With people camping overnight to beat the lines for appointments in Florida’s overwhelmed driver’s-license offices in Miami-Dade, the county’s new tax collector is promising to spend big to cut down on wait times.
One problem: His plan to add more staffing and efficiency measures could cost local governments as much as $171 million in property taxes this year.
After the last election, Miami-Dade now falls under a state rule that requires elected county tax collectors to issue driver’s licenses. For decades, that’s been the responsibility of Florida and its nine state-run offices across Miami-Dade where people can renew their licenses, get new ones, take driving tests and access other services…