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Drew WilsonOctober 27, 2018

House District 115 Democratic candidate Jeffrey Solomon is another tax-and-spend liberal, a new mailer now hitting mailboxes suggests. Specifically, it highlights Solomon’s desire to raise the gas tax to help combat traffic congestion in the Miami-Dade area. “Traffic is terrible. Tolls cost way too much. Jeffrey Solomon wants to make it worse,” the front of the mailer says. […]

Bruce RitchieApril 19, 2015

Can we find a way to tax the sunshine? That seemed to be the underlying issue recently when state analysts were trying to determine the potential cost of a proposed constitutional amendment that promotes solar energy. Representatives of utilities, cities and counties warned the analysts that increased use of solar energy could mean the loss […]

Bruce RitchieApril 19, 2015

Can we find a way to tax the sunshine? That seemed to be the underlying issue recently when state analysts were trying to determine the potential cost of a proposed constitutional amendment that promotes solar energy. Representatives of utilities, cities and counties warned the analysts that increased use of solar energy could mean the loss […]

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Direct mail round-up: Jeffrey Solomon ‘wants to make it worse’

Bruce Ritchie: Is there a fair way to tax sunshine?

Bruce Ritchie: Is there a fair way to tax sunshine?