Florida Taxwatch releases list of budget turkeys

The non-profit group Florida Taxwatch has released its annual list of what they call budget turkeys.

The group found 107 different items totaling nearly 107 million dollars that they said did not go through the proper procedures for funding.

Many of the items on the turkey list are projects that lawmakers inserted into the budget late in the session.

There were no projects specifically for Franklin County that made the turkey list, but the group did question some items for Gulf and Liberty counties.

Specifically they oppose a 2 million dollar request to pay bank loans for the Port St. Joe Port Authority though the group did say it would ask the governor to approve that expense if the state could get guarantees that the money would be repaid.

Florida Tax watch also questioned a 325 thousand dollars for the Cape San Blas lighthouse because it didn’t go through the proper grants process.

A100 thousand dollars line item for a Liberty County sheriff’s administration building also made the turkey list as did 400 thousand dollars for a park in Hosford.

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