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EDITORIAL: Protect farmland, taxpayers' wallets.
Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) Publication Date: 28-AUG-05 |
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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Aug. 28--Florida's "greenbelt" law is an egregious example of greed and irresponsibility. The greed is from developers who take advantage of loopholes in the law to get agriculture tax breaks on property planned for development. But the irresponsibility of state lawmakers is far more galling. Their refusal to revoke or change the law shows that they care more for developers' lobbyists than taxpayers' money. The practice is outrageous and wrong. The governor and lawmakers should make closing the loophole a top priority.
Last year, Florida allowed as much as $745 million in agricultural tax breaks, much of it legitimate but some of it questionable. In 1959 when the law was adopted, the idea was to preserve agricultural and...
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