BP Money coming to a County near you.

[Bob Wells]

Appears there are strings attatched to the money.
BP sending $30 million grant to seven counties in Florida Panhandle | Florida politics blog: The Buzz | tampabay.com & St. Petersburg Times

 

[Matt J]

Such as? I couldn't find any in the article other than being restricted to tourism dollars.

 

[Bob Wells]

BP marketing grants headed here | marketing, gov, councils - Northwest Florida Daily News
Strings attached, was an impact to the tax base or was tourism the only issue that was affected? Did we not suffer an impact with regards to sales tax and reduction in property values? Granted it may have been minimal but 8 million is a significant amount with schools getting cut.

 

[Matt J]

I understand that, but the article does mention that the state is working on a claim. One would gather that is where the sales tax would be addressed.