Budgets and Taxes

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1008+ words) I work in Florida real estate. I want homeownership to be attainable, property taxes to be reasonable, and families to be able to remain in the homes and communities they have worked to build. That is precisely why I am…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (795+ words) Posted September 9, 2026 7:12 am. As we inch closer to election day in Vancouver, four mayoral candidates sat down Tuesday for a friendly round of debate and to make their pitches to voters. Vancouver Liberals’ Kareem Allam, Vote Vancouver’s Rebecca Bligh, the…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (621+ words) Council kept the rate at 6.4525 mills as property taxes, utility costs and affordability take center stage in the mayoral race. St. Petersburg City Council approved a 6.4525 mill property tax rate Thursday, keeping it unchanged for another year as property taxes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1194+ words) Thursday was a bad day in the press for St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, though his name was never even mentioned. Reports in two different local media outlets — the Tampa Bay Times and the Tampa Bay Business Journal — likely landed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (966+ words) SitusAMC examines how Florida Amendment 3 could reduce escrow custodial balances, pressure MSR values and create new modeling considerations for servicers Florida’s push to lower property taxes is being framed as an affordability measure for homeowners. But for mortgage servicers, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) August 31, 2026 by Christopher Collier Keep your news local. Support The Gabber Newspaper with a small monthly donation. South Pasadena residents could see higher sewer and reclaimed-water bills beginning in November after commissioners advanced rate increases Aug. 25, along with the City’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (628+ words) The Pasadena City Council will decide Monday, Aug. 31, whether to authorize up to $104 million in bonds to refinance obligations owed by the city’s electric utility. The Water and Power Department projects the refinancing would save about $6.8 million in net present…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1070+ words) Starting Oct. 1, St. Petersburg residents will see higher bills for water, sewer, stormwater, and trash service. The City Council faced a familiar dilemma: how to fund critical infrastructure while recognizing that many households are already stretched thin. After a lengthy…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (560+ words) Charlie Crist is consolidating support from St. Petersburg’s former Mayors as the race turns toward November. Former Mayors Bill Foster and Bob Ulrich are backing Crist, joining Rick Baker in support of the former Governor’s campaign. Ulrich, who served as…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (725+ words) Two beloved Pinellas County nature preserves on the verge of losing local funding could see another year's worth of county cash after all. Facing a roughly $40 million budget shortfall and public heartburn over the prospect of defunding Weedon Island and…...