By Joe Burbank Visit Florida, the state’s lead tourism marketing agency, is a public-private partnership. This year state lawmakers funneled $75 million from taxpayers to the agency — more than they allocated in public money for conservation land purchases. [Read More]
Fred Grimm: Even more payouts from the land of the loser lawsuits – Miami Herald
So this is why Bambi must die. It had been perplexing, trying to figure out why Rick Scott’s political advisors hadn’t snuffed out an unpopular proposal to allow hunters to stalk half-tame deer, bears, rabbits and squirrels who’ve found refuge in Florida’s state parks. Why was the Scott administration so desperate to extract new revenue […]
