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No pet projects in next budget, lawmakers told
The Gainesville Sun (Florida)
November 20, 2008
TALLAHASSEE — Legislative leaders have axed "turkeys" from Florida's next state budget.
That's what earmarks, or lawmakers' local projects, are called in Tallahassee. Officially they're "community budget issue requests."
A week and a day before Thanksgiving, House Speaker Ray Sansom and Senate President Jeff Atwater on Wednesday informed their members they'll be getting no turkeys due to the state's dire financial straits.
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