European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Florida legislature gives up Hopes of saving services tax the stars and stripes a Page 27 Tallahassee a. Up Flor Ida legislative leaders Friday accepted As inevitable the repeal of the state s controversial services tax giving up Hope or retaining nearly $1 billion in anticipated Revenue. House speaker Jon Mills and Senate president John Vogt agreed to a plan re pealing the tax effective april i and creating a commission to propose replace ment taxes for the 1988 legislature next Spring. The pair conceded defeat in their Effort to replace the services tax with a Small increase in the general Siles tax. Gov. Bob Martinez who had advocated the tax but switched his position when Public opinion turned against it said he hoped the agreement was a first step toward resolving an Issue that has divided lawmakers and damaged his political standing. A controversy is never a Victory the governor said. The thing is to put it aside so we can Deal with 1988. The Only Way we can get there is quite frankly to Bur Thi tax Martinez said the april i repeal Date might be acceptable but he wanted to Confer with his aides and legislative re publicans before committing himself to the Mills Vogt agreement. By setting an april i repeal Date Law makers Hope to hold the Revenue loss to under $250 million the size of the state s contingency fund to avoid program cuts. The repeal Bill would also kill higher taxes on i Csc fuel adopted in the serv ices tax legislation while the increased documentary stamp tax on real estate transactions would be retained to sup port a special Trust fund for building roads Bridges schools prisons and other facilities. The tax was enacted last Spring to pro vide the Cash estimated at is billion a year needed to build Public facilities to support the rapid growth in the stale s population. When Martinez changed his mind and sought outright repeal Mills and Vogt held out for revisions to save the services tax but their efforts failed when the legislature deadlocked during a so Ries of special sessions. On nov. 27, they began meeting privately with Martinez discussing repeal and an increase in the general sales tax from 5 percent to 6 percent. But it became Clear thursday during negotiations by House members senators and aides to the governor that a majority in both Chambers would reject the higher sales tax. N up fridays closing rates Foluke . Dollar to Otic Curren cies. Filkes Are expressed in Ollars to the British Iund and other local Curren cies in Dollar the Price of Gok used at $4&o.sot ounce Silver by 6.615. Vork Impi the 15 most Active stocks k Exchange composite trading Friday. 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