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State budget gap grows, up to $2.5B

   December 14, 2010

Gov.-elect Rick Scott will meet with state economists today. The latest estimates have the budget shortfall increasing to $2.5 billion, up from $1.5 billion a week or so ago. This is one budget shortfall the Republicans can’t blame on the Democrats. The GOP has controlled state government for the past decade…..but it doesn’t mean that they won’t try.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”
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