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Florida Growth Plan Wins Passage Amid Budget Debates
The 1985 Florida Legislature approved a comprehensive growth management package with a 34 billion price tag, linking local plans to state revenue sharing and limiting local development disputes. It also set a state wide comprehensive growth plan, wrestled over citizen standing, and moved toward governor approval. The session featured debates on teacher merit pay, day care safety measures, a drinking age bill, and a $14.3 billion budget with pay raises, tuition increases, tax and license fee hikes, and property tax impacts for homeowners.
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Rose Flagg
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Harry Johnston
West Palm Beach
John Kennedy
Johnston
Bob Graham
Washington