Did you know that tourism agencies like VISIT Florida and VISIT Orlando get millions of taxpayer dollars to promote theme parks that already have profits in the billions? You may or may not, but if you think that sounds unfair, you’d be right. Especially, as the theme parks in OrlandoContinue Reading
Today, the paper published a write up that perfectly shaped up my sentiment over the some of the fiscal behavior we’re seeing from Orange County government this year. It’s pointing out the fact that VISIT Orlando is up for a funding increase from the Board of Orange County Commissioners, whileContinue Reading
First off, it’s important to know that VISIT Orlando technically hasn’t done anything wrong (story HERE) but the Orange County Comptroller is recommending transparency measures to the county commission for the tax funded tourism agency. The key words there are tax funded. We always owe our residents as much informationContinue Reading