Opinion

Before Orlando argues again over whether the tourist-tax fence should stand or fall, the county should publish one page: every dollar committed, the neighbourhood it lands in, and the year it moves.

Orange County collected a record $384.6 million from visitors — and by law none of it can fund the transit or workforce housing the people who earn it need. The fence was a choice. Tallahassee can remake it.

A record $384.6 million tourist-tax haul does not repeal the promise that created it. If Orlando wants transit or housing money, it should ask voters honestly — not relabel a dedicated tax after the money is collected.