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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Mar. 30--TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Marlins' effort to build a new ballpark with a $60 million state tax subsidy hit a potential new snag Tuesday: too much interest from lawmakers in the state House of Representatives.
The measure cleared its first House committee, but not before lawmakers loaded the bill with tax subsidies for spring training ballparks in Fort Lauderdale, Winter Haven and Sarasota -- cities that host baseball teams that the state of Arizona is said to be courting.
Tourism committee chairwoman Nancy Detert, a Venice Republican who added the spring training provision to the Marlins bill, said she wants to help the three facilities fend off Arizona's entreaties.
"I think the Marlins are better off with something that benefits people from all around the...
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