Hurricane mitigation sales tax holiday would be nice

Gov. Rick Scott's announcement that he will pursue legislative action to grant a 15-day sales-tax holiday for hurricane preparedness is a big win for Florida. The tax incentive will provide modest savings to those Floridians who opt to purchase things like flashlights, batteries and radios. But...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Authors Camara, Christian, Florida state director, R Street Institute, Zeitler, Richard, Cirrincione, Marco, Stephenson, Caleb, Beach, Deerfield
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale, Fla Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 03.02.2014
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Summary:Gov. Rick Scott's announcement that he will pursue legislative action to grant a 15-day sales-tax holiday for hurricane preparedness is a big win for Florida. The tax incentive will provide modest savings to those Floridians who opt to purchase things like flashlights, batteries and radios. But most importantly, it has the potential to save lives and millions of dollars in rebuilding and insurance costs on an ongoing basis. Can someone please help me? Why are those New Jersey mayors, politicos and hacks just coming out regarding the supposed blackmailing and holding of monies due their cities for damages from Superstorm Sandy? If I were one of their constituents, I'd be highly upset with them for not revealing this from the beginning. Is this "let's get New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at any cost?"