Mistakenly released database reveals that Florida has pledged nearly $155 million in incentives to

[Tony_FLADEM]

create jobs


Since January 2011, Florida has pledged nearly $155 million in tax breaks and other incentives to companies promising to create jobs in the state.

Among the biggest corporate winners: Embraer Aircraft Holding, Raymond James Financial, The Boeing Co. and Bi-Lo LLC, the new owner of Winn-Dixie Stores.

The pledges came with promises to create up to 32,570 jobs, according to a database from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

The recently released database revealed some recipients whose names the state had withheld under privacy agreements during negotiations. Typically, state officials refuse to identify companies even as they approve project incentives. Instead they wait until the companies are ready to announce a relocation or expansion.


http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/economicdevelopment/mistakenly-released-database-reveals-that-florida-has-pledged-nearly-155/1236825

[Overseas]

1. K&R.

[The Magistrate]

2. So They Pay Five Thousand A Job, Sir

And then turn around and say government spending does not create jobs....

[kickysnana]

3. Shake down in plain sight. n/t

[HooptieWagon]

4. Florida has a history of this, at state and local levels.

Most of the time, the majority of the jobs fail to materialize. Or the company packs up and leaves when the incentive package expires.