Service Industry Florida

Frustrated after nearly a month of haggling with Gov. Bob Martinez, legislative leaders abruptly adjourned a second special session Wednesday without acting on the state's controversial services tax. The decision by lawmakers to leave the landmark $760-million tax on the books, at least for the time being, stifled Martinez's efforts to shed a law that has brought him heavy voter disapproval.

Frustrated after nearly a month of haggling with Gov. Bob Martinez, legislative leaders abruptly adjourned a second special session Wednesday without acting on the state's controversial services tax. The decision by lawmakers to leave the landmark $760-million tax on the books, at least for the time being, stifled Martinez's efforts to shed a law that has brought him heavy voter disapproval.