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Palm Beach County Denies Tax For Nats, Astros Spring Training

A majority of the Palm Beach County Commission today indicated "that they have problems" with giving the Nationals and Astros the full $145M in bed tax money "that the teams say they need" to build a new Spring Training ballpark in West Palm Beach. The commission "voted down the financing request 4-3, but agreed to keep negotiating and meet again on Oct. 21."

The vote came after Commissioner Hal Valeche asked the team owners, "Would you rather have an up or down vote now or do you want to negotiate more?" Nats General Partner Arthur Fuccillo replied, "If it takes two weeks to figure out how to cover that deficit, we’re gonna do that. We’d rather work with you and find a home in Palm Beach County" (PALMBEACHPOST.com, 9/23).

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