During his campaign for mayor last year, Bryan Calvo promised to eliminate property taxes for senior citizens. Now, as Hialeah’s youngest-ever chief executive, he introduced a measure to provide relief to certain homeowners over 65, a rebate that has been approved unanimously by the city council.
But is it really an elimination of property taxes?
Not exactly. The city has created a one-time property-tax relief program that will send stimulus-style rebate checks to qualifying senior homeowners, based on the city’s portion of their property tax bill…