Yes on 1

Several days ago, I received an email from local realtor and businessman, Gary Schraut asking for my support of the "Yes, on 1" amendment for the property tax reform. This appeared to be a blanket email sent to everyone in Mr. Schraut's address book but the message itself speaks volumes. Here is a short comment from his email, "No matter how much you like another proposal, the soonest anything else can get on the ballot would be Nov. of 2008 taking effect Nov of 2009.......almost 2010!!! Florida cannot wait that long for a "start"! Being an astute businessman, Mr. Schraut has taken the initiative to assist in the passage the property tax reform legislation that will give almost everyone with Homestead Exemption tax relief in this slow economic trend.

It was reported in the "Buzz" of the St. Petersburg Times, the Florida Association of Realtors has donated the largest check, to date, for the "Yes on 1" campaign with their contribution of $1-million dollars. This political committee working for passage of the property tax amendment has collected almost $3-million to promote the passage of the property tax reform on Jan. 29, 2008. If you want more information about this campaign to pass Amendment 1, click on http://yeson1florida.com/

The passage of this amendment would give immediate tax relief and would give Florida businesses a jump start to recovery from this housing slump. Voting yes on this amendment would enable homeowners to keep more of their own money with the proposed $50,000 Homestead Exemption. So what are you waiting for? Pass the message on to everyone to vote yes on Amendment 1 on January 29th!