John Whitmire: “The county certainly did it following the statute.”

“How much money would raising the property tax rate up to the cap actually raise? About 50 million. About 50 million. And we could have done it after Hurricane Barrel. The county certainly did it following the statute. I'm committed not to raise property taxes until we can demonstrate that we're using the monies that we currently have wisely.” (28:01–28:05)

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