Nicole Fox is a policy analyst at the Tax Foundation's Center for State Tax Policy. She previously directed government relations at Nebraska's Platte Institute and served in the Nebraska Legislature. She graduated from Iowa State University and holds a graduate certificate in public policy from Liberty University.
Role at the time: Tax Foundation policy analyst, writing jointly with Katherine Loughead
Condemned
Statement summary
Nicole Fox and Katherine Loughead opposed the proposed homestead-tax reductions as unstable and distortionary. They favored limits on the growth of property-tax collections instead.
“far more appropriate ways of addressing this problem”
Open source (opens in a new tab)The Real November Ballot Question: What Price Are Floridians Willing to Pay to Save Their Homes?Signed June 3 article, concluding policy assessment
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Opposes this tax-relief design; support for other relief does not make that opposition mixed.
Byron Donalds supports Florida homestead property-tax relief while county officials warn about local-service funding. Compare his interview with revenue estimates for the related ballot measure and the counties' stated concerns.
