Florida Property Taxes Are Stolen - We're Paying for Disney's Debt
Whistleblowers are already sounding the alarm in Florida
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It didn’t take long for word to start getting out about the real problems Florida is having with our counties covering up for stolen property taxes. So far, more and more people are agreeing that is most likely the motive behind the rigged elections. The state & locals are now in cover-up mode.
Grant Warrington was bringing attention to the county commissioner battle going on in Hillsborough County. Here is a clip from the entire video:
Please watch the entire video to get his full story on Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal. Wostal, a Navy Veteran who was elected to office in 2022 with the promise he would investigate wasteful spending.
Well, he found out that Hillsborough county has NOT HAD A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT IN 40 YEARS!
Worse yet, when Wostal ask DeSantis’s new Florida DOGE in a letter dated March 4, 2025 to audit his county, the rest of the county commissioners, that included both Democrats & Republicans VOTED IT DOWN.
Think Hillsborough County Commissioners have something to hide? But I’m really curious as to why DeSantis announced a FL DOGE audit of ONLY Bay County and never mentioned this very suspicious situation in Hillsborough County in his March 18th post to X:
Wostal already uncovered schemes where Hillsborough commissioners would simply vote for payments to NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) that either they directly owned or were connected to… Basically, they voted in front of the entire county board to funnel tax payer money directly into their own pockets.
While this was going on for decades, the Hillsborough Sheriff and the state never bothered to look into it. It’s the County Sheriffs and state’s responsibility to watch the counties and make sure they are following the laws. How is it that companies must be subjected to multiple layers of audits, but not a single forensic audit was done in that large county in 40 years? Do you have the ability to vote on not complying with an IRS Audit?
If local county commissioners watch each other steal millions of tax payer’s fund without any hesitation, all while local and state law enforcement ignored totally it, do you REALLY think rigging elections is a line they just won’t cross?
However, as I mentioned in my previous post, this whole game is about to come to an abrupt halt.
For the first time since I have lived in Florida, more people are LEAVING FLORIDA than moving in. This while county planning boards approved enough new developments to accommodate half of America moving here. But we’re not the only state with issues. Populations are GOING DOWN in Florida, Texas and Arizona.
Maybe they were banking on all those illegal aliens staying? ¯\(ツ)/¯
Reventure Consulting has a concise update in this video:
Watch the entire video here if you’re interested in seeing more.
The FL counties that he mentions in the video: Broward, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Orange all share one shocking commonality.
THEY ARE THE MOST LEVERAGED COUNTIES, WITH THE MOST OUTSTANDING DEBT IN BONDS.
I asked Grok for a breakdown:
Orange County: Home to Orlando and Walt Disney World, Orange County is a likely candidate for high bond debt. The Reedy Creek Improvement District (now the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District), which encompasses Disney World, historically issued around $1 billion in bonds for infrastructure like utilities and roads. When the district’s special status was dissolved in 2023, the state took over this debt rather than passing it directly to Orange and Osceola counties. Even so, Orange County itself issues bonds for schools, transportation, and tourism-driven projects, given its population of over 1.4 million and economic activity.
Miami-Dade County: As Florida’s most populous county (over 2.7 million residents), Miami-Dade likely has substantial bond debt. It issues bonds for major projects like the Miami International Airport, seaport improvements, water and sewer systems, and public transit. Historically, it has carried billions in outstanding debt, with reports from the early 2000s showing over $2 billion in general obligation and revenue bonds, a figure that has likely grown with urban expansion and infrastructure demands.
Palm Beach County: Known for its affluent communities and rapid growth, Palm Beach County maintains a strong financial position with an AAA bond rating, but it still issues significant bonds. As of recent years, its debt portfolio included hundreds of millions for schools, public safety, and environmental projects. The county’s ability to manage debt effectively suggests a high but sustainable level, likely in the range of $1-2 billion outstanding.
Broward County: With nearly 2 million residents and proximity to Miami, Broward County issues bonds for schools, transportation (e.g., Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport), and coastal infrastructure. Its debt is likely comparable to Miami-Dade’s, potentially exceeding $1 billion, given similar urban pressures.
Hillsborough County: Including Tampa, this county supports a major metropolitan area and port, driving bond issuance for roads, schools, and utilities. Its debt is significant, though likely less than Miami-Dade or Orange due to a smaller population (around 1.5 million).
Remember that story about “DeSantis Punishing Disney” for being woke?
Did you catch the point above? Here it is again for emphasis:
When the [Disney’s] district’s special status was dissolved in 2023, the state took over this debt rather than passing it directly to Orange and Osceola counties.
Do you remember voting to take over Disney’s BILLION DOLLAR DEBT and take care of its roads and infrastructure?
WOW! DeSantis “PUNISHING WOKE DISNEY” made their revenues go up nearly 40% since 2020. (FY 2020: $65.388 billion to FY 2024: $91.361 billion)
You thought Disney was loosing money with those empty parks during COVID and all those horrible woke movies. In reality, they made a cumulative 69 billion on top of what they use to earn annually back in 2020.
I wonder if that is why DeSantis got massive donations to run for president in 2023? And now the same donors are asking his wife to run for governor? They got to keep that money train rolling!
Correction. We the property tax payers funded that all…with interest.
If you put Disney’s debt together with those 5 counties, you can conservatively estimate that to be over 6 BILLION IN BOND DEBT. And the state and county officials fully expected to pass that burden on to you and your children since they used your property taxes as collateral on those bonds.
At one time in my life, I seriously consider pursuing a Phd in Economics. While studying for it, it was crammed into our heads that inflation was cause by money printing, but after living through the last few decades, I’m rethinking that “assumed fact”.
Question: Did you ever go to your boss and ask for a raise because you checked the US Debt Clock and were like? “Damn, the government is printing so much money! I need my paycheck adjusted for inflation!”
Or did you go ask your boss for that raise because you saw the prices of gas, utilities, groceries and your rent or mortgage going up after the effects of higher property taxes and homeowners insurance got added? My guess is you went after running into serious issues keeping up with your monthly bills.
Isn’t it safe to assume the average business is doing the same? They may get that information a little faster than you. For example a construction company will see their daily expenses go up as they fills up their trucks on the way to the job site. And the lumber they will be buying will also include the rising cost of fuel it took to collect and deliver it. Same for the farmers that are getting squeezed by the cost of fuel, taxes and insurance. Oh, and the compliance for bird flu testing their animals <eye roll>.
Just like you asking your boss for a raise, those businesses need to raise their prices to keep up. Or just like the pressures you face, they will go bankrupt.
What would happen if the local county artificially inflated some property values in a neighborhood?
Let’s say they did it just to make their monthly debt payments to the city or county. Do you think that may blow some bubbles in the markets and cause some ripples into other areas of the economy?
I bet a real estate developer would really appreciate it, because now they could ask 5-15% more on each house in that new +1,000 zero-lot subdivision they’re putting in. The sub-contractor the developer hired nearly a year before the homes are being sold will have to deal with the rising fuel and material costs. He signed a contract to build the homes for the developer at a set cost.
Let’s not forget all the fees that are calculated as a percentage of the real estate price. So the banks make even more money from setting up these loans. And your home owner’s insurance need to now cover the higher home value and replacement costs in the area, so your premiums go up.
That artificially inflated property value would eventually make rents in the area go up. So that apartment complex owner is also going to make more money on each unit. Well, normal people probably couldn’t afford the rent increase. But if they’re doing “affordable housing”, your rent would be “subsidized” by the state and/or feds…or basically YOU THE TAXPAYER.
The more the property prices go up, the MORE MONEY ALL OF THESE PLAYERS MAKE while you suffer the the rising expenses.
Can you see how a few people stand to make millions or even billions from a little change in a spreadsheet in a county property tax appraisal office somewhere?
Think it would be a big deal to send some politicians some donations AFTER that kind of “help” makes them millions? They call that, “the cost of doing business.”
But do you know the REAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS letting this continue?
While cleaning voter rolls we saw more and more Floridians registering to vote in RV Parks and campgrounds. At first we thought it might be phantoms being stuffed into an area for fraud. So one day, I jumped the car and drove out to a few places we had near by.
At one place in Ocoee, FL, I noticed an RV Dealer was across the street from the campground. Driving around and talking to some locals there, I could quickly tell that many of the campers didn’t even have a vehicle adequate to tow that camper any where. What’s going on? I thought this was a camp site?
Turns out most of the people living there were just one-step away from homelessness, because they took what little money they had left after being priced out of living in a home and purchased a camper. The RV Dealers came up with a fancy name for it — “Long-Term RVing.”
Florida’s climate make it possible to live in an RV year round, but do you think that is the same as living in a home? How about trying to raise a family in one?
The corrupt counties that continue to steal from tax payers are not even a lifting a finger to help these people. Neither has the state done anything to look into the problem. Did you even hear Florida’s legacy corrupt media talking about it?
That is because, this is the secret future that awaits the majority of Americans who WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.
It’s time to consider if inflation is REALLY BEING CAUSED by greedy parasites who STEAL TOO MUCH from our value-based economy. This forces us to use more money to pay for the same good and services.
Think of it like a leaky pipe trying to deliver the same amount of water. You have to keep pushing more water through to overcome all the leaks…ie the parasitic politically connected criminals.
Do you think the greedy political donors or the soulless politicians they puppeteer would want some American First, moral Christian coming into elective office and possibly blowing the whistle on all this happening? Or worse… fixing it?
Well, now you have an idea on why states & locals are rigging our elections.
You are 100% on target, yet again. And, THIS crosses party lines; you don't see the Democrats standing up and crying about it Isn't bi-partisanship a lovely thing...? Both sides are after the little guy in Florida it seems.
As a retired CPA I have to say that “Forensic” audits are rare and are usually only performed when fraud or embezzlement is suspected. Most counties and cities are required to have a financial audit. Financial audits do not look at everything, but sample and make judgements about the whole. Internal controls are reviewed and reported on. The reports on internal controls would be interesting see if the auditors noted any problems. Sometimes IC issues get taken out of a report after conversations with management, with management’s promise to fix the issue. That happens more often if the auditors noted firm is afraid of losing the job. Auditors sign off that the financials do not contain a “material” misstatement, which would change the user’s decision about the financial position. Unfortunately government audits, or yellow book, audits are not very high earning jobs and may be considered by some as “lower risk” since if a city or county goes bankrupt the state would probably bail them out.