Ocala’s city manager: $267,608 base + $56,198 retirement contribution + $9,000 car allowance = ~$332,806 in known annual components. The approved deal also adds a city phone, life insurance, 20 weeks’ severance and three months’ paid administrative leave. Itemize the full cost.

Brevard County Manager Jim Liesenfelt’s reported 2025 salary: $297,998. Contract adds max deferred comp, 65% of AAA’s new-car cost, $50/month phone, and 20 weeks’ pay if he leaves under covered terms—about $114,615 at that salary. Where’s the all-in total?

Miami’s manager is paid $475K in annual salary. The mayor’s offer letter added a 20% pension contribution—$95K/year—and a city car. Disclosed salary + pension: $570K, before valuing the car or other benefits. Salary alone isn’t the full package.

Vote NO on 3‼️ Florida Amendment 3 will reduce local government revenue from property taxes. Cities and counties will respond by cutting services, increasing fees, delaying projects, or seeking alternative revenue sources to balance budgets.

You really just don’t get it. Let me simplify it for you. It is basic math taught in 1st grade. You have 2 buckets. One has 2 eggs. The other has 3 eggs. You are holding 1 egg. Instead of putting that egg in one of the buckets, you decide to throw it at the most obnoxious person telling you what you should do with it. Did either bucket lose one of their eggs? No. Did either bucket gain an egg? No. Did it feel awesome to nail the obnoxious person between the eyes and stay true to your conscience? DAMN STRAIGHT!

Florida's auditors dug through city budgets and found DEI everywhere. A $189,000 equity director. $31,000 to Planned Parenthood for a sex ed program aimed at 13-year-olds.

In many Florida cities, police and fire already consume roughly half the General Fund. So which half are you calling waste? Are you cutting cops and firefighters? If not, explain how you eliminate half the budget from what’s left. Declaring 50% of government spending waste without identifying a dollar of actual savings isn’t fiscal conservatism. It’s fiscal illiteracy.

Amendment 3 isn't a tax cut. It's a $12 billion tax shift. Cutting property taxes for some homeowners doesn't make the cost of roads, deputies and firefighters go away. Someone still has to pay billions a year. Under Amendment 3, it's renters, young families, small businesses and new buyers, who are the people who never got the tax cut. The Tax Foundation's new analysis shows who pays: 🔴 Renters. They get no tax cut. A third of Floridians rent, and nearly half do in Miami-Dade. When landlords' taxes go up, research shows half or more gets passed on in rent. 🔴 Young families and first-time buyers. Picture two identical houses on the same street. One owner gets a $250,000 exemption. The other bought in 2027 and gets $50,000 for five years. That gap can easily mean $2,000 or more a year, for the same house and the same services. 🔴 Police, fire and EMS. They get zero guaranteed funding. Rural counties like Bradford, Dixie, Lafayette and Union are already at the constitutional tax limit, so they can't raise rates. They'll have to cut services or add fees. 🔴 Everyone, eventually. The $12 billion figure doesn't include the Legislature's new power to exempt homesteads entirely. State economists say that cost can't even be estimated. 🔴 Future voters. This goes into the constitution, so fixing the damage will take another statewide campaign. Homeowners, even if you'd save, the money comes back around. You'll see it in new fees and special assessments, higher prices from local businesses, and fewer deputies and firefighters when you need them. Yes, local government spending deserves serious scrutiny. But reducing property taxes doesn't automatically reduce government spending. Without corresponding spending cuts, the costs may simply shift to renters, young families, and small businesses through higher taxes, fees, and assessments. This isn't tax relief. It's a tax shift. Read the research: taxfoundation.org/research/a…