Jesse SchecknerNovember 6, 2023
8min0
The plaintiff accuses FDACS of using a ‘lack of guidance’ in state law ‘to advance a politically motivated vendetta’ against it and other similar companies.
Tag: Commerce ClauseA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Jesse SchecknerNovember 6, 2023
Martin DyckmanDecember 1, 2016
10min274
Aiming to regain some relevance in the Republican Party, Jeb Bush argues that it should show voters that it stands “for a few a big ideas” rather than only for things to vote against. Regrettably, four specific ideas that he proposed in a Nov. 24 Wall Street Journal op-ed are not simply big but bad. […]
Jim RosicaApril 6, 2016
4min442
Should satellite-television service be taxed at a higher rate than cable? The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides Wednesday. Satellite TV companies, including DirecTV, want the court to uphold the 1st District Court of Appeal’s 2-1 decision last year, which said that taxing the two services differently is unconstitutional. The state’s Revenue Department and Florida’s […]
Ryan RayJune 11, 2015
4min168
Thursday morning the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee ruled that the state’s “communications services tax” — currently undergoing revision in the Legislature’s budget talks — is unconstitutional. Judge L. Clayton Roberts, writing for the majority in a 20-page opinion, ruled that the CST contravenes state law because it unfairly favors cable providers in […]