Govenor Crist said this today when he was in Tampa:

"For the first time since I have been your governor, we actually have more money coming into the state treasury rather than less," he said. "It's not just a little more. It's about $2 billion more."

That comes from an increase in state sales tax collections and document taxes associated with real estate sales, he said.

"It means people are buying things out there. It means consumer confidence is up," Crist said. "It means that we're starting to turn around finally in this economy."
Source TBO.COM


So I wonder what the Mayor and her bean counters will be telling us? How can the state see an increase, but the city keeps seeing declines in taxes.