Tax cut: GOP could gain more control of policy and purse strings

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to eliminate local property taxes on primary residences in the state.

Critics warn this could lead to fewer local services and give the state more control over city and county budgets.

In particular, the plan could make smaller, rural counties dependent on the state legislature for funding.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to eliminate local property taxes is looming as a kind of political capstone as the Republican leader moves into his final year as Florida’s chief executive.

He’s called the tax-cutting idea the “Big Kahuna.”

And DeSantis’ plan to ask voters to erase property taxes , at least on homesteaded primary residences, would certainly change the state.

Maybe not for the better, though, critics say.

Higher home prices,