Crist Veto Costs Schools $6 million

By Joe Follick & Lloyd Dunkelberger

Published: Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 5:40 a.m.

Florida's school districts have lost out on millions for the coming year because Gov. Charlie Crist shot down a plan to provide them extra cash from an account that comes from gun-permit fees. ...

The veto cost Polk County schools more than $213,000 while costing Sarasota County nearly $94,000, Manatee more than $95,000 and Charlotte County more than $37,000. Large districts lost even more money. Miami-Dade schools, for example, lost more than $778,000.

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Any call to eliminate any of the hundreds of tax loopholes and breaks - largely for businesses and corporations - is inevitably buried under cries that Florida's business environment will suffer under the burden of crushing taxes. more...