Huge Announcement-FL Property Taxes

Florida just made a serious move in the war on property taxes, and this one’s got politicians scared to death!

I just did a video on it: Click here to watch

Phase 1 started when DeSantis put Blaise Ingoglia in charge of Florida’s new watchdog agency, FAFO, the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight. The goal was simple: find out where property tax money is being wasted. Once FAFO started digging through county and local budgets, the numbers told the story fast. More than $1.6 billion in waste already found, with some counties increasing spending over 50% in just five years!! That’s why your property taxes keep going up. Not inflation. Not population growth. Overspending with no accountability.

Here’s the key lesson from Phase 1. If counties just stopped burning money, Florida wouldn’t even need property taxes on homestead homes. Services could still be funded. You’d actually own your house instead of renting it from the government.

Now Phase 2 just launched, and this is where things get super uncomfortable for local politicians. FAFO is shifting its focus to the part of your property tax bill that almost nobody questions, even though it’s usually the biggest piece. School boards.

School boards set their own millage rates and control massive budgets with very little transparency. Millions go out the door for consultants, admin salaries, bloated programs, and questionable contracts. Ask where the money’s going and you’re told “it’s for the kids,” with no real breakdown. These aren’t financial experts running billion-dollar budgets, they’re elected board members with almost no oversight.

We’ve already seen what happens when nobody’s watching. The Chicago Public School Board spent $23.6 million on travel, luxury hotels, Vegas conferences, and overseas “education tours,” while only 2 in 5 students could read at grade level and just 1 in 4 were passing math. Newark, NJ School Board blew $17.5 million on flashy tech and staff perks. Same pattern everywhere.

Florida has its own examples. Broward County approved a $2.6 million office lease while facing a $77 million budget deficit, even though they had empty classrooms they could’ve used as offices. After backlash, the deal was canceled, but over $360,000 was already spent and lawsuits followed. In another case, voters agreed to tax themselves to help pay underpaid teachers, only to find out the school board quietly redirected that money to six-figure administrators. Trust evaporated.

This is why politicians are nervous. Once FAFO audits school board budgets the same way counties were audited, the biggest excuse for property taxes disappears. And notice what the Legislature is doing right now. They’re pushing multiple “property tax reform” proposals that all keep the school tax intact and all require 60% to pass. Split the vote, nothing passes, and they get to say they tried.

Here’s how we actually win. Schools don’t lose funding. Commercial properties still pay. Businesses, rentals, second homes — they stay on the hook. But your homestead should be off-limits. You shouldn’t pay rent to the government just to live in your own house.

And what needs to come next is simple. Phase 3. Every school board, county, and city budget in Florida should be online, searchable, and trackable down to the last dollar. Every contract. Every program. Every payment. When taxpayers can see the receipts, the waste stops. That’s how property taxes finally end.

I just did a video on it: Click here to watch

Grant Warrington

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P.S. Jay Collins just announced he’s running for Florida Governor.😃🙌🏼🇺🇸 He’s an Army Green Beret, was appointed Lieutenant Governor by Governor DeSantis, and he’s my pick to keep Florida strong. 💪🏼🇺🇸Jay is also leading the charge to end property taxes on homestead homes. More on him soon.

P.P.S. - I got to meet Blaise Ingoglia, Florida’s CFO and Chief Property Tax Ass Kicker who runs FAFO! Blaise is up for election and he’s fighting hard to end property taxes on homestead homes in Florida.