With a constitutional amendment for massive property tax cuts on the November ballot, Central Florida officials are looking for ways to inform voters about how it could affect local budgets and to do so without running afoul of rules against outright advocacy.
City and county commissioners and policy experts are worried that Florida voters don’t fully understand the ramifications of backing the tax cuts, which would create multi-million-dollar budget shortfalls that would require service cuts or fee increases to balance out.
Orlando commissioners in a workshop on Monday morning said the city should have a role in changing that, especially as Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia allege widespread waste in local government budgets…