ACTION ALERT #4 SUPPORT VISIT FLORIDA
Background:
VISIT FLORIDA is set to sunset October 2019. Senator Gruters and Representative Ponder introduced legislation (SB 178 & HB 6031) to reauthorize VISIT FLORIDA. Governor DeSantis supports Reauthorizing VISIT FLORIDA and funding at $76 million.The Senate supports reauthorizing VISIT FLORIDA and funding at $50 million; $26 million short of the Governor’s recommendation. The House of Representatives does not support reauthorizing VISIT FLORIDA and only funded $19 million; keeping it funded until the October 19th sunset date.
Take Action:
Call/email/tweet members of the budget conference committee.
Tweet:
Step 1 – Copy and paste the following into a tweet: “@Rob_Bradley On behalf of the over 1.4 million employed by the tourism industry, we urge you to support/reauthorize/fund #VISITFLORIDA. #VisitFL has an ROI of $2.15 for every $1 it spends.”
Step 2 – Copy and paste the following into a tweet: “@TravisJHutson On behalf of the over 1.4 million employed by the tourism industry, we urge you to support/reauthorize/fund #VISITFLORIDA. #VisitFL has an ROI of $2.15 for every $1 it spends.”
Step 3 – Copy and paste the following into a tweet: “@Travis_Cummings On behalf of the over 1.4 million employed by the tourism industry, we urge you to support/reauthorize/fund #VISITFLORIDA. #VisitFL has an ROI of $2.15 for every $1 it spends.”
Step 4 – Copy and paste the following into a tweet: “@JayTrumbull On behalf of the over 1.4 million employed by the tourism industry, we urge you to support/reauthorize/fund #VISITFLORIDA. #VisitFL has an ROI of $2.15 for every $1 it spends.”
Email:
Step 1 – Copy the following and paste into the subject line of your email: “Reauthorize and fund Visit Florida”
Step 2 – Copy and paste the following into the body of your email: “As a member of the budget conference committee, I urge you to take action to save VISIT FLORIDA.
VISIT FLORIDA is essential to maintain Florida’s number one industry, create jobs, keep taxes low for residents. Over 1.4 million hardworking Floridian’s are employed by the tourism industry. VISIT FLORIDA also has an ROI of $2.15 for every 1$ it spends.
We urge you to support reauthorizing VISIT FLORIDA and funding at the full $76 million requested by Governor DeSantis. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.”
Step 3 – Copy and paste the following into the address line of your email: “Bradley.Rob@flsenate.govHutson.Travis@flsenate.govTravis.Cummings@myfloridahouse.govJay.Trumbull@myfloridahouse.gov”
Phone Call:
Step 1 – Call the following phone numbers:Senator Bradley – (850) 487-5005Senator Hutson – (850) 487-5007Representative Cummings (850) 717-5018Representative Trumbull (850) 717-5006
Step 2 – Read the following script once phone is answered. Leave a message if it goes to voicemail: “Hello, (Legislators name) is a member of the budget conference committee. I am Calling to urge him to take action to save VISIT FLORIDA. VISIT FLORIDA is essential to maintain Florida’s number one industry, create jobs, keep taxes low for residents and has an ROI of $2.15 for every 1$ it spends. We urge (Legislators name) to support reauthorizing VISIT FLORIDA and funding at the full $76 million requested by Governor DeSantis. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.”
Information Courtesy of Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce. For more information contact Doug Izzo, Government Affairs Director at Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce, at doug@tampabaybeaches.com.