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NOVEMBER 09, 2007

Tax vote motivates mobile home owners

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When the Legislature last month signed off on a plan to slash property taxes, it included a little-discussed provision that could give close to 1-million mobile home owners - about 75,000 of them in the Tampa Bay area - a slight break.

Now, groups like the Florida Manufactured Home Association, the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida and the Alliance of Park Residents are spreading the word through newsletters and e-mails.

Some observers think this oft-ignored voting bloc could be the key to gaining the 60 percent voter approval for the tax cuts to become law. (story here.)

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