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Amendment Six: Vital for Beachfront Communities?

www.floridamarineguide.com

By Rick Stone

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West Palm Beach, FL – Amendment Six offers a big tax break for waterfront businesses like marinas and boatyards. The measure would change the way property taxes are calculated for those businesses... and without it, some say, Florida could lose its iconic boating industry. The idea for the amendment started in Palm Beach County. Rick Stone reports.