🌱 How a Palm City lawmaker is backing sweeping Florida property tax cuts
Palm City, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Palm City! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Palm City lawmaker is backing sweeping Florida property tax cuts
- What your Palm City lawmaker says this tax amendment really allows
Also on today's calendar: 2026 Business at Lunch - June 10 and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid with a stray t-shower, with a high of 80 and low of 74 degrees.
- Thursday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 81, low: 72.
- Friday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 83 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cities, counties warn DeSantis property tax plan will gut services (news-journalonline.com) — Palm City residents are represented in a major statewide debate over cutting property taxes that could reshape funding for schools, police, fire, and other local services. A Palm City Republican, Rep. Toby Overdorf, supports moving the plan forward, while many officials and residents from around Florida warn it could mean service cuts or higher sales taxes instead. 
• DeSantis has claims about his tax amendment. Here's what it actually does. (tampabay.com) — A Palm City state representative is helping shape a major property tax amendment that could sharply raise homestead exemptions across Florida starting in 2027. Lawmakers have already changed Gov. DeSantis’ original plan, stripping out a promised trust fund, limiting claims of “tax-free” homes, and creating confusing new powers over how far exemptions might eventually go.
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Cards and Conversation Tarot Meetup →
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2026 Business at Lunch - June 10 →
Monarch Country Club, 1801 SW Monarch Club Dr, Palm City
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Seacoast Bank Day
Palm City Elementary Palm City, FL 34990
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Treasure Coast Band Camp Finale Concert
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Football Youth Camp
Jensen Beach High School Football Field
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2026 Juneteenth Golf Tournament →
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Wednesday June 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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2026 Engagement Workshop
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce The Stuart Martin County Chamber of Commerce
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Tai Chi on the River →
Stuart, FL Calendar, 121 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart
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Ribbon Cutting - Kay N Luxe
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce 1650 S Kanner Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994
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FRLA Tradeshow & Networking Event →
Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 NE Indian River Dr, Jensen Beach
5:00 pm
Thursday June 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Duck Drama happened in my backyard.
10 Black Bellied Whistling Ducks fought for space on my fence. Two of them had already taken up nesting in my dead Palm tree, now their friends were… (Nextdoor Four Rivers) - Leave me alone i'm sleeping .
Handy man Dan's Kitty" magic " hits the 10-year-old mark. Angie would be proud , i'm taking good care of him. (Nextdoor Old Palm City)
- Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Stuart, Florida in Stuart. Apply here.
- Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC posted a job opening for Restaurant Shift Leader [All Locations] in Stuart. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Palm City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Stuart
- 5881 SE Windsong Ln, Stuart, FL 34997 (realtor.com)
- Florida city getting a new marina on a historic site near downtown (tcpalm.com)
- Man killed after crash with Brightline train in Florida identified (tcpalm.com)
Port St. Lucie
- Florida black bear spotted in residential community in Port St. Lucie (tcpalm.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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