One Franklin County project makes budget turkey list

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

Normally the list is released before the budget is signed into law, but this year it’s coming out a little late.

The group found 189 projects totaling about 167 million dollars in projects 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.

One Franklin County project made the Turkey list, which was 250 thousand dollars for renovations to the old Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve building at Scipio Creek.

That facility will one day house the Franklin County Extension Office.

The project was funded in the final budget.

Two Wakulla County projects are also on the Turkey list, and both were vetoed by Governor Rick Scott before he signed the budget.

Those were 250 thousand dollars for the restoration of the St. Marks Lighthouse and 1.2 million dollars for land for the Wakulla Environmental Institute.

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