Americans For Prosperity launched this attack mailler against Florida Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, on Thursday.
A Virginia-based group is launching a new series of attack mailers against Florida Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, because of her support for tax credits to lure television and film productions to the Sunshine State.
Just days after Detert’s bill to revamp the tax credit program passed a key committee, the Americans for Prosperity paid for a campaign-style mailer criticizing her on the move.
“HOLLYWOOD TYCOONS are making off with MILLIONS in Florida tax dollars thanks to Senator Nancy Detert,” the mail pieces state.
AFP officials say Florida should not offer any tax credits to filmmaking or for sports stadiums.
“Our mailers are just the latest effort to hold accountable the politicians who support corporate welfare,” said Chris Hudson, Florida state director of Americans for Prosperity.
Detert says she is not even going to respond to the attacks because AFP doesn’t deserve the attention.
“They speak for no one,” Detert said.
On Tuesday, Detert told the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee that her bill is about job creation. In four years, the $296 million in tax credits handed out created almost 170,000 jobs in Florida and resulted in $1.5 billion of spending in the state, according to the Florida Office of Film and Entertainment.
But the program currently is out of money because of the way the state hands out the tax credits. Detert is trying to create a system where a limited amount of credits are awarded twice a year to make the pot of money last longer.
How much would be set aside for the program still has not been determined.
