Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

When Fred Piccolo, president of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, stood before Sarasota and Manatee counties' elected officials April 26 to ask for a $500,000 taxpayer subsidy to attract a low-fare airline to the airport, we couldn't help but think of one of the last big subsidies given to a business in this area. That was about $1 million given to Arthur Andersen.

Well, we all know what happened to Arthur Andersen.