May 31, 2008
TALLAHASSEE - The Tampa Bay area's transportation authority appeared Friday on Florida TaxWatch's list of "budget turkeys," raising the specter of a possible funding veto for a second straight year.
The $2 million that lawmakers set aside for the transportation authority is just one of the 133 appropriations that TaxWatch is asking the governor to veto this month. The private, nonpartisan watchdog group, funded mostly by businesses, has been releasing lists of "turkeys" since 1983 to highlight appropriations that wound up in the budget without going through the normal legislative process.
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