Monday, April 20, 2009
Renewed Hope for Florida Forever and Everglades in Senate!
Bonnie Barnes, Executive Director of the North Florida Land Trust found an interesting article in the Tallahassee Democrat and would like to share it with you. This might be a great time to express your support for land conservation to our legislators.
Sen. Al Lawson (D-Tallahassee) and Sen. Carey Baker (R-Eustis), Chairman of the Senate General Government Appropriations Committee, are proposing to use revenue generated by the closure of a corporate tax loophole that allows corporations to avoid real-estate taxes. The so-called "Crescent" loophole grew out of a court ruling in a Miami tax challenge two years ago. Closing this loophole would raise and estimated raise between $50 million and $400 million and would help to avoid eliminating the Florida Forever... >>more
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