The governor says that the state should prefer contractors who offer insurance, but there's no guarantee it will happen. But if the counties don't replace it, prosecutors won't trust the system, meaning more trials, more sentences and more jails. Not now, not this year, not when there are children who need to be educated, seniors who need their medicine. At almost the same time, however, the Senate Republican leadership postponed committee action on its intangibles tax bill. I think every one of the tax cuts and tax relief situations will be reviewed against the budget.
Few people pay what's left of the Florida intangibles tax.
Bank accounts are exempt. They have lost two committee votes over that. St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.