Not content with exciting our readers with thrilling articles about open records policy, I thought it would be fun today to dive into another pulse-pounding topic – property taxes.
Earlier this week, The Oklahoman and News 9 reported on a push by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and state lawmakers to cap and lower property tax increases.
The proposal would essentially hand yet another large tax cut to their wealthy campaign donors, toss a few crumbs to middle-class homeowners, and screw over the poor by quietly laying the foundation for Oklahoma’s next state budget crisis.
Via The Oklahoman:
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling on lawmakers to unite behind his proposal to freeze or cap Oklahomans' property taxes.
Stitt said he would like the Legislature to take steps toward freezing property taxes. He also suggested that lawmakers could cap the increase of property taxes to 1% or make it so that when homeowners buy property, they would continue to pay the property tax rate from when they bought the property, without yearly increases.
As a landowner who pays property taxes, I’m not going to yell too loudly if Stitt lowers my tax bill. Come on, I’m not that dumb!