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Sunday, August 16, 2009

State fiscal strategy running on empty, Ocala Star-Banner

January 13, 2009


There really is nothing "special" about the current special session of the Florida Legislature. Sure, lawmakers are expected to approve a plan to erase a $2.3 billion budget shortfall for this year by again raiding state trust funds, slashing education and health care, raising traffic fines and putting a kibosh on the state's successful Florida Forever land conservation program. It is the same strategy we saw last year.

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