Andy Griffith certainly didn’t need a gun. By his presence, he was a reminder that we all have an obligation to follow the law. In Mayberry, that certainly did the trick.

This is very important, especially since we have had to give up (much) of the property tax.

It’s the horns of a dilemma, there’s no question about it.

It has its pluses and minuses.

It’s basically to stop the expansion of uses for the education fund, the diversion of funds, to make sure the property tax doesn’t end up paying for all sorts of stuff.

It was kind of in anticipation of. We didn’t know what he might be proposing. Given that not only he, but the Legislature in the past, has felt the urge to subject the Education Fund...

You have to give the people under the Golden Dome a lot of credit. There’s 50 ways to leave your lover and there’s 50 ways to skin a property taxpayer.

The problem is it’s not the most elastic revenue source. It’s not heading in the right direction in terms of keeping up with costs, inflation, additional responsibilities. But it’s certainly better than taking money out...

Not everybody cares, so it only works if you worry about that stuff.