Drew WilsonFebruary 11, 2019
5min836
“Corporate welfare puts sports teams ahead of Florida citizens.”
Tag: stadium incentives
Drew WilsonFebruary 11, 2019
Peter SchorschAugust 23, 2017
3min272
Republican state Rep. Bryan Avila earned some praise from Americans for Prosperity-Florida for sponsoring a bill to kill Sunshine State stadium deals. The conservative group called the Florida Sports Development Fund, an incentive program greenlighted by lawmakers in 2014, “corporate welfare” and lauded Avila’s HB 6005, filed Tuesday, for attempting to repeal the “sports incentive […]
Gary FineoutJanuary 16, 20152min171
New reports are showing that taxpayers are paying more to help Florida’s professional sports franchises and the film industry than the state gets in return. State legislators in 2013 ordered auditors and economists to analyze the millions spent by the state on subsidies for businesses. A series of reports issued this month looked at a […]
Gary FineoutJanuary 16, 20152min151
New reports are showing that taxpayers are paying more to help Florida’s professional sports franchises and the film industry than the state gets in return. State legislators in 2013 ordered auditors and economists to analyze the millions spent by the state on subsidies for businesses. A series of reports issued this month looked at a […]