![]() ![]() Tony Jenkins, the panel’s co-chair, advised applicants that Friday’s meeting was “not an appropriate time to pitch your project to the task force. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)ĭiamond, the county’s elected fiscal watchdog, used the analogy to help a citizens task force understand the volatility of the 6% tax added to the cost of a hotel room or other short-term lodging. At a news conference Tuesday, Orlando Magic co-founder Pat Williams shows rendering of a proposed new domed baseball stadium he hopes will help lure a Major League Baseball team to Orlando. “That’s a little bit less of a roller-coaster and a little more Tower of Terror,” said Diamond, suggesting the Hollywood Studios thrill ride was a more apt comparison for the revenue plunge blamed on the recent pandemic. With hopeful applicants –– including a group that wants to bring big-league baseball to Orlando –– lining up for a share of tourist tax funding, Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond instead used a theme-park attraction Friday to describe the ups-and-downs of the levy currently on a 14-month record run.Ī statistic graph showed the line of revenues undulating like a roller-coaster, rising in good times but dropping after the 9/11 terror attacks, dipping in 2009 spurred the Great Recession, and plummeting in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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