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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Sansom: '09 state budget also lean, Gulf Breeze News

By Pam Brannon
May 22, 2008

State Rep. Ray Sansom says economic times will continue to be tough and warned that even more budget cutbacks in 2009 will affect every local taxing agency in the state from school boards to county and city governments to fire departments.

Sansom, a Republican from Fort Walton Beach, will be Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2008-2010 legislative sessions. He assured members of the Navarre Area Board of Realtors (NABOR) last week that his roots grow deep in Northwest Florida, and he won't forget that during his term in the Speaker's chair.


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