April 30th, 2008 at 6:24pm |
I cobbled this together from several news bulletins today…
The Florida House passage of Senate Bill 542 today effectively extended the Florida Forever Program for 10 years at $300 million annually. SB542 passed unanimously in the House today and unanimously in the Senate April 23.
The pending $65 billion General Appropriations Act allocates $300 million to Florida […]
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April 23rd, 2008 at 8:39pm |
This morning I briefly interviewed Lee County Commissoner Ray Judah on the Florida legislature’s tentative agreement to continue to fund the Florida Forever program. While the agreement must be affirmed by the Budget Conference before we are completely out of the woods, Commissioner Judah feels confident that we will receive the funding and he explained to […]
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April 22nd, 2008 at 10:03am |
Since this article was published in the Sand Paper, House budget negotiators have agreed to include $300 million to continue the state’s environmental land buying program, but, as of today, Everglades restoration continues to be a point of contention as the two sides haggle it out. People need to continue to contact their legislators and express […]
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