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macyh
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After selling my ISP I've been looking to move South and start a new networking venture. I spent the last couple of weeks looking at places to start (or buy) a business in Florida, meeting with Chambers of Commerce and economic development people. Several areas on the northern half of the state look very appealing, but I'm concerned that business conditions in the Florida are changing, and not for the better.
Anyone who wants to know what Florida's tax and governmental climate may be like in 20 years should take a look at the state capital today.
I was absolutely shocked at what I found when looking at Tallahassee, Florida's capital city. The entire area is overtaxed and over regulated. They have rules, permits, taxes and fees for everything in Leon county, it's an expensive and burdensome place to do business. The city itself is also known for an anti-business attitude, they want government. lawyers and university types, but not conventional business to locate, from what I can see
It appears the entire Leon county area suffers from a large dose of traditional Democratic insider politics as well. Getting anything done takes political connections and lawyers, plus lots of time and money. In fact, I was advised to locate any new business in this area in adjoining Jefferson county.
If this is what the politicians and bureaucrats in Florida's state government what to transform the entire state into, look out.
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Macy Hallock Ex-APK Net, Inc. Cleveland, OH, recently sold
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| Agreed, my company considered expanding to Florida, the Tampa Bay area is a perfect market for us. However, as we analyzed regulations and had employees investigating the situation locally, we found that even simple things like building permits were so snarled in red tape, fees, taxes, crazy stuff, that we abandoned the idea completely. It literally would take *years* just to get approval to build a site.
Instead, we expanded into Phoenix.
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