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Arts Garage urges CRA and community to oppose Florida bills that would curtail bed-tax funding
Summary
Marjorie Waldo of Arts Garage asked the CRA board to oppose proposed Florida legislation that would restrict tourist-development taxes and dissolve tourist development councils, warning those changes would eliminate funding used locally for arts, culture and tourism promotion.
Marjorie Waldo, executive director of Arts Garage, used the CRA meeting's public-comment period to urge local action against two Florida House bills she said would redirect bed-tax money and dismantle tourist development councils.
Waldo told the board the bills, which she identified as House Bill "70 33" and "12 21" in her remarks, would "eliminate nearly all funding for arts, culture, and tourism promotion" and could…
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