He's not wrong.

City pays for HPD, State keeps the fines
City covers majority of infrastructure which supports tourism (including first responders), State keeps most of the TAT

And the city is, at the end of the day, is us property tax payers.  

It was really disgusting that the legislature was suggesting that the city and state are somehow funded by two seperate groups. Then, through all that, the legislature gives money away to for-profit business..