"(S)tate Rep. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, who chairs the House Tourism Committee...believes the report proves using tax dollars for government-owned facilities to keep big league teams in the state is good business.
"She also indicated the report might benefit the Florida Marlins, who are threatening to leave the state after failing in several attempts to win state backing for a new ballpark in Miami-Dade County. By statute, the state can only help eight teams with stadium funding.
"'We fund seven teams and the Marlins are already one of them,' she said, referring to modifications to Dolphins Stadium the state helped finance so it could accommodate baseball. 'They're controversial because in essence they want to be funded twice.' (BradentonHerald)
RESPONSE FROM H. WAYNE: "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" (FishChunks)
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