Maxwell: Billions for tourism. Crumbs for locals. Florida legislators kill hope for change

In recent weeks, Central Florida has been atwitter with celebratory news that local arts groups were getting a whopping $5.5 million worth of hotel taxes.

That may sounds like a lot of money, but it’s less than 2% of the annual take.

While the arts groups were grateful for the $5.5 million, more than $300 million went to the money-losing