Florida FreedomWorks Makes the Case for TABOR in Palm Beach

Florida State Director John Hallman made a presentation on TABOR to the Palm Beach County Commissioners annual budget hearing on September 8th. Palm Beach county government has enjoyed increased revenues over the last several years due to the increased property values, currently an 80 million dollar increase over last years property tax revenues. Unfortunately, the Palm Beach county commissioners have decided to find new ways to spend the windfall revenues instead of giving some tax relief to property owners.

Palm Beach county government spending has increased considerably beyond population growth and inflation for many years. For that reason, John Hallman was asked to give a presentation on TABOR to the county commissioners. John explained the principles of TABOR and said it was time for the taxpayers of this county to have a say in how their hard earned money is spent. John commented “it is time to bring some accountability to government and TABOR allows citizens to be part of the budget process”. Over 200 people were in attendence to show support for TABOR, and many of them were FreedomWorks members. FreedomWorks member David Wood showed up with his FreedomWorks t-shirt to show the county commissioners that freedom works. John Hallman commented that David Wood is one of the best FreedomWorks activist in Florida, wherever there is a fight for freedom, David is always there.