Gimenez delivers rebate but no senior trust fund in second budget

During the 2011 campaign, Carlos Gimenez said, "I will create a Seniors First Trust Fund to assure that the elderly continue to have access to warm meals and I will extend the low-income seniors property tax rebate program of $100 for next year.”

We gave him a Compromise after his first annual budget passed because it included the rebate, but commissioners rejected the trust fund. We took a look at this promise again during the second budget year of Gimenez's mayoral term in 2012.

Since commissioners rejected the trust fund, in 2012 Gimenez didn't propose it again. But commissioners did agree to continue the rebate for homesteaded seniors who earn about $27,000 a year. (Read more details about now that rebate program was started in our previous update.)

We keep this promise at a Compromise.