If the Jacksonville City Council cuts property tax rates from 11.3619 mills to 11.1919 mills, they can’t say they weren’t warned of the consequences.

Florida Politics has obtained text messages to Republicans pushing for a millage cut from some of the most important people in the city, illustrating that the “red” versus “blue” dichotomies rehearsed on national and state stages don’t necessarily apply during local fiscal debates.

Those stakeholders warn of political and policy consequences if the legislative branch in fact cuts the millage rate by 1/8 mill during Tuesday’s final budget vote, which comes after tax cut proponents failed to get the cut added to the spending plan during a previous meeting.

“This rollback idea is bad fiscal policy and bad politics,” warns former Mayor

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