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Friday, August 15, 2008

Judge has issue with wording of Amendment 5 tax ballot, Orlando Sentinel

By Josh Hafenbrack
August 14, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The campaign to wipe out most school property taxes in Florida moved to a courtroom Wednesday, with an openly skeptical state judge raising the possibility that the ambitious tax plan could be torpedoed before it ever reaches voters.

Backed by battling business and real-estate groups, lawyers argued over whether the Amendment 5 tax plan's title and summary scheduled to be printed on Nov. 4 election ballots in Florida are misleading.

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