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Sunday, November 23, 2008

State economists to anounce $2 billion budget deficit, Orlando Sentinel

By Aaron Deslatte
November 21, 2008

SANTA ROSA BEACH - It was a surreal setting for talks about taking a meat cleaver to Big Government.

About 10 miles east of Destin, the 500-acre WaterColor resort is an alcove of picturesque cottages, hidden across the road from the sandy white beaches of Northwest Florida but just a short bike ride from a Starbucks.

But more than 70 Florida House Republicans and their families came here to hash over how -- in the midst of a recession and after a national electoral defeat -- they could re-package their philosophy of cutting taxes and shrinking government. The state party picked up the tab.

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