Floridians love taxes - on New Yorkers

Yo, New York: Send more rich people.

Floridians have another reason to thank New York for sticking its wealthiest residents with higher taxes. Tom Golisano, who made a high-profile move to Naples last year to save $13,000 a day in New York state taxes, recently made a $5 million gift to the Children's Museum of Naples to help fund a new building scheduled to open next year.

That $5 million sum is just a little more than the amount that Golisano saves annually in New York state taxes by calling Naples home.

Golisano is the founder and chairman of Paychex, the giant payroll company, and owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team. The outspoken entrepreneur also made three unsuccessful runs for governor of the Empire State.

This isn't Golisano's first contribution to local charities. In November, he gave $4 million to Ave Maria University in eastern Collier County to build the school's indoor athletic facility now called the Tom Golisano Field House.

The new slogan for the Collier County should be: “I love NY.”