.0%

Port Orange

4.66000

4.04400

4.44674

-13.2%

-9.1%

South Daytona

4.80000

4.24930

4.66956

-11.5%

-9.0%

EVERYONE  ---

THE FOLLOWING IS THE 2006 POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR FLORIDA SINCE 2000,(from the census bureau)  WHICH I FOUND ON THE ATTACHED LINK (WHICH WAS IN THE ORLANDO SENTINEL).  I HAVE THEN COMPARED THE POPULATION INCREASES IN EACH YEAR TO THE PERCENTAGE OF TAX INCREASES EACH YEAR FOR EACH CITY… I OBTAINED THE TAX INCREASE INFORMATION FROM OUR PROPERTY APPRAISER, MORGAN GILREATH’S WEBSITE.  IT IS VERY INTERESTING IF YOU COMPARE THE POPULATION INCREASE AND SOMETIMES DECREASE TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TAX INCREASE FOR THE SAME YEAR……

it is interesting to note that since some populations did not increase very much in the past six years, why would our cities being threatening to cut the fire and police..... this is some very interesting information.

2006 Population Estimates for Florida

AREA:

Daytona Beach city
2006 Estimate: 64,183  (14.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 64,136   (21.47% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 47
2004 Estimate: 64,221   (10.83% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 64,133    (9.64% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 64,136     (31.70% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 63,890    (1.17% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 63,811
Official 2000 Census: 64,112
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 71

AREA:

De Land city
2006 Estimate: 25,873  (29.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 24,548   (14.8% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 1,325
2004 Estimate: 22,989   (21.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 22,111   (11.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 21,676    (12.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 21,450   (6.5 INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 21,297
Official 2000 Census: 20,904
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 4,969

AREA:

Ormond Beach city
2006 Estimate: 38,504   (14.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 38,486     (26.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 18
2004 Estimate: 37,980    (37.8 INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 37,510    (10.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 37,233     (7.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 36,883     (3.0% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 36,551
Official 2000 Census: 36,301
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 2,203

 AREA:

Daytona Beach Shores city
2006 Estimate: 4,964    (31.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 4,799    (30.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 165
2004 Estimate: 4,586     (14.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 4,467     (25.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 4,483     ( 13.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 4,323     ( .2 %INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 4,330
Official 2000 Census: 4,299
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 665

AREA:

Port Orange city
2006 Estimate: 54,851   (21.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 53,481   ( 15.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 1,370
2004 Estimate: 52,721   (31.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 50,726   (9.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 49,318    (8.8% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 47,786   (11.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 46,554
Official 2000 Census: 45,823
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 9,028

AREA:

Holly Hill city
2006 Estimate: 13,325   (22.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 12,489    (15.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 836
2004 Estimate: 12,514    (11.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 12,483    (2.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 12,505     (-0.9% DECREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 12,118     (-2.7% DECREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 12,126
Official 2000 Census: 12,119
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 1,206

AREA:

New Smyrna Beach city
2006 Estimate: 22,732   (2.8% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 22,302   (8.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 430
2004 Estimate: 21,804   (13.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 21,188   (17.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 20,970    (24.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 20,673    (1.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 20,528
Official 2000 Census: 20,048
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 2,684

AREA:

South Daytona city
2006 Estimate: 13,541   (9.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 13,668   (16.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: -127
2004 Estimate: 13,751    (32.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 13,708    (6.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 13,737     (5.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 13,704    (1.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 13,623
Official 2000 Census: 13,177
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 364

AREA:

Edgewater city
2006 Estimate: 21,486  (18.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 21,042   (22.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 444
2004 Estimate: 20,704   (6.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 20,151    (14.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 19,763    ( 25.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 19,190    (5.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 18,814
Official 2000 Census: 18,668
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 2,818

AREA:

Deltona city
2006 Estimate: 84,273   (29.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 82,433    (17.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 1,840
2004 Estimate: 79,723     (14.3% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 76,338     (11.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 73,807     (8.0% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 71,901    (4.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 70,096
Official 2000 Census: 69,543
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 14,730

AREA:

De Bary city
2006 Estimate: 16,427   (38.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 16,324   (8.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 103
2004 Estimate: 16,187   (30.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 16,022   (41.25% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 15,869   (9.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 15,740   (8.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 15,589
Official 2000 Census: 15,559
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 868

AREA:

Lake Helen city
2006 Estimate: 2,790     (33.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 2,807     (27.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: -17
2004 Estimate: 2,810     (13.4% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 2,794     (11.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 2,789    (9.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 2,767    (6.0% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 2,758
Official 2000 Census: 2,743
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 47

AREA:

Orange City city
2006 Estimate: 9,267    (23.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 8,949     (20.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 318
2004 Estimate: 8,322   (8.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 7,941   (8.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 7,931    (6.9% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 7,924    (5.8% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 7,895
Official 2000 Census: 6,604
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 2,663

AREA:

Ponce Inlet town
2006 Estimate: 3,192   (17.1% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 3,202   ( 23.18% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: -10
2004 Estimate: 3,209   (24.71%INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 3,028    (18.58% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 2,732   (44.19% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 2,671   (5.78% INCREASE IN TAXES
2000 Estimate: 2,571
Official 2000 Census: 2,513
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 679

AREA:

Pierson town
2006 Estimate: 2,589   (2.0% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 2,596   (3.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: -7
2004 Estimate: 2,604    (.5% DECREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 2,609    (.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 2,617    (.2% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 2,613    (5.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 2,612
Official 2000 Census: 2,596
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: -7

AREA:

Flagler Beach city
2006 Estimate: 3,059
2005 Estimate: 3,119
Growth from 2005 to 2006: -60
2004 Estimate: 3,755
2003 Estimate: 3,889
2002 Estimate: 5,424
2001 Estimate: 5,212
2000 Estimate: 5,002
Official 2000 Census: 4,954
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: -1,895

AREA:

Bunnell city
2006 Estimate: 1,706
2005 Estimate: 1,585
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 121
2004 Estimate: 1,770
2003 Estimate: 1,851
2002 Estimate: 2,534
2001 Estimate: 2,482
2000 Estimate: 2,375
Official 2000 Census: 2,122
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: -416

AREA:

Oak Hill city
2006 Estimate: 1,575   (33.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2005 Estimate: 1,514    (29.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
Growth from 2005 to 2006: 61
2004 Estimate: 1,490   (33.7% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2003 Estimate: 1,471    (29.6% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2002 Estimate: 1,466   (4.5% INCREASE IN TAXES)
2001 Estimate: 1,444    (2.3% DECREASE IN TAXES)
2000 Estimate: 1,434
Official 2000 Census: 1,378
Growth from Official 2000 Census to 2006 Estimate: 197

 

 

The following committees have been formed, PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE A PASSION TO SERVE ON ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES:

    *Research Proposals to Cap Government Spending

    *Marketing/Publicity

    *Coordinate State Wide Effort to Cap Government Spending

    *Review All Taxing Authority Budgets

    *Office Administration

    *Treasurer

    *Public Awareness Campaign

    *Corporate Liason   

Together...we DID AND CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

DICK POLLARD "MANNING THE POLLS" ON ELECTION DAY!

 

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