Stet News📝 The first step in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ drive to end property taxes in Florida, Senate Bill 852, calls for a study of the issue by Oct. 1. Voters could decide in 2026 whether to change the state’s constitution to stop collecting about $55 billion a year from property owners. One thing DeSantis has not explained is how local governments and schools would function. Options include doubling the sales tax or deeply cutting services, including fire-rescue, police and garbage pickup. (Boca Magazine and Sun Sentinel $$$)
🧑🏼🏭Florida National Guard troops continue to patrol Florida prisons two years after Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered them there in September 2022 on a “temporary short-term basis.” (WLRN)
🌎 The federal AUTEC building on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach could be on the chopping block. It’s the only federal property in Palm Beach County on a list of expendable buildings put out and then pulled by the Trump administration. The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center is a Navy project offering underwater testing, in-air test facilities and support to U.S., Canadian, British, NATO and other military and civilian organizations. (Axios Miami)
🏘️ Palm Beach County commissioners will consider three proposals seeking $12 million for affordable housing projects at today’s meeting. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
⚓️ Riviera Beach is close to state approval to establish three mooring fields in Lake Worth Lagoon, including one about 500 feet from Palm Beach’s north end. Palm Beach officials worry that boat moorings in the intracoastal would create a nuisance and invasion of privacy. (Palm Beach Civic Association)
🎧 Fired Palm Beach Post Editorial Page Editor Tony Doris, the subject of a Stet exclusive last week, discusses the editorial cartoon that led to his ouster. (WLRN, 18-minute mark)
⛱️ Palm Beach County is in the midst of a 20-year tourism master plan, and it is asking residents and visitors to take this survey.
🇺🇸 Last chance to read about the candidates in today’s election for these cities:
