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The Florida hotel industry said a Senate bill would take away funds needed to regenerate tourism. (Shutterstock)
TALLAHASSEE, FL State tax money earmarked to promote and market tourism in Florida would be diverted, in part, to other uses under a proposal that has drawn strong opposition from the tourism industry, which argues it has taken the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association has forwarded a letter to members of the Florida Senate Committee on Community Affairs strongly opposing Senate Bill 2008, which would expand the approved uses of Florida s Tourist Development Taxes and Convention Development Taxes.
Guest column: Quality of nursing home care needs to be stronger
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Thanks to COVID-19, this session of the Florida Legislature looks and sounds different. With social distancing, online testimony, and streaming committee meetings, the Florida Capitol seems quiet, compared to past sessions. And, as is true in so many horror movies, the quiet is foreboding. Just as nursing home residents were victimized by the invisible coronavirus during the lockdown of the last year, so they are being victimized by the heavy-hitting industry lobbyists for nursing homes and healthcare executives in the locked down Capitol.
Not only have lawmakers fast-tracked bills that give nursing homes immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits (SB 72), now they’re fast-tracking cuts to the quality of care in Florida nursing homes. Letting these facilities off the hook by making it nearly impossible for residents and families to seek resolution through the court system is shameful. Piling on proposals that
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