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Monday, September 22, 2008

Deficit growing as Florida scraps by, St. Petersburg Times

September 10, 2008

A powerful legislative panel is expected to tap into state reserves today to start reducing a nearly $1.5-billion budget deficit. While following Gov. Charlie Crist's recommendation to use $672-million from a reserve account to cut the deficit roughly in half would be reasonable, let's be honest. This is nibbling around the edges at a bigger problem and putting off tougher decisions until after the November election.

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