The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29


in the senate for twelve fourteen gives out the following
through the Tallahassee correspondent Of the Times Union
'The appropriations made by this legislature in all
probability will aggregate $5,000000 very near that
Our roll is $356,000000 Taxes will
be paid on about $32oOOoOGO, thus allowing about ~
per cent for demquents 1t therefore, readily be
seen that mlage will amount to in the neigh
borhood Of fifteen mills; 1t is eight and half mills
And ] am not taking into account the two mills
compulsory dipping and other proposed additional
assessments for various have endeavored to
apparently without avail If this legislature is
full our taxes will be doubled next year.
The people peninsuar portion of the state which comprises
twohird the entire during the past few years have
voted upon themselves immense bonded indebtedness which has
made taxes higher than thew have ever been before
this seen in the great increase the property advertised
nonpaymen of Every county South FLORIDA
presents through the newspapers the biggest delinquent TAX '
that it has had.
This proof that has reached the limit of the
pies ability bear and the proposed increase by legislative enact
lnen if put into effect cannot but widespread disaster
Not only people of the various counties and districts taken
upon themselves bonded debt for public improvements
but thousands of individuals merchants fruit and vegetable growers
and Others operating borrowed money which they
ing per interest Now add $5OOOOOOOO even half
their burden and what follow but disaerG
this little town of Puna Gorda the total state county, dis
municipal cent ON the valuation
Of the property taxed The propositions OF the legislature would
bring this rate cent The prospect simply dis
heartening to contemplate.
1t is safe say every member of the legislature both senate
house elected platform Of either an
pressed implied pledge work for reduction Of taxes The
governor his campaign for election openly promised to exert him
self to the same end
The people elected these the belief that they only
honest but had the brains and ability solve the problems that were
sure before them If they have the ability if the prob
for hem they ought to have the candO honesty
patriotism say SOTO adopt resolution setting forth the FACT
that they unequal the task calling special election to
competence take their places and then resign ad
iourn go home 1t evident that they not keeping their
pledges which they made the who elected them
and regardless of their incompetence the people
have right demand should demand their Immediate
ton from their positions and the abandonment OF the attempts they
making at legislation
Instead reducing the high salaries paid the state officials and sub
ordinate employees of the state the legislators propose to increase
them Their preoX for this is the increased cost OF living How
ridiculous understood when it is known that the comp
tfoer example, living comfortably three
100000 year. whereas he being paid 3OOOO which
the legislature proposes to increase to $4,OO0OO
treasurer the attorney general the secretary OF state
The superintendent public instruction and the commissioner OF agr
culture getting 360000 year of the state treasury
IL their reduced 250000 year. should be done
knows that there plenty good and capable
who would be glad get those state jobs at OO
year would support their families comfortably that salary
legislature thinks that these officials Should each be palc
100000 year. and that is what is proposed.
It's wonder it is proposed increase the governors
salary which is $6O 100000 years., 600 too much.
It is proposed the salaries the officials
judges and states attorneys of whom there bewee
twenty-five and thirty but every clerk the departments OF the
o every inspector and other empoye who living th
salary "A T9OOUO
is to get 0O000 81 100000 clerk $2000O the $4,000 clerk
$15O0OO and so o through the whole long list.
New Offices to be filed by big salaries being created
NJ Eaton of Polk wants his county to cons
tute separate and distinct judicial circuit with udg
and new states attorney be paid good salaries out Of tn
pockets people, and Senator lgou of Lake county seeks tn
creation of another circuit the 17th add to the burdens of tn
taxes they paying but does that they would hav
some pity people with whose conditions and circumstance
they fully acquainted
There no end schemes and propositions being discusse
and pushed by members of the legislature add to the
load which people carrying We readily admit that
not all of these propositions desirable maybe necessary