Florida, once dubbed “Hollywood East” used to have its own statewide film incentive program — drawing in production for films like “Edward Scissorhands” and “My Girl” — but the right-wing, Koch-founded group Americans for Prosperity lobbied to kill that program about a decade ago, tossing campaign cash at Florida’s most influential politicians to help seal the deal.
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Orange County moves forward with effort to revive local film industry
County leaders are hopeful that, with the creation of an incentive program, film industry professionals will be able to find stable local work