Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 18, 2007 12:43 AM
What you suggest is like pissing in the sea, not that it shouldn't be reviewed. It'll make no difference in the grand scheme. E.g. my local county increased its budget from 1.4b to 1.9b. Yes that's right, an increase of 1/2 billion dollars in just one year. We are 98% developed. All this money is wasted on internal pay rises (44%!) and stupid fringe projects. This is just one county. No one can afford to move, the property tax hit is beyond most people's capability to earn.
Insurance is just as bad, assuming you can even get it. Rates are increasing 70+% per year because a bunch of mobile homes got smashed in the hurricanes 3 years ago. The insurance companies have to justify their increases to the FL state govt, they ALWAYS get granted the rights to charge what they like. A number of people cannot even get property insurance now, and that has nothing to do with being on the water or having made a claim.
Also, don't forget the open-source famed city of Largo is in FL. Their efforts have not spread anywhere.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 18, 2007 12:43 AMInsurance is just as bad, assuming you can even get it. Rates are increasing 70+% per year because a bunch of mobile homes got smashed in the hurricanes 3 years ago. The insurance companies have to justify their increases to the FL state govt, they ALWAYS get granted the rights to charge what they like. A number of people cannot even get property insurance now, and that has nothing to do with being on the water or having made a claim.
Also, don't forget the open-source famed city of Largo is in FL. Their efforts have not spread anywhere.
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