In Port Huron, local officials are kicking around the idea of refunding all 2020 property taxes for every commercial, industrial and residential property in the city’s eight square miles.
Such a move would normally bankrupt the international border city of 29,000 residents at the mouth of Lake Huron.
But not after President Joe Biden signed a massive $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill Thursday, a landmark government spending spree that promises a $19 million sliver for Port Huron.
“We could literally refund the 12 mills of the general property tax from last year and still have $10 million left over,” said