In a surprise move, Briny Breezes Town Manager Bill Thrasher has dropped his proposal to raise town taxes 98% and instead is seeking to keep the property tax rate the same as this year, at $3.75 per $1,000 of taxable value.
Thrasher had been talking for months about a rate of $6.75 per $1,000, detailing the proposal at Town Council meetings and on the Briny Breezes in-house TV channel.
But on Sept. 3, he received an email from the town’s consultants on its sea wall and stormwater system upgrades “informing me that the town’s loan will not occur in (Fiscal Year) 26 or perhaps only late FY26.”…