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JANUARY 14, 2008

Three speak as one on property taxes

Florida's city, county, and school board associations in a joint statement today urged voters to become well-informed about the property tax amendment before going to the polls Jan. 29. After meeting in Tampa, the groups stopped short of asking for a "no" vote on the amendment because that's not the position of the Florida Association of Counties. The county group, Florida League of Cities and Florida School Board Association did, however, agree that that they don't like policy directives -- such as more physical education in the schools -- coming from Tallahassee with no funding attached to them. They'd like to a see a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would require more review of "unfunded mandates."

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