Florida Justices Seem to Favor Tax Break for City Golf Course

Three Florida Supreme Court justices pushed hard at arguments Wednesday on a county appraiser seeking to end a tax exemption for Gulf Breeze’s municipal golf course after the city hired a management company to run it.

The state constitution exempts from taxation “all property owned by a municipality and used exclusively by it for municipal or public purposes.” The Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser argues the course isn’t “exclusively used” by the city if it is run by a third party for profit.

The high court agreed in August to review a 2-1 appeals court ruling that the city lost ...