Renzo DowneyApril 28, 2022
8min0
This year's budget turkeys totaled an amount 78% higher than last year's turkeys.
Tag: Budget Turkey List
Renzo DowneyApril 28, 2022Renzo DowneyJune 11, 2020
6min618
TaxWatch recommends the Governor veto all non-vital member projects.
Michael MolineMay 29, 2017
9min409
Of the missteps the Legislature committed this year, the most egregious was a failure to live up to its promises that the budget process would be more open and transparent than ever before, according to Florida TaxWatch chief Dominic Calabro. In an interview tied to TaxWatch’s release of its annual list of budgetary “turkeys,” Calabro praised […]
Phil AmmannMay 26, 2017
6min274
Florida TaxWatch, the nonpartisan government watchdog organization, served up its annual list of “Budget Turkeys,” naming almost $178 million in line-item projects part of the $82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Senate. For the Tampa Bay region, Florida TaxWatch targeted more than $33 million in local projects as individual line […]
Phil AmmannMay 26, 2017
7min517
Thanksgiving is six months away, but Friday is “turkey” day for Gov. Rick Scott. Florida TaxWatch, the nonpartisan government watchdog group, released its annual “Budget Turkey List,” of almost $178 million in line-item projects that are part of the $82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Senate. Budget Turkeys are individual […]