Property taxes are the seat of power for local governments as it generally fuels the school system. To give up income from this tax is to lose power. They will have to “cut” something which is harder to defend in the next election. I have a recommendation for what the politicians should cut, but it would probably be ignored.
Property taxes are also the most unjust tax of all; it should be called the depravation tax as it deprives everyone from actually owning property.