HUIZENGA'S TAX-BREAK BILL GETS OK FROM SENATE COMMITTEE

          A FL bill to give a $60M tax break to Wayne Huizenga to
     make football-related improvements to Pro Player Stadium was
     approved by the Senate Commerce Committee, according to
     Diane Hirth of the Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL.  The bill
     passed 11-5 and "working in Huizenga's favor was the fact
     that every other major sports franchise in Florida has been
     given the benefit of this sales tax rebate, worth up to $2
     million a year for 30 years."  The bill still needs to be
     approved by two more Senate committees.  A House bill has
     "yet to get a hearing" (Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL, 3/18). 
     In Miami, Steve Bousquet notes "to quiet skepticism,
     Huizenga lobbyists wrote an amendment that senators included
     Monday in which the Dolphins owner agrees to hire ex-welfare
     recipients for stadium jobs."  If the bill becomes law,
     Huizenga would be the only FL team owner to "snare" two
     separate $60M tax breaks for the same stadium.  Lawmakers
     "earlier" gave Huizenga a $60M rebate to "retrofit" then-Joe
     Robbie Stadium for baseball (MIAMI HERALD, 3/18).