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| FLORIDA LEGISLATURE 2003 | | |
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| | Legislators skip the 'turkey' this session
Budget crunch cuts into pet projects
One thing appears clear in the 2003 Legislature: It won't be the year of the turkey. Skimpy revenue projections for 2003-04 are doing for lawmakers' local pet projects -- dubbed ''turkeys'' -- what four years of Gov. Jeb Bush's $1 billion worth of line-item vetoes have not. The state's fiscal crunch appears to be fostering legislative restraint.
BY JONI JAMES / jjames@herald.com
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| | Bush in bind on Hispanic legislators' FCAT plan
A fluent Spanish-speaker and husband of a Mexican American, Gov. Jeb Bush has always won broad support across Florida's diverse Hispanic neighborhoods -- from Republicans in Little Havana to the Puerto Rican Democrats who increasingly dominate the politics of suburban Orlando.
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| 2000: THE FLORIDA RECOUNT | |
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FROM THE NATION/WORLD DESK
| Updated Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
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