Lawmakers discuss dissolving small counties – Union and Bradford could be merged into larger counties

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  The second-ranking Florida House member recently said that if voters approve reducing or eliminating property taxes on homesteads later this year, the legislature should consider merging smaller counties into larger ones. Last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began pushing to eliminate property taxes in the Sunshine State and proposed allocating $300 million…