Capitol Chatter: April 20

TaxWatch turkeys
gobble up money
It seems politicians will be politicians, no matter how big the budget hole or for how many years.

To wit, after four years of multi-billion-dollar budget cutting, Florida TaxWatch was still able to identify $171 million worth of budget “turkeys” passed by the Florida Legislature this past session.

These are projects that the tax watchdog group points out did not go through the proper procedures and were tacked onto another bill in the waning hours of the session, without all the proper vetting.