Month: September 2019
Influential Business Group Slams Hillsborough’s Fraudulent Transit Tax

By Jim Bleyer Another heavy hitter has weighed in against the specious, politically-motivated Hillsborough County transit tax. In an amicus curiae brief to the Florida Supreme Court, Associated Industries of Florida asserted that the entire $15 billion transportation sales tax levy should be tossed. District Court Judge Rex …
Senate Implicates Vinik Lapdog Barker in Transit Farce

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay Since the legal appeals were filed in the All for Transportation/Hillsborough County tax litigation, the Florida House and Florida Senate have filed amicus curiae briefs with the Florida Supreme Court requesting the Court to strike the entire All for Transportation charter …