When Congress approved the creation of “opportunity zones” as part of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax code overhaul, it didn’t have half-billionaire Jeff Vinik in mind as the legislation’s sole beneficiary in downtown Tampa.
But a cabal of enablers—Senator Rick Scott, former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, and current Mayor Jane Castor—has dumped millions of diverted dollars in Vinik’s lap and itches to give him even more. ----