The Coral Gables Times

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Blount Confirms Bad News: Most Taxes Here to Double

50 Parcels Are Studied For Effects By MAURICE LABELLE Times Staffer Metro should open a blood bank if it plans to go through with the 1961 tax reassessment program, Thomas C. Blount, Coral Gables tax assessor said Tuesday. A study of 50 parcels of land and buildings indicate a doubling of taxes for many residents, Blount said. Blount qualified his remarks by saying that he would have to see the entire county tax roll for Coral Gables before he could give a complete appraisal. BIG BOOST But based on the 50 representative samples from various areas of the city, and including apartments, businesses and industries, the indication is for a big boost for most residential property owners and some cuts for others and downtown businesses. "It's going to be rough," Blount said. "I don't feel the load should be shifted to the homeowners from hotels on the beach. "If residential is going to stand on its own two feet then business should too." HALVED STILL BIG Blount pointed out that even by cutting the present millage from $41.25 per $1,000 assessed valuation to less than half, or $20 per $1,000, a large increase results. A home valued at $10,000 with a $5,000 homestead exemption paid a tax of $206.25 under the $41.25 millage rate, Blount points out. But using the $20 figure, the tax becomes $300 because the homestead exemption effect is proportionately less on the double valuation of $20,000. OLD $10,000.00 assessed value | 5,000.00 exemption | $5,000.00 net | 41.25 rate | $206.25 tax NEW $20,000.00 assessed value | 5,000.00 exemption | $15,000.00 net | 20.00 rate | $300.00 tax Even if the millage were to drop to 16, as has been mentioned, the tax would still jump to $240, Blount said. Some of the candidates indicated during the recent political campaign that they would seek a postponement from Metro on application of the new assessments. NAME | ADDRESS | '60 VALUATION | '60 TAXES | '61 VALUATION | '61 EST. R. D. Maxwell Jr. | 840 Coral Way (R) | $16,000 | $453 | 49,500 | 890 Richard E. Theil | 1026 Coral Way (R) | 17,900 | 532 | 33,500 | 570 Sam Joseph Apts. | 533 Coral Way (A) | 77,000 | 3,176 | 134,000 | 2,680 Joseph Murphy | 701 Alcazar (R) | 14,600 | 396 | 30,400 | 508 W. A. Drummond | 1033 Coral Way (R) | 17,500 | 515 | 38,700 | 674 Holland Wessell | 1103 Coral Way (R) | 12,000 | 288 | 26,100 | 422 M. L. Mershon | 3603 Granada Blvd. (R) | 21,000 | 660 | 43,000 | 760 J. Abney Cox | 3400 Alhambra Cir. (R) | 19,900 | 614 | 43,700 | 774 John M. Montgomery | 4412 Santa Maria (R) | 20,700 | 647 | 51,800 | 936 Morris A. Skop | 3511 Riviera Dr. (R) | 16,700 | 482 | 29,500 | 490 Frank E. Kerdyk | 3105 Coconut Grove Dr. (R) | 8,000 | 123 | 16,200 | 224 Robert L. Searle | 1306 Ave. Castille (R) | 17,400 | 511 | 39,000 | 680 Kenneth Allyn | 811 Ave. Algeria (R) | 6,600 | 66 | 17,200 | 244 Frank N. Nolley Jr. | 5835 Granada Blvd. (R) | 20,800 | 651 | 46,000 | 820 Winston W. Wynne | 6300 Castaneda (R) | 11,200 | 255 | 22,300 | 346 Louisa C. Eldredge | 6350 Riviera Dr. (R) | 45,200 | 1,658 | 86,400 | 1,628 George Edwin Smith | 6500 Riviera Dr. (R) | 25,500 | 845 | 56,100 | 1,022 L. W. Robinson Jr. | 1228 Placetas Ave. (R) | 8,700 | 152 | 24,700 | 344 William D. Singer | 6945 Granada Blvd. (R) | 41,200 | 1,493 | 106,300 | 2,026 Alfred & Raymond Polizzi | 6857 Granada Blvd. (R) | 44,200 | 1,617 | 85,800 | 1,616 Daniel B. Caudle | 6801 Granada Blvd. (R) | 45,200 | 1,658 | 134,300 | 2,536 George L. Patterson | 6835 Granada Blvd. (R) | 33,700 | 1,183 | 66,000 | 1,220 Ruth E. Paxon | 6915 Granada Blvd. (R) | 34,200 | 1,183 | 63,900 | 1,168 Irene T. McConnell | 392 Coral Way (B) | 18,900 | 779 | 52,800 | 1,056 Constantine Limmiatis | 340 Coral Way (B) | 43,500 | 1,794 | 84,600 | 1,692 James Santacroce | 318 Coral Way (B) | 20,000 | 825 | 59,400 | 1,188 Sam Weissel Miracle Building | 200 Coral Way (B) | 294,000 | 12,127 | 551,800 | 11,036 Coral Gables First National Bank | 100 Coral Way (B) | 336,300 | 13,872 | 454,800 | 9,086 Elmer E. Tuttle | 46-54 Coral Way (B) | 50,000 | 2,062 | 98,200 | 1,964 M. L. & Lucille Neher | 16 Coral Way (B) | 57,300 | 2,363 | 10,000 | 2140 Lillian C. Claughton | 5704 Granada Blvd. (B) | 205,400 | 8,472 | 491,100 | 9,802 Rothman | 301-305 Coral Way (B) | 44,300 | 1,827 | 75,000 | 1,500 Lucille Page | 361-365 Coral Way (B) | 47,000 | 1,938 | 61,600 | 1,232 Albert Jacobson | 249-255 Coral Way (B) | 16,000 | 660 | 29,000 | 596 Elberta Bryan | 155 Coral Way (B) | 19,990 | 820 | 37,900 | 758 Oda C. Alstet | 141-143 Coral Way (B) | 20,900 | 862 | 34,100 | 682 St. Joe Paper Co. | 157 Coral Way (B) | 183,500 | 7,569 | 547,500 | 10,950 Robert Albin | 87-91 Coral Way (B) | 67,500 | 2,784 | 129,700 | 2,594 Segal & Lakin | 1570 San Ignacio (B) 1575 Sunset Rd. 6901-6939 Red Rd. | 175,300 | 7,231 | 326,500 | 6,530 Roy | 1521-1529 San Ignacio (A) | 65,200 | 2,689 | 163,600 | 3,272 Margaret K. Cook | 3600 Ponce de Leon Blvd. (D) | 14,900 | 614 | 26,400 | 528

Beauty in the Gables

FILING IS PART of pretty Dana Meyer's work. The 19-year-old is a secretary in the Gables' branch of Florida Power and Light. Born in the steel town of Hammond, Ind., she is now a Miami Springs resident, likes to swim and ski. The eyes are brown.

Budget Time Coming Count Your Dollars, City to Ask for Them

The yearly struggle with the City of Coral Gables budget is scheduled to get under way April 17. City manager—department heads huddles will lead off the quest. The city manager is scheduled to present a $3 million' plus budget to the new City Commission on May 31. The Commission will then have approximately four weeks to come up with the answers. The 1961-62 budget is adopted between'July 11-25 after a June 23 public hearing. Last year's budget totalled $3,197,385 — a jump of more than $150,000 over the previous year. A surplus of $37,000 from this year's budget is already committed for next year, said Finance Director Kenneth Allyn. More than $10,000 of this amount will go to repay the fire station loan and the rest in the reserve to repay the same loan. This overage is far short of the $165,000 carry over in the 1960-61 budget, Allyn pointed out. But, on the other hand, Allyn said, the Commission will have more than $300,000 surplus from paying off tax participation certificates.

The Winners--And Losers UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS

Commission Candidates | Precincts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Totals Berry | 139 | 125 | 140 | 29 | 433 Chimerakis | 133 | 149 | 162 | 56 | 500 Cram | 283 | 237 | 218 | 66 | 804 DRESSEL | 724 | 733 | 895 | 128 | 2,480 EVANS | 547 | 645 | 681 | 184 | 2,057 Mahan | 444 | 450 | 506 | 87 | 1,487 MURPHY | 899 | 981 | 1,024 | 208 | 3,112 Powell | 313 | 299 | 223 | 59 | 894 Simmonite | 484 | 491 | 477 | 125 | 1,577 Weksler | 337 | 490 | 547 | 118 | 1,492 WILSON | 526 | 568 | 695 | 104 | 1,893 For Mayor SEARLE | 860 | 860 | 1,087 | 210 | 3,108 xMurphy | 107 | 133 | 96 | 24 | 360 xBlount | | | | 3 | 3 xBroad | | | | 1 | 1 xMantinan | | 2 | | | 2 Total Voted m | 1,337 | 1,437 | 1,608 | 336 | 4,718 Number Registered | 2,956 | 3,139 | 3,829 | 989 | 10,913 % Voted | 47 | 46 | 42 | 34 | 43 x—Denotes write-in votes; 77 absentee ballots not included in totals.