TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gubernatorial candidate and former Florida Home Speaker Paul Renner is urging state lawmakers to bypass the prolonged constitutional modification course of and enact a direct, legislative rollback of property taxes to 2024 ranges.
Renner, talking on Florida’s Voice Radio with Drew Steele Tuesday, stated that a direct tax reduce is important to offer aid whereas the state works on bigger, everlasting options, which he famous would take till at the least late 2027 to implement after a constitutional vote.
“Throughout 2025 all people’s taxes went up. And guess what’s going to occur in 2026? Our taxes are going up once more,” Renner stated. “And so all of the proposals which have been proposed up to now, together with the elimination of Homestead Property Tax, should go to the constitutional poll subsequent November and be accredited by a 60% vote.”
“Within the meantime, our taxes are going up. So what I’ve stated is, whereas we do this, let’s have a direct legislative rollback, which will be accomplished with out a constitutional modification.”
Renner’s proposal is designed to stop any tax enhance subsequent yr and supply a modest tax break for all property house owners—together with renters and companies—whereas lawmakers develop a long-term constitutional modification.
- Feasibility: Renner, who served as speaker, argued the rollback would require solely a “two or three web page invoice” and might be handed rapidly, doubtlessly inside just a few days at first of the upcoming Legislative Session.
- Constituent pressure: He emphasised the urgency, saying he hears from constituents who’re “shedding their houses, leaving the state, or considering leaving the state,” making a direct reduce very important.
- Lengthy-term view: Renner expressed assist for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ purpose to pursue vital property tax aid however pressured the hazard of ready two years for a constitutional modification to take impact.
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Renner additionally weighed in on DeSantis’ current government order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as international terrorist organizations. He applauded the governor’s motion.
“The Muslim Brotherhood’s killed extra Muslims than anyone else abroad, and so they’re strictly a violent terrorist group. They have to be stopped,” Renner stated.
Renner referred to as for the legislature to cross further legal guidelines, much like these in Texas, to limit these organizations’ capacity to arrange operations in Florida.
Relating to CAIR’s promise to combat the order in court docket, Renner said he would welcome the invention course of.
“You don’t need to throw a punch in litigation. You bought to take a punch. And wish to see what that discovery reveals,” he stated.
