No, oddly enough a mayor does in fact have the authority to increase or decrease property taxes.
He can also implement “special assessments” or “mansion taxes” o properties.
He does have limits on who he can tax, it looks like the state controls the taxation for homesteads. Im not certain he can raise taxes on people with one home that they are currently living in (that may require state approval).
I never said he doesn’t have the authority, I said that if what he wants is not in his power, the state legislature in this case, this approach is something people would decry if the opposite side of the spectrum did it (the approach itself, the content would anyways).
No, oddly enough a mayor does in fact have the authority to increase or decrease property taxes.
He can also implement “special assessments” or “mansion taxes” o properties.
He does have limits on who he can tax, it looks like the state controls the taxation for homesteads. Im not certain he can raise taxes on people with one home that they are currently living in (that may require state approval).
I never said he doesn’t have the authority, I said that if what he wants is not in his power, the state legislature in this case, this approach is something people would decry if the opposite side of the spectrum did it (the approach itself, the content would anyways).