Editorial: "State legislators should help keep Netflix’s ‘Bloodline’ in the Florida Keys"

For all the fans of the drama Bloodline this second season may be the last one. Below is an excerpt from this editorial in the Miami Herald:

     Netflix’s acclaimed dark family drama Bloodline, which is filmed in the Florida Keys, just premiered its second season. While this is the beginning of a new season, it may mark the end of any appreciable future film-making in the Keys and the infusion of dollars that follows.
     Despite the tremendous success of Season 1, it’s a distinct possibility the series will conclude with Season 2 because the state of Florida discontinued its film production tax-credit plan earlier this year.
     Our conservative Florida Legislature considered the credits Hollywood handouts. We disagree.
     Here’s how things have changed. In 2006, Florida ranked as the third-largest film-making state in the United States, behind California and New York. [emphasis added]
     Now, it’s unlikely Florida would even be in the Top 10 since production spending has plummeted from $366 million in 2011 to $175 million in 2015. And that’s in Miami-Dade alone.