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Views on News, wispundits • February 19th, 2009

Raiding the penny jar

by Chris Lato


Interesting. Gov. Doyle is proposing to get rid of the state’s film tax credit program.

Gov. Doyle may be stinging from the criticism of the tax credits, which brought the upcoming Christian Bale/Johnny Depp flick “Public Enemies” to Wisconsin for filming in 2008. After all, critics - including the state Commerce Department - questioned whether the big tax breaks were worth the resulting economic bump.

Doyle may also be smacking his lite guv down a notch after Barbara Lawton after she stepped into the limelight with very vocal public support of the film tax credits.  

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Views on News, wispundits • November 24th, 2008

Did ‘Public Enemies’ rob Wisconsin?

by Chris Lato


Hollywood comes to Wisconsin and takes the Badger State for a ride.

At least that’s the sound of it from this Associated Press story, which contends that in hard dollars, the recent film ‘Public Enemies’ spent just slightly more than it saved in tax breaks when filming in Wisconsin this year.

Others are taking issue with that assessment, arguing the residual impact on tourism and national attention on Wisconsin was worth the effort.

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