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[Florida] High-speed-rail item must be rewritten
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| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 Aug 04, 2004 07:54am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Supreme Court of Florida on Tuesday rejected financial wording in a ballot proposal to get rid of a planned high-speed rail system, leaving both sides of the controversial issue declaring victory.
In an "advisory opinion," the court said the ballot item improperly states that dropping high-speed rail "could" save the state as much as $51 billion during the next 30 years.
Those figures should be tied to the phrase "probable financial impact," says the opinion, which calls for a rewrite of the ballot item.
The court also said the measure, put on the November ballot with a petition of about 500,000 voter signatures, overreaches by stating the potential savings from dropping the rail plan could be as much as $5,700 per household. |
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